Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-19
LOSS Of LIFE
WAS APPALLING
Hongkong Police Station Sur.
rounded by Chinese Who Are
Identifying Their Dead.
THOUSANDS HAVE Persisted.
Iiarbor SlrcWn With Mrcckagc-
Storm Was unannounccd-Obscr-
vatory Ccnsurcd for Neglect.

Hongkong. Sept l9.-The typhoon
which swept this port, 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 moder-
ate winds, Half an hour after the gun
signal had been fired, the storm was at
its 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 1000 sampans and tunks are
missing from Hongkong alone.
Wharyes were swept away and houses
collapsed. The military barracks are
IN ruins
The steamers Monteagle. Fatshan.
Keung shan. Wing Shat. Hermania.
Castellano. Talking. Emma Luyken,
san RoSario, Slaya, Pekhong. Petrarch.
Chum Lee, Sexta. Sunon. Chang Sha
Signal and Chigai Maru are ashore.
The American ship ;. =. Hitchcock
was also driven ashore. as were many
OF the launches that run about the har-
Dor. The steamers KWong Chod. San
ChWeng, Sossogon and Honeymoon were
sunk. The steamers Apenrade and
Johnanne are partly aWash. The Brit
ish reserve sloop Phoenix and a small
gunboat the Dong0la. are ashore. The
British torpedo boat destroyers Moor
hem Robins and Taku were damaged.
The Sir William Jervois was sunk The
French torpedobOat destroyer Froude
was wrecked and the Francosque is
ashore. The guns of the Froude were
saved but three petty officers and one
seaman lost their lives.
a Chinese revenue cruiser Is ashore
and several Indo.China and Manila
liners narrowly escaped disaster.
The harbor Is strewn with wreCkage
thrown upon the shore. Hundreds OF
Chinese bOatmen and their families
were saved by the bravery Of the po-
lice and civilians but several thousand
Of the Chinese water dwellers must
have persisted. many within short dis
tances Of the shore. The losses In lives
and property among the Chinese were
appalling. Today the police stations
in HongkOng are surrounded by Chi
neso identifying their dead. The fam
lilies Of the Hongkong boatmen live
night and day on the sampans, and
thousands OF these people are now
homeless
The Chinese take the disaster calmly
and show no manifestations OF grief.
one launch that was capsiged had
1870 Chinese on board They were all
drowned.
The river steamer Fatshan driftei
into collision with the French mail
steamer and left Capt. Thomas, who
was injured one officer and the ongi-
neers to navigate the Fatshan 10 shell
ter I'm the bay, where she was blown
ashore.
The bishop Of Victoria Or. J. c.
Hoare was on his way 20 visit some
neighbOring Islands. when the storm
broke. and Is reported missing. His
launch has been found floating bottom
upwards.
Many valuable steel lighters have
been lost. Some Of them were hurled
ashore. Channels will have 10 be dug
to permit some OF the vessel ashore 10
be refoated The force OF the wind
and waves was such that some vessels
were stranded almost high and dry.
The japanese steamer Sada Maru
rescued 60 natives and one English pilot
as he 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 10 the harbor
Sir Matthew Nathan. governor of |
Hongkong. and the authorities, are
doing everything possible TO render as
sistance. Reports % fresh disasters |
are arriving every hour
Only a few Europeans are missing.
No reports are on hand 10 show how |
the fishing fleets and the ships outside |
the harbor Jared.
Public opinion is incensed at the OBJ
servatory for not reporting the ap- !
preaching typhoon. An inquiry has |
been demanded Fer years past the
observatory has been subjected to adj |
verse comment. but on this occasion II |
is not believed TO be blameable.
THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
Manila. Sept. 49, 500 p. m,-Latest
advices from Hongkong state that |
600 lives were lost during the ~ 1
phoon and that the damage to prop /
erty. public and private, will amount TO
millions Of dollars.
Twelve ships were sunk "a were |
stranded. seven were damaged and |
one half OF the native craft In port
were sunk
The shipping trade has been par.
alyzed through lack OF lighters