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Show I 1 : ' : : - , f . : ; SMMSMS MAY BE LOST -- ' . Jucli Damage Is Done to Shipping; Two United States Steamers and y a Schooner Known to tBc Totally Wrecked. ETJLLETHT. IIAKTLA, June 5. A hurricane , has swept over the Philippines, and great damage has been done to shipping. ship-ping. The United States transport Ehamshus Is reported to have been wrecked- This, however, has not ' been confirmed. The United States steamer Pearl, on her way to the Visayas, has been totally lost off Tamatos island. Part of her -crew " were saved. The United States steamer Haura- fel and the schooner Mayflower have been driven ashore off Ormoc, "West Leyte, and will prove a total loss. All on board were saved. " " No Becord of Shamshus. WASHINGTON, June 6. The War department has no reeord of the trans-' trans-' port Shamshus, but there is a ' small vessel in the service in the Philippines named the Samshui. |