Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-10-03
Death AND RUIN IN
PATH OF IYPH00N
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PROP
ERTY IN PHILIPPINE AND
SOUTHERN ISLANDS.
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
IN ISLAND OF SAMAR
Loss on Hemp Plantations Estimated
at 81, 900, ooo-Report from Gen.
:, Corbin Tells of Heavy Damage to
Government Property.


Ing in from places along the path of !
the recent typhoon, in the island of
Luzon and the southern islands, indi-
cate great loss of life and property. |
In the waters surrounding Samar and |
other islands many coasting vessels |
and island transports have been
wrecked. The coast guard cutter
Leyte is complete wreck and IL
Americans and "a natives were
drowned. At the town of Sorsogon, Is
natives were drowned. The loss on
hemp plantations is estimated at
$1,0G0000. The army transport Juan
Rodriguez is ashore at Legaspi.
Thousands Homeless.
In the interior of the island of Sa-
mar thousands of natives are home
less and the same report comes from
many of the other smaller islands.
The army posts in the southern islands
have been destroyed. The civil and
military authorities are rushing aid to
the suffering people in the form of sup
plies of food and shelter. Owing TO
the destruction of the telegraph sys-,
tenn, reports received from other points
are very meager. -r--q-
7 Damage to Government Property.
Washington, Sept. 30-Gen.i Corbin,
commanding the division of the Phil
lppines, Friday cabled the war depart
ment further details of the damage
done 10 government property there by
the recent typhoon. He says that
Temporary shelter posts at Harris
horne, Catubig, Tagabiran, Taviran,
Gandara and Bulao were destroyed.
Camp Cornell was injured Launches
Hercules and Lorcha, with ralions, ali
for Gandara, were blown ashore neal
Taranguan; the Lorcha was distribute
ing coal ashore near Taranguan.
"Baslan reports the Carmen ashore OF
the east coast of Samar and the insular
government coast guard vessel Leyte
wrecked on the west coast near Allen
All officers and six passengers on the
Leyte were lost Artificer Joseph L
Rulon, company E, Twenty-first in
iantry. was killed, and several officer!
and men injured at Hartshorne. TIT
damage to property in and around tn,
city js mainly confined to unroofins
Buildings, can be repaired, Manila an,
Mckinley about $1,000, the latter no
more than $500. Land telegraph sys
tenn demoralized." "a
The Leyte mentioned in Gen. Cor
-'laiists.s dispatch is one Of the Is steam
ofhce1ed by Americans with Filipino
petty officers and crews. 1t would ap
pear, therefore, that by curious co
incidence two vessels of the same nam,
have been simultaneously wrecked a
different points in the Philippines, tn,
naval ship Leyte at Manila. and tn,
coast guard ship Leyte, on the ives
coast of Samoi, near Allen.
Many Die in South Seas
Victoria, B. c., Sept. 30-Mail ad
vices from the south seas include de
tails Of a disastrous typhoon and tida
wave in the Marshall group. causin,
dhe loss of about 100 lives.
A wave nearly six feet high swep
the island of Jaluit The schoonc
Jones Brothers was dashed to piece
near New Castle, after breaking he
tow line from the steamer Helen Nicol
on the night of September 1, and sever
men were drowned. Not vestige O
her, other than some debris smashe.
to matchwood. was found.
Stories of other disasters have come
The largest ship built in American wa
tiers, the Roanoke, Capt Amesbury
was destroyed by fire at Nehoue New
Caledonia. The 80 men, assisted by
the crews of the American ship Sus.
guebanna and Norwegian bark Arabia
fought the fire. The smoke was sc
dense that men could not be sent be
low. Holes were cut In the deck and
bucket brigades worked until steam
was up and the pumps were started
but the fire drove out the engineer and
the fire fighters. The Susquehanna $
mate and some men were overcome by
fumes and had narrow escape. The
vessel is a total loss.