| Show I TYPHOON IN PEARL ISLANDS People Perished lo In loTho Six Hundred und The Tho Storm TO ro TUBES ra of yr the she III I r 1 Iter taJ rail or the March larch 1 fl 1 fan 11 iw d ii from Crom Australia to tOa u oM tl a 1111 1 news flowS of lit the W af a I I e nt tt the Urh pi ill h UK tilt middle ot of January y r I t IMS Invest u II k fc I Ti fhi found tutt be c bet bei and IIII I th t I i i Id i wio islanders perished t en th t mi Im Arter After the tho wind hat had had hat receded 1 I ti tb v aters dru ned natives w ro I jur about tho t n ti ces t J t t of r the Islands visited by lIy Wk I IS the et able to with lu lui x i di d dIU u It tt t place Is ISU H iti Ib highest fI u ned II i U 11 wt tet ftC all n fP t H 1 to the tho The Te r lafty laMY f ty by binding them thern There h rU I and tun tl C du P tG t J I three or 01 four tour days In Inh mun the dread dreadA swept over t Hili in h th l h jh i hundred lives lIes wore veru lot lost loti t A lt Is ot of tere om 1 virtually washed 1111 little i i y ai at lit present Jre 11 alv 11 ho ti and iro o UI U Yi them heni man cannot 01 t tn M ulI vanished vanish ell anti and s ice n Cl 5 iS tire are dried up ant ani B tho the ut thi Ihl I Y I of ot C On i th of ot O tho thoi tt conn Iti ir tr iruni i wie destroyed Ile houses hou es C t i the willis ot of the tha Catho al ho hoI cere I ir 1 I tho Ihl prison swu t uni L t the tile Inhabitants werf werM ay M At thre WHO were thre throe nurs S Killi 1 bv lW b the awful th of the Awns uie liro ur 1 I Ill 1 und and Allon lIon i 11 J i Mr end ind Mrs Mr Gilbert of ot the tho Latter Jy vJ bunts intS mi slon FITL DETAILS OF 01 Mai taT h ii 4 via 10 Francisco hr h Iii 1 Til Tn latest Intelligence rein live to th tho hurricane In or orL orL OrL L L f r ago go indicates that the th w v I toO COO The Tho loss of o i l bp D p one halt half million del dol delb br b Kin R f r no if have hae been bee II In Ia IUt t J i Th i P irli ano und and high wa ut wait let i I In i 4 Jon H 11 1 It nn an I Ile it le 1 U At Ii I t 37 deaths occurred In t nn 1 t i the visitors tore na I Ii sojourning there thereA d r i A dl U 11 I g reason ean One Oti hun bun bund d i eed or two tO ta are aie report Islands III In this tl ci I SIX S1 null r thiD t I h P i Ii 1 r cc of or the thin un UnIa u Ia n 0 JI d i a 1 U It is IN believed that thi th Ih t II iti AI aj Jm r f futilities In the thc entIre 5 aj ajon II j i n E it t less than GOO GOOi GOOon on t MI tin MIr fl I i mth uth of 26 nn nil ant r t iKi C J I TB ng swept Into the la In Ini I iWU i ud aoI 0 n a ml the th great so sr se lac laL ta ii t tr l 11 y contact with rocks roch A c CN Iii nil J 1 iris of all sorts Upon MJ I 11 Ii 1 ll ral jt ones tineS cocoanut trees titus fc rf Ither fl rig or ur kIlling m out ng down doi beneath the wa touti th lb thy y w n wc drowned droned GIlT rY IN On O th tb a ful ci night of ot Jan 15 IG l when n h f He b Ila and a driving down rl r rain rn ml it clung their facts faces nail nailI I tx L I Ph th parents h tied tlell their lit lItie tle ie r 11 I I ill I 1111 lr backs Jacka and caught n is i i h i lr Ir r heads bends rolled roiled the thet 1 r lA Ca t I wilen sh n they retreated Ih j tho thi boys Ill I II 5 M r r ind I d Tho lather or ort t C t r j 2 I nl tily 1 endeavor ndell or to ro re reuf ron tun n G 1 lit f their dead but butt ai a I hid h t td d to abandon them themi T It h C hI M i q i to cocoanut tree treeK L I It th 11 them others cs es e et est 1 t t 1 I trees tree t ree temporarily t I I able to catch hold hohl r and anI I so eQ between I the thea ther I IT tc K r a tl safety utter many Hn l b JI f 1 i About 20 natives to I J g e r j girl fir swum swain t I lr r tr ner live ne or sis Ell hours oc battling with alth the waves In landing In safety on the leeward wide of ot tho thu Island Those who perished In their were vere far moie numerous than hart those who succeeded WArr Jt ISLANDS LANDS IS The sea sen and tho the lagoon were as ns unsafe by IJ reason renson of or the debris floating In their nt cu was tho the ocean outside out The depth ot of vater In lU most parts Parte of Ut the tho Island Id and was from 15 W to 20 fuel feet but the tho meeting of or the tM waves from the tho outside and those forced across the lagoon fre tro frequently made mallo tho the hood flood much nuch greater In places The title gale found the natives weakened from a 1 virulent form torm of oC measles that hail had become epidemic otherwise more moro might been spared In tho thu struggle struggle gle with the water wa tel Those who sur OUt survived vh d were worp ore the ones who were able to leave tho main village lint anil au cross tov O cral eral dangerous low bow stretches whore where the waves washed Into the tho lagoon wading neck nel k deep aiding one another and hold hohl holdIng lOg Ing to debris and gradually withdraw withdrawing ing from the danger Inn er to a slightly more elevated elom IIII section on the tho north shore ESCAPE and 11 Allen 1 ot of the Mormon Mornion Church mid anti Mr and Mrs Irs Gilbert Of ot the tho Saints mission In a n report to United Suites States Consul Dolan Dohan give glo prow some details of ot the disaster The Tho Gilberts GilbertA lost one olla shel shelter did ter when n a cocoanut tree fell tell but bUI se so secured cured another In a high stump of ot n a tree trec The water Vater which had Mil nil all allbut but submerged them completely now only leached their feet teet The rho wind threatened d to tear t ur