Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-20 | Page 9 | Hundreds Perish in Chinese Typhoon

HUNDREDS PERISH IN CHINESE TYPHOON Belated News Tails' of Great Property I Destruction in Country j Near Amoy. ' AMOY, China, Monday, Sept. 17 (Delayed (De-layed ) . More than 600 natives were killed by the typhoon which struck Amoy without warning at the end of last week-Eighty-five per cent of the watercraft in the harbors near by was destroyed. No foreigners have been reported lost. Outlying districts cannot be communicated communi-cated with and it is feared great damage has been done there. One village on the island of Amoy reports re-ports that only sixteen out of 200 fishing boats were saved. The Japanese steamship Amagusa-Maru, Amagusa-Maru, 2336 tons, is on the rocks opposite Kulangsu, and it is doubtful if she can be salvaged. The former German steamship steam-ship KeKong-Wal, 1777 tons gross, is In a hopeless position on the Kulangsu rocks. The Chinese steamer Kango was driven ashore at Kulangsu and the British hulk Shanghai was beached at Amoy. Both of the vessels, it is believed, can be saved.