The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-09-29
TYPHooN CARRIED DEATH
AND DESTRUCTION IN PATH
City Plunged In Darkness and Streets
Filled With TangIe Of
Electric Wirea
STONE DWELLINGS BLOWN DOWN
Shipping Believed to Have Had Warn.
ing, But Many Vessels May
Have Been Wrecked.

Manila, Sept. 27-Ten thousand of
Manilas inhabitants are homeless,
more than 200 have been injured and
six are known to be dead from the ter
rible effects of typhoon which swept
over the Philippine capital late yester-
day afternoon, carrying death and de-
struction in its path.
When the great storm struck the city
the streets were plunged into darkness.
Thousands of electric wires were
blown down and short circuited, fill
ing the streets with flames until the
power was shut Off The known dead
were killed by these live wires.
Hundreds of stone dwellings were
blown down, and two churches and a
hotel we're unroofed. The greatest
damage occurred in the native quarter.
Trees we're uprooted in all sections
and dozens of vehicles were upset, in
juring their occupants in many IN
stances.
Traffic has been suspended and the
streets are deserted. The police sta
tions are making an effort to feed and
shelter the homeless.
1t is believed that shipping in the
bay had warning of the approaching
storm and got out of its course, but
there are grave fears for the safety of
many vessels. The typhoon came to
an end at 7:30 p. m. Gangs of men are
engaged in cleaning the streets, and
the impression prevails that many dead
I will be found in the ruins of dwellings
wrecked by the storm.
Typhoons are not unusual in Asiatic
waters at this time of year, although
not always do they exhibit the ex-
treme violence possessed by this one.
They usually originate farther to the
east and nearer the equator than
Manila. They move to the west, or
west northwest and gradually curve
so that they often pass northward or
northwestward along the coast of
China and Japan. On the average
they are quite as severe as the West
: Indian hurricanes; the barometer falls
even lower at the equator and the rain
fall is probably heavier. They most
frequently occur late in the summer
or during the autumn and have done
great damage to shipping in Asiatic
waters and occasionally before in the
, Philippines. The center of the typh-
oon, around which the wind blows
In circles, is usually calm which
varies in diameter from one-tenth to
one-fifth of the storm area In the
northern hemisphere the bearing of
this center is always 80 degrees to the
right of the direction of the wind,
that is when the wind is north the
center bears east.
From a meteorological point OF
view the typhoon is special case Of
the so-called cyclonic storm. The vio-
lent typhoon that visited Manila oc-
CURED on November 8, 1879, and did
a great amount of damage. Many per-
sons were killed and a good half of
the city's dwellings laid low.
Manila has also number of times
suffered from earthquakes, the most
terrible of which occurred June 8,
1868, when the prominent buildings
were destroyed and several thousand
persons killed. One of the most de-
structive typhoons that ever occurred
was that which visited the coast of
China September 22, 1874, and prac-
tically wiped out Hong Kong and
Macao.