Show TELLS OF disastrous STORMS washington oct 2 in a cablegram given out at the war department today the governor general of the philippines gives the catesi reports on the disastrous storm that swept these islands september ay the dispatch says thai twenty seven men perished on the coastguard cutter leyte anil that the reports of damage wrought by tho storm are generally discouraging the governor general cables that as all the wires were down re ports have only been coming in for the last day or two these reports he says are very discouraging the storm originated east of samar and swept over the northeast and north end of that island and all the southern province of luzon to manila crops are practically all destroyed including cocoanuts cocoa nuts kernp and rice it is feared that damage equally great has been done in the provinces of albay Cara minea and the coastguard cutter leyte was wrecked off samar and all on board were lost except nine members of this crew the officers lost were N fisher nearest relative martin fisher seattle frederick hellburg nearest relative ottilia new E M bent el person to be notified F B clinney Cli eney rochester pa P P johnson person to be notified mrs august joanson Joan san sweden beorse gardner name of relative apt given and one postal clerk passengers lost were james M dean person to be notified rait armock portland ore and geo B hart also others names not known the coastguard cutter leyte was foot steamer built in shanghai fot the civil government of the philippines at a cost delivered in manila of as she had a crew of thirty six men |