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Show . . . . -. j in.- aw" - - - - - - -v - -- - HEAVY LOSS OF r - r ; V Hongkong, China, is Visited by a Most Destructive Typhoon. Vessels Driven Ashore and Collide During Storm,' While ' Military Quarters and Temporary Build- ' Ings Are' Demolished. Hongkong. A destructive typhoou occurred here Tuesday. A dozen steamers in the harbor have sunk or are in a sinking condition, or have been driven ashore. At least 100 lives were lost The American ship S. P. Hitchcock is ashore. The British steamer Kwong Chow has 'sunk. The steamer Monteagle, belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railroad company, is ashore. Two other British steamers, the San Cheung and the Wing Chal, have sunk. The FaUhan is ashore. The German steamer Johanne has -been beached to provent her sinking. The German steamer Appenrade is in a sinking condition and the German steamers Signal, Petrarach and Em-maluymen Em-maluymen are ashore. The Gorman steamer Prinz Baldcnar was damaged. The Monteagle had, her stern post broken. Attempts are being mado to float her., 4 The military quarters and tho temporary tem-porary buildings were demolished and the men were quartered In tho casements case-ments of the fort. A fleet of nineteen deep sea Junks was washed on Stonecutters' Island. A tramp vessel collided with tho French torpedo boat destroyer Frondo and it Ib reported that twenty Frenchmen, French-men, wero killed. Tho French torpedo boat destroyer Franclsquo la ashore, tho steamer Apcnrndp is badly stranded on Stonecutters' Island and the British steamer Radnorshire is damaged. |