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Show MANY DIE IN STORM ii i Additional Details ef the Typhoon in the Philippine Phil-ippine Islands. WASHINGTON, Oct . In a cablegram cable-gram given out at the War department today- the Governor-General of the Philippines Philip-pines gives the latest reports on the disastrous dis-astrous storm that swept those islands September 27. The dispatch says that twenty-seven men perished on the coast guard cutter Leyte and that the reports of damage wrought by the storm sre generally discouraging. The Governor-General cables that as all the wires were down reports have only been coming In for the last day or two.' These reports, he says, are very discouraging. discour-aging. The storm originated east of Samar and swept over the northeast and aorth end of that island and all the southern provinces prov-inces of Luzon to Manila. Crops are practically all destroyed.' including cocoa-nuts, cocoa-nuts, hemp and rice. It. is feared that damage equally great has been done lit the provinces of. Albay,' Caraiuln;s and Tayabas. . . , The coast guard cutter Leyte was wrecked off Samar and all on board were !ost except nine members of the crew. The officers lost were: . Dead. WILLIAM N. FISHER, nearest relative. rela-tive. Martin Fisher. Seattle. FREDERICK HELLBURG. nearest relative. Ottilia Hellburg, 302 Fifty-eighth street. New York. E. M. BENTEL. person to be notified, F. B. Cheney, Rochester, Pa. PASIC J. JOHNSON, person to be notified, noti-fied, Mrs. August Joansan, Raback, Brus-nas, Brus-nas, Sweden. ' GEORGE GARDNER, name of relative not given. ONE POSTAL CLERK. Passengers lost were: JAMES M. DEAN, person to be notified. noti-fied. Rait Almock. Portland, Or. GEORGE B. HART. FOUR UNKNOWN. The coast guard cutter Leyte was a 148-foot steamer, built in Shanghai for the Civil Government of the Philippine islands is-lands at a cost delivered in Manila, of $18,000. She had a crew of thirty-six. |