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Show PHILIPPINE ISLAND HIT BYJYPHDON RED CROSS RUSHES AID TO PHILIPPINE PHI-LIPPINE AREA SWEPT BY GREAT TYPHOON Tidal Wave at Same Time Adds to Tradegy; Thourands Are Homeless; Home-less; Death Total R;ses Over 300, Property Damage Heavy Manila A typh-on, a tidal wave and a flood in widely separated areas have combined a joint vs -nation ot the Philippine Phil-ippine islands, leaving in their wake death believed i:i excess of 300 and heavy property d .. -.-. The waters of P.-'.'--; bang river, over which t lie typhoon s,wppt, rushed back suddenly, carrying mvay to destruction destruc-tion residents in theb houses. Roa island isl-and bridges we,-o -i-ished out and telegraph tel-egraph lines hlo-.-i down, so that an accurate appra:; -.! of the damage done is impossible, -.tsi it is said that in the town of Bitatigas alone there are besides the known d; ad, approximately approximate-ly 300 missing. The Red Cross-ha-, dispatched physicians, phys-icians, nurses and medical supplies to Batangas for the relief of the sufferers and the United States army also sent food and clothing, but it is doubtful when the supplies will reach the sufferers suf-ferers because of the had conditions of the roads. The typhoon struck from the direction direc-tion of the island and province of Smara, breaking disastrously over Batangas Bat-angas province, damaging many i owns, including Batangas, while at Bauan a tidal wave which engulfed it caused a hundred more deaths. In this one province, it is believed, the death toll will reach 200. Early reports of the tidal wave could not. be confirmed, due to the protration of the wire service out of Manila, but officials arriving from Batangas stated the report was true and that there were a hundred deaths. Los Banos, which is on the sizeable inland body of water. Laguina de Bay, felt the effects of the storm, and many of the lighter buildings there were demolished. de-molished. The insular Agricultural college was among the structures seriously ser-iously damaged. |