them from Crom their po position lignin and again and so no these theno AmerIcans American passed that awful night In III the tho morning the scum of ot horror that met their eyes on every side lIdo Wits us hinder harder to endure than the terrors of ot the night nil Corpses frightfully were strewn stroWn about und and there thero were living beings with unsightly and most painful wounds 81 DEVOUR BODIES In some somo Instances only one out of a n flUidly family laid hid survIved Upon th the barren Jarren reef leaf many man bad hatI b lodged bilged and ns no the brown skin had been off oft by the lie coral the ghastly appearance of or these corpses was hard to bear Out on In n the tile surface of or the th deep the thO th sharks harks were neon to devour many bodies bo while in III the tho lagoon bodies were Wele floating upon tipon the debris a IL moss muss mass Tho Th of at the tho fatalities In Mora Morn where out of ot a II In Inhabitants Inhabitants habitants perish Is likewise o extreme extremely ly Iy slid end nd und so also ulso with regard to the theother theothor theother other othor Islands where deaths occurred It Is U lIkely that of ot tho ho he entire I population of ot the group sue suc succumbed I To 10 aid the Injured a II tem tern temporary hospital was constructed and Dr acting administrator ot the tho group roup rendered assistance Prom l the debris were ware secured tins con containing taming foodstuff but Jut there thoro was wait naturally naturally ally nil a 0 scarcity ot of such as ns was vas not spoiled A Finall Emal supply sup l had been taken to 1 the highest ground from n u store of ot eta ft a trader who paid laid the the th rate ot at 15 5 per hour The cocoanuts were soon exhausted To fo oat cat out of ot the wa sea or lagoon would doubtless have ha been hen suicidal lal considering the 10 danger lInn er from rein poison polson AS M there were ere hundreds of ot corpses floating about o out In the water and upon which the fish were preying From Irom drinking brackish water tIme the natives became with dysentery Of Ot the CC 60 sail mil boats oil all but one olle or Ot two hind had been destroyed anti these could not be ho sent pent to Tahiti a n Ills dis distance tance lance of ot nearly miles malice About 1000 lOO survivors We In danger of ot starvation or of ot perishing Iron from thirst or disease dIRelle nude weak weale anti discouraged It l Is not to be wondered at nl that a 0 few of or tho the natives became berame loot ore of ot their neighbors goods How over on the whole the thc order was con ton MORMONS SAW SAVE SA YE It is III i to the lasting credit of or tile the Amer Mner Americans Icons that the relief relict from thirst cama caine In Inthe Inthe the tho form forni of ot condensed 1 water Mr all Gil Gilbert III bert secured the consent of Dr Dru Drunell nell neil to distill water The Tho administrator was at It lust skeptical but re refused refused fused tu ed consent con ho woes was M given Hlen n a small emall ot of fresh water vater from n a i minia miniature ture tore condenser tr constructed by Mr Ir till Ill GlIbert S bert Straightway the tile doubt vanished I leu and he placed Mr Gilbert In charge of ot a n to search for tor suitable material for tor a 1 condenser on a to large scale ettIe At length two tank and some fOme tramPs frames 01 ot an iron bed boo for tubes and some come tubs vere ele elected ted With this hale primitive ma ilia machinery chinery alIens allons of ot freit water a or were tally dally for tor meveral days Mr distIlled suffered from nn an attack of ot She new due to his labor r on pro pra poisoning blood 1 ParIng for burial lie He narrowly death stench at anti and the des den The of ot all nil buildings anti and an 1 the lack food toot rendered It n a dangerous place pace for tor of ot further residence About OUt nine days after otter the disaster as m man many of r the lv peo b be tAken were gent celt away an anne could pie ne nelIe I as to other Is tel nn on the lIe steamer Tahiti Others It ot of the group or to nid the Durance anti nl ZIlee fd f lowed on the J ho o taw have sun sus To ro relIVe If mil ml million t I a S gold cold th th government has baa hasI dollars lion e be taken In Inthis to I ft l lu 0 which Franci Is eX CX eXt t this In raised l With the money join t O machines machined Pt that diving It 11 Is 18 to the ties lies giVen HIn h will bo be Machine will WIllbe 11 d II I a year ar or moro on be whIch have been clOg closed ad hitherto several to machine operationS S amounting to Ie o tons tone to 1111 sent S nm upp lle and carried from rom S San Sen n steamshIp have free bv b by the French gunboat en transferred to o the b been ir to the destitute tute be lra to o the merchants here II through the insolvency heavIly have I loSt 0 who cy 0 of nu merchantS tl lm that In the aIe TM the in III their most o onto of the ta half million ii o pr 1 prevAils vall here that It The 11 better to send nil money have hIIe ot of to the nat flint ConSUl l Dot t that the t feels l eUN lie ho while the l or of those thOle thOlet t I t url hI h thinks that who I Is Mot nt for Cor mil ma mathe ml the c hi UnIted States had lIal bt r c f spin in the water liars have nd d an Hen many South Sea Id rem been reported Islands the In th the houses were ere wInd Ind v lit D crY very blown down and trees felled Heavy rains caused the tho river to rise riM and change Its course causing touch much dum damn I ne Ono One boy was drowned in tho the river |
