Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20
5000 LIVES LOST
$2O,OOO,OOO WRECK
SCORE OF TYPHOON
Reports of New Disasters Con-
stant|y Coming In.
MANY MORE SHIPS LOST
S. S. Hongkong Goes Down and Entire
Crew is Missing.
s1ooP PHOENIX A TOTAL WRECK
Another Storm, Less Violent Than
Typhoon, Sweeps Over Port
for Six Hours.
S. S. Hongkong Goes Down and Entire
Crew is Missing.
SLOOP PHOENIX A TOTAL WRECK

The extent of the terrific typhoon
Which swept over Hongkong is not
: yet known, according to cable adj
vices. Reports of more wrecked
steamships are constantly being
received. All danger of famine is
averted, it is stated, there being an
abundance of rice. Another storm
blew over the stricken port for six
hours from midnight last night,
but it is not believed that the dam
hge was very great.
HONGKONG, September 2O.-The British
reserve sloop Phoenix, which was reported
ashore yesterday, is total wreck
Another Storm.
Another storm, less violent, however, than
the typhoon broke here at midnight and
blew for six hours The damage, appar-
emily, was not great.
Full Extent Not Known.
The full extent of the catastrophe is not
yet known, but conservative estimates place
the number of Chinese who lost their lives
at 5000 and the total of the material dam
age to the colony at $20,OO0OO0
Reports of disasters at sea are constantly
Being received here. The steamer Alba
trosS with $50 passengers on board foun-
dered near Futaumen Pass. Only six pas
sengers and two of the crew were saved.
They swan ashore. The steamer Hongkong
also was lost and her entire crew Is miss
ing. The steamer Yingfat, from Samchun,
foundered. and 1870 passengers and ten of
her crew are missing. Only two of the crew
are known to have been rescued.
Mrs Hoare and her search party have re-
turned. They found no trace of her hus-
band. Joseph Charles Hoare, Anglican
bishop of Victoria whose yacht was lost
during the typhoon.
Captain Thomas, commander of the river
steamer Fatshan, whose Chinese crew
clambored on board the French mail steam
er PolyneSian when the Fatshan collided
with her. saved his vessel and EO Chi
nese passengers by splendid seamanship
Fortunately the engine room staff stuck
heroically to their posts. Captain Thomas
left almost single-handed on deck
He took the wheel and navigated the Fat
shan for one hour and forty minutes
through tempestuous sea. and finally beach
ed the vessel safely. 1t is believed that
She can be relocated without trouble.
Two Hundred Rescued.
The staff of the Jardine Matheson sugar
refinery rescued 200 Cinnamon from sink
ing sampans.
The losses of the KOwloon Goodwin (ware-
house, company are estimated at $4,000.
Forty thousand bales of yarn, which were
in storage at Kowloon probably are ire
trlevably damaged. The beach is Uttered
with valuable silks, and many hooters have
been arrested here and at kowloon.
There are ample supplies of rice to re-
lieve distress
There were 700 Chinese passengers or
board the steamer Heung- Shan, from
Macao, which stranded off Lantao Island
All the European passengers, including
three women. were saved Many of the
Chinese, including women, were drowned
but the total number of deaths is no,
known. The position of the Heung-Shan is
hopeless.