New-York tribune., 1906-09-21
pONG KONG'S DISASTER.
-osS OF LIFE ENORMOUS.
,e.,,., Tsaseis Fornd-ed-Damage
Ess-ossd at ss0,OOo,OOo.

- sspt- 2o--The fun extent OF the
BOX .--e-,-h. Is not yet known. but con-
rssl- ..-t-aAtss place tie number OF Chinese
sersA- - tves ~ I'VE thousand and the
-, % The colony az s-oVeoVvV
-Ali~s = sisasters at sea are constantly
- here The steamer Albatross
o7Hls 20 -s.-~-ge-s on board. foundered near
w. = pasx only six passengers and two
-. - we're saved They swan ashore
p -...-,sr Hong Kong also was lost. and her
- = ts missing. The steamer 1ihsI~~
- - s,-,ohun. foundered. and 80 passengers
=, =, her crew are missing. Only Two %
an. known 20 have been rescued
u - vzos-s and her search party have re
- T-h.v found no trace OF her huseano-
-. Charles Hoare. Anglican Bishop OF w
'o''i - --acht was lost during the typaoo1-
W. r-,o-,as commander OF the river
- y,stsha-. whose Chinese crew c4sIhOele-
s''s -. F,-ench NAL steamer Polynesien
% .bs Fatshan was n collision WIZ Ne1'
80 ets -ossel ana 80 Chinese pssseheei~
.,gsne rooua staS stuck he-oically 10 tae4i
az ,,sntstn Thomas was lsft almost slIs.7
- - a.,z T5e took the wheel and n~V'-
- .7,e Fstshaa for one hour ana lo1's -
.. .,-,urh q heavy sea- and bsaohso IHo ---s
- u IS believed that she osa 0e
,rf.hcut trouble .-,.,- -
-. s-ar OF the JArdins-adatheson a1sas
80 RESCUED two hundred chfiiAii's1i 1'O--
lnC sznpans. -.s.--, Co-n,any
-. losses o. the KoVloon Gooo'0 -. -.
-..,-,+.s AZ $4,000. Forty thousand Ds--Se
are -.,,-r ,,s,. IN storage az Kowlocr- sre
.r. losses The beach is Uttered WIZ
-.lu,els sIkS. and many loo'e's N~'0
- hs-s G-6 a. Kowloon- -,,.
r-r--1laE q nee 20 IE4AChN
sss-A ,-.,,,.sa Messengers
- 80 steamer Esu--r shan from macao
-'l o s+-.,sed o. La-tso Island Al tle L.
-s~ss-rers. including Gree woIIlsE' "eIe
- sfarv oe the Chinese. Including "o1iS.-
-. b,-t the total number of deaths Is
~ t-,v-n The position os the Esong-SLlSn u
bopslssA .-. ,..,,,.-,.- han the
-, broks here az midnight and D-e" I0r
: ,,-,-s ne damage was not great
r. R-f-ish reserve sloop Phosn-x- Whicn NAs
,.,o--ss ashore yesterday. Is 6 tOla- vice.
81 Matthew Nathan. GOve-no- OF Aons Aol'ss
.,.stinr 10 the legislative Council To-Day se-o
:. irten6ed 10 appoint 6 committee 70 inquire
,-,o me charges made against the OpssrV SSo1y
80 il had failed 70 give warning OK Ghe y
-oar BE sid lie was SoDf.osnt Lnst t2e 91eS~
- rF Ffra q
- irte Individual acts of heEo-sn also W.
y s-s-ted. The Governor has accepted Ihe oner
=. ~ Arneri1an squadron 10 cooperate IN res
cue work .,. - -t....,,- q,
,iss-nr away the w-eckzge 20 1ac--1aUe ne
iossnr and unloading ot ships. The govern
r-enr b wiling 70 loan money without interest
a. tbe rebuilding Of native boats II Is pro
-oze6 70 ulaca-d the streets OF Hong Kong with
rrpHsb and Chinese versions ot the message
~ svmratrv received from king E6ward. Wis
c0rnr Havash! the japanese Foreign Minister.
slzo has telegraphed his Sympathy Win the SUI
ferers
Washington Sept 20-O8Gial advioes were
reoetvsa ty tle 6tats Department to-day OF the
6ssruc1ol wrought by the ryphOOn ct Hong /
Kong. The following cable dispatch was re-
ceivs5 from IL. Wilder. American Consul at /
Hong Kong:
Hong Kong, September %. 4
Secretary o. State WashiU gtons
Five thousand lives. 400 000 sterling property 4
losl, thirty Steamers wrecked; twenty more 4
c2llase1 American --r-e-ruaErer Hitchcock and i
Two P1l1r-ne Steamers wrecked. Callao safe \
and assisting. consulate intact WILDER