OCR Text |
Show TYPHOONAND FLOOD CHINA AND THE PHILIPPINES SUFFER GREAT LOSS A3 RESULT OF STORM. Many Lives Lost, Whllo the Property Damage Will Be Great. Torrential Torren-tial Rains Accompany Storm, Flooding Extensive Area. Manila. A typhoon of unusual sovorlty swopt ncrosB northern and central Luzon on Sunday night. Wire communication with all points beyond be-yond Dagupan and Luzon was cut off and details aro lacking. Ono mcssngo brought to Dagupan from San Fabian, says tho loss of llfo wns considerable and tho dam-ago dam-ago to property heavy. Torrential rains ncompanled tho storm and an oxtonslvo area was flooded. Tho railroad rail-road bed was washed out nt several points and ono railway station was swept away. Hongkong. Jinny casualties attended at-tended n. typhoon that played havoc with tho natlvo shipping and damaged dam-aged other vessels at various ports on tho coast. At this port tho Standard Oil steamer Lyndhurst fouled tho Japanese Jap-anese steamer Hong Kong Mary nnd both wero damngod. At Mnrcao tho Portugese gunboat Patrla was lifted from Its moorings and carried up tho Canton rlvor, whero It stranded. Many houses wero blown down In tho vicinity of Macao, whore Junks nnd fishing smacks In large numbers roundercd, Involving many casualties. |