The Mena weekly star., 1906-09-20
IA TYPHOON AT HONGKONG
A Dozen Steamers in Harbor Either Sunk or Driven
 Ashore
DETAILS OF DISASTER ARE LACKING
American, English and German Vessels Among Those Dana ged by the Storm The British Vessel Mont Eagle Only Recently Arrived at Hongkong From Vancouver and Honolulu.

Hongkong, Sept. 19.--A disastrous typhoon occurred here Tuesday. A dozen steamers in the harbor have sunk, are in sinking condition of have been driven ashore.
 The American ship s. P. Hitchcock is ashore. The British steamer Kwong Chow has sunk. The steamer Mont eagle, belonging to the Canadian Pa cific Railroad company, is ashore Two other British steamers. the San Cheung and the Wing Chai have sunk The Fatshan is ashore. The German steamer Appenrade is in a sinking condition and the German steamers Signal, Petrarch and Emmaluymen are ashore. The German steamer Prinz Baldenar was damaged. The Monteagle had her stern post broken Attempts are being made to float her.
 Honkong Is an island situated In the China sea, off the coast of China, from which it is separated by mar row strait. It was yielded to Great Britain by treaty in 1S42 The road stead has a we'll protected anchorage. Victoria, the capital, dtself commonly called Hongkong) is situated on a magnificent bay of the same name setting up into the north side of the island. Hongkong is a great center of the foreign trade of China. Total exports are roughly estimated at $125, 100000 and imports at $100, ,000. As British colony on Chinese soil 1t is the most important in it's polit- ical and defensive position and is the headquarters of the military, na- val and mercantile establishments. The population of Hongkong, the city, is about 275,00O
 New York. Sept. 19.-The British steamer Mont Eagle arrived at Hong kong, September 14. from Vancouver and Honolulu The steamer registers 3,492 tons net, Is 445 feet long, 52.2 feet beam and PIT feet in depth. She was built at Newcastle, in 1899.
 The German steamer Johanne sailed from Deli, an island off Java, August 1. The Johanne was built at Lubeck, Germany, in 1903, registers 952 tons net, is 255 feet long, 3G.2 feet beam, and lS1 feet in depth. She is owned by M. Jebsen.
 The British steamer Fatshan was built at Leith, in 1887, and is owned by the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat company, and the China Navigation company of Hongkong. The steamer registers 1,425 tons net, is 2S0 feet long. 54 feet beam and 1922 feet in depth.
 The British steamer San Chung was built at Hongkong, in 1902, is of 3S9 tons register, 1898 feet long, 332 feet beam, s.1 feet depth, and is owned by the Cheung On Steamboat company of Hongkong.
 Manila. Sept 19.-A late official estimate places the damage in the harbor of Hongkong at more than s1,- 900, ,000.
 The report of the foundering of the Fatshan is said to be untrue. Only two persons on the Fatshan were killed. The French loss includes four officers. The British gunboats Robin and Moorhen and the torpedo boat de. stroyer Taku were damaged. The gunboat Phoenix and the French tor pedo boat destroyer Francisque were wrecked
 Altogether eight steamers were wrecked, six being driven ashore.
 Although the barometer was low Tuesday morning, there was nothing to presage hurricane. Under ordi- nary precautions, the usual harbor work was in progress when the storm struck the shipping without warning. Vessels pitched ashore along tho water front and the docks and sea walls were strewn with wreckage Ocean liners. junks, sampans and ferryboats were piled up in the streets and the flooded highways blocked with the wreckage.
 The greatest loss of life was among the natives. Pearl river was crowded with boats and the storm sent hundreds to the bottom. 1t is impossible now to estimate the num- Der who perished.