Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-19
1000 KILLED WITH
z SHIPS WRECKED
IN TYPH0ON TRACK
Terrific Loss of Life and Prop
erty at Hongkong.
CAME WITHOUT WARNING
CAME WITHOUT WARNING
Etorm-Swept Port Had Not Moment
to Prepare.
HALF THE NATIVE CRAFT SUNK
Shipping Trade is Paralyzed, but Only
Few Europeans Are Missing
Reports Of Fresh Disasters.

The failure OF the observatory to
report the approach of the typhoon
is causing much adverse comment
at Hongkong> In the trail of the
China sea calamity there are hum
dreds of dead, with scores of ships
and craft of nondescript type lost,
sunk and foundered. The tale Of
horror is not yet told, as reports Of
fresh disasters are being brought in
every hour. Efforts are being made
to relieve the great suffering. The
Chinese, with their customary celes-
tial philosophy, are accepting the
terrific conditions stoically.
MANILA, September 10, 8 p.m.-Latest
advices from Hongkong stated that one
thousand lives were lost during the typhoon
and that the damage to property, public
and private, will amount to millions of
dollars.
Twelve ships were sunk, twenty four were
of the native craft in port were sunk.
The shipping trade has been paralyzed
through lack Of lighters.
Typhoon Of Local Nature.
HONGKONG, September 1s.-The typhoon
which swept this port yesterday. destroying
a great number of vessels and causing
much loss OF life, was of local nature. 1t
came suddenly and without warning. The
observatory had predicted moderate winds
Half an hour after the gun signal had been
fired the storm was at it's height 1t lasted
two hours. Most of the damage done was
wrought on the Kowloon peninsula. The
losses are estimated at several million dol
lars. Over one thousand sampans and
juntas are missing from Hongkong alone
Wharves were swept away and houses COL
lapsed. The military barracks are in ruins
The steamers Monteagle Fatshan, Keung
shan, Wing Chat, Hermania. Castellano
TAX Hing. Emma Luyken. San Rosario
Slava. Pakhong. Petrarch. Chum Lee, Sex
IA, Sunon, Chang Sha, Signal and Chinkai
Maru are ashore The American ship s. p
Hitchcock was also driven ashore, as were
many of the launches that run about the
harbor. The steamers Kwong Chow, San
Chewing. Sorsogon and Honeymoon were
sunk The steamers Apenrade and Johanne
are partly awash. The British reserve sloop
Phoenix and a small gunboat. the Dongola.
are ashore. The British torpedo boat de-
Tal>
damaged. The Sir William Jervois was
sunk. The French torpedo boat destroyer
Froude was wrecked and the Francisque is
ashore. The guns of the Froude were
saved, but three petty officers and one sea-
man lost their lives.
Chinese Cutter Ashore
A Chinese revenue cruiser is ashore. and
several Indo-China and Manila liners mar
rOwly escaped disaster.
The harbOr is strewn with wreckage
thrown up on the shore. Hundreds of Chi
nese boatmen and their families were saved
by the bravery of the police and civilians
but several thousand of the Chinese water
jewellers must have perished many within
short distances of the shore The losses in
lives and property among the Chinese were
Hongkong are surrounded by Chinese
identifying their dead. The families of the
Hongkong boatmen live night and day on
the sampans. and thousands of these peo-
pie are now homeless.
Chinese Are Stoical.
The Chinese take the disaster calmly and
show no manifestations OF grief.
One launch that was capsized had 13C
Chinese on board. They were all drowned
The river steamer Fatshan drifted into
collision with the French mail steamer The
entire Chinese crew climbed aboard the
French steamer and left Capt. Thomas
who was injured; one officer and the engi-
neers to navigate the Fatshan to Shelter
bay, where she was blown ashore
The bishop of Victoria, DIR. ]. c. Hoare
was on his way to visit some neighborine
islands when the storm broke and is re-
ported missing. His launch has been found
floating bottom upward.
Many valuable steel lighters have been
lost Some Of them were hurled ashore
Channels will have to be dug to permit
some OF the vessels ashore to be refioated
The force of the wind and waves were
such that some vessels were stranded al
most high and dry.
The japanese steamer saba Maru res
eued sixty-six natives and one English
pilot as she was approaching Hongkong.
The English mail steamers Delhi and
pOona escaped damage.
The British cruiser Terrible entered port
yesterday afternoon and reported fine
weather up to the harbor.
Only a Few Europeans Missing.
Dir Matthew Nathan. governor of Hong.