SEVERE TYPHOON

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 299, 19 December 1933, Page 9

SEVERE TYPHOON

STORM IN CHINA SEA. LOSS OF FORTY LIVES. Upon her arrival at Melbourne recently, officers of the Eastern and Australia Line steamer Ncllore gave graphic accounts of a severe typhoon < w’hich swe|)t the China Sea from Hongkong to Yokohama shortly after the commencement of the voyage. At the approach of the storm the Ncllore was steaming off the Japanese coast, but weather conditions became so severe that she was compelled to shelter for a day in the little harbour of Yokkaichi. Mountainous seas and ( terrific wind squalls swept the coast. Scores of junks and sampans used in fishing and coastal trading were blown from their moorings. Some of the small vessels were smashed to matchwood on the beach, while many were blown out to sea. to disappear without a trace. Many lives were lost, and extensive damage was caused to shipping. The 947-ton £ coastal steamer Yashima Maru at- t tempted to run for shelter, but found-, ( cred just outside Kobe, with the loss of j 10 lives. ( Though considerably delayed by the storm the Nellore fair ( weather after leaving Hongkong, and , wa.: able to make up her lost time. She ‘ actually arrived in the bay ahead of ( schedule. *