Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-18
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST.
Loss Amounts TO Millions But
Weeks viii be Necessary for
Complete Estimate.
Ocean Liners. Junss. Sampans and
Ierryboats Piled mp In Streets
Wreckagc Blocks Highways

HonFkorg. Sept ia destructive
typhoon occurred here today. a dozen
steamers IN the ha-bor have sunk or
are in sinking condition or have been
driven ashore.
Tho American ship 5. =. Hitchcock
is ashore. The British steamer Rwong
chow has sunk. The steamer Mon
teagle, belonging 10 the Canadian Pa
sIhC Railroad company. is ashore, Two
other British steamers, the san Cheung
aud tho Wing Chat have sunk. Tho
Eatshan IS ashore. The German steam
or Johanne is being beached to prevent
her sinking. The German steamer APP
penrsde is in a sinking condition and
the German steamers Signal, Petrarch
And Emmaluymen, are ashore. Tho
German steamer Prlnz Bahensr was
damaged. The Monteagle had her
stern post broken. Attempts are be-
ing made to float her
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.
Manila. Sept lS,-Csble reports from
Hongkong state that a typhoon which
sprung up suddenly al 10 o'clock this
morning did enormous damage io the
shipping iu that port
The German steamer Johauuc and
The British steamer san Cheuug were
sunk
The Hongkoue Canton aud Macao
company's steamer Fatshan foundercd.
and Of the crew thc puIser and mate
alone survived.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad COM
pany's steamer Monte7gle went ashore.
All business In the city e. az a stand
stll
The typhoon lasted two hours.
Later advices from Hongkong state
| that 100 lives were lost and millions
/ Of dollars worth Of damage done dur
/ ing the typhoon.
A late official estimate places the
| damage in the harboi OF Hongkong at
| more than a million dollars
The report OF The iouuderng of thn
! Fatshan Is said 60 be- untrue. Only
! two persons on the F8tshan we're killed.
I The French loss include four officers.
/ The British gunboats Robin. MoOrhen
/ end the torpedo boat DESTROYER Taku
were damaged The guuboai Phoenix
and the French torqedoboat DESTROYER
FrancisQue We're wrecked Altogether
eight steamers were wrecked. SIX be-
ing driven ashore.
Although the barometer was low
this morning there was nothing 10 pre-
sage q hurricane Under ordinary pre-
cautions the usual hIrho" work was IN
progress when the storm struck tho
shipping practically without warning.
Vessels pitched ashore along -he va
Ter front and the docks and seawalls
we're streWn with wreckagr. ocean
liners. 'unks ssuIans and ferryboais
were Piled up iu he streets and the
flooded highways blocked with The
wreckage.
The greatest loss Of life was among
the natives. Pearl uver was crowded
with boats and the storm sent hum
drtds 10 the bottom. ~ f. impossible
nov 90 estimate the number who pen
ishCd
Among tie few ships ln the haIbor
which escaped damage Is the Empress
o. Japan The British steamer Montsa-
rleis ashore. but no casualties on her
have been reported
The French torpedoboat destroyer
FrouGe was damaged in a collision and
% persons lost The American sailing
ship, :. p. Hitchcock vas thrown
hlFh and dry.
The British government officials i'm
mediately started 20 clear away the
debris. and soldiers and sailors ara
working heriocslly 10 save the drown
ing aud succ0r The homeless
A complete estimate % the damage
VIII not be cbtainable for weeks.
No Americans are reported 10 have
been killed or injured.
Hongkong Is on an island situated IN
thc China sea on the coast OF China,
from which u Il separated by mar
row strait 10 was Welded 10 Grea.
Britain by treaty IN 1Si2. The road
ried has a wen protected anchorage.
Victoria. the capital. Itself commonly
called Hongkong) il situated on
magnificent bay u the same name.
setilHg ny into the north side OF the
island HorEkong r. p great center
Of the foreign trade Of China. Total
exports are roughly estimated ~ 'ieb.-
600. 000 and imports az sl0o,oo0,0o9
A q British colony ON Chinese soi
70 r. the most important IN IT'S political
aud defensive position and Is the
headquarters ~ the military. naval and
mercantile establishments The popn-
lsilor 81 Hougkong, the city, f. about
a-s 400