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Show A DAY OF HORROR. Typhoon and Torrential Rains Bring Death to Three Hundred. Manila. Delated reports Indlcato that tho storm of October 12 In tho Cngaynn valley was tho worst nnd most destructive within tho memory of living Inhabitants of the valley. Tho official figures aro not yet available, as many places hnvo not been henrd from, but It scorns certain thut tho number of deaths will reach 300. Thero was a heavy typhoon and torrential rains throughout tho valley val-ley nnd In tho mountains. HIvors wero Hooded nnd many places rose to n height of thirty feet, sweeping everything beforo thorn tn their rush to tho sea. Hundreds of animals nnd houses were swept away by tho waters. . At Aparrl, which was almost completely com-pletely under water, tho American residents, headed by Lieutenants Treadwny and Clark, Postmaster Foss and Engineer Clark, formed a rescuo brignde, which rescued scores of natives, taking many off their houses whllo floating down tho river. |