Show THOUSANDS DIE DIE f IN ISLE FLOOD I i t I MANILA Dec 8 UP The UP-The The peaceful peace peace- I Y ful farming valley valey of was wasa a a a- devastated graveyard of untold j d dead ad today Swirling flood waters of the mighty river largest in the tho Philippines swept thousands to toI I 1 I their death official Philippine army 1 advices said laid and left other thousands thousands thou thou- sands Lands missing Officials marshaling the common common- I relief agencies expressed ex ex- pressed fear the full extent of what they termed the greatest disaster the Philippines has experienced would never be known S Villages Wiped Out OutS II S Populations of entire barrios S suburban clusters of native huts S. S were were wiped out when the river its i. i waters swelled by the northern Lur Luzon Lu- Lu r S 1 it zon islands island's heaviest rainfall swept i down the fertile ferUle and populous valley S 1 at at 4 a. a m. m last Friday trapping most the of-the victims victIms' as they slept Entire families were caught by bythe bythe the unexpected torrents aftermath S. S of a typhoon and carried screaming scream scream- t ing toward the sea aea t S 5 The unprecedented flood covered more than miles mUes of rich tobacco end and rice farming lands northeast S of Manila ManUa S Fifty tour villages were known to tobe tobe be inundated and a large part of S the area most populous rural section section sec sec- 0 tion on Luzon Island had not been heard from I S Survey Disaster DisasterS S lh The Tha government typhoon relief S board met in emergency session in f M Manila as soon as reports ports of the disaster reached hero here today Major General Basilio J. J Vald Valdes s and Dr 5 Eugenio Hernando chief of the bureau of he health were dispatched t make mako an aerial survey of the devastated region S |