Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-21
MANY KILLED IN TYPHOON
SEVERAL VESSELS ARE SUNK OR
BEACHED BY TERRIFIC STORM
IN HONG KONG.
MUCH PROPERTY LOSS.
Business at a Standstill in City of 275,-
900 inhabitants as Result Of
the Disaster.

MANILA, Sept. 1S.-Latest advices
from Hong Kong state that 100 lives
were lost and millions Of dollars worth
of damage was done during the typhoon.
The report of the laundering of the
Fatshan is said to be untrue. Only two
persons on the Fatshan were killed.
The French loss includes four officers.
The British gunboats Robin and Moor
hen and the torpedo boat destroyer
Takue were damaged. The gunboat
Phoenix and the French torpedo boat
destroyer Francisque were wrecked.
Eight Steamers Wrecked.
Altogether eight steamers were
wrecked, six being driven ashore. The
only American ship reported lost so far
is the S. P. Hitchcock, Capt. Zerk,
which had just arrived at Hong Kong
from Manila and was preparingto sail
for Baltimore and New York.
The Hitchcock is owned by l. r.
Chapman & Co. of New York, and car
ried a crew of "a men. She was built
at Bath, Me-, in 1888, and Is Of 2OS6
tons net register, PAT feet long, 70 feet
deep, and A feet beam.
Although the barometer was low this
| morning, there was nothing to presage
OuOSI pACN1uIAOAAS'
the usual harbor work was in progress
when the storm struck the shipping With
out warning. Vessels pitched ashore
along the water front and the docks and
sea walls were strewn with Wreckage.
Ocean liners, junks, sampans and ferry
boats were piled up in the streets ana
the flooded highways blocked with the
| Wreckage.
The greatest loss of life was among
the natives. Pearl river was crowded
with boats and the storm sent hundreds
to the bottom. 1t is impossible now to
[ estimate the number who persisted.
Among the ships in the harbor which
escaped damage is the Empress of ia
pan. The British S. S. Monteagle IS
ashore but no casualties on her have
been reported.
The French torpedo destroyed Froude
was damaged in collision and twenty
persons were lost. The American sail
ing ship S. z. Hitchcock, was thrown
high and dry.
The British government officials I'M
mediately started to succor the home
less. A complete estimate Of the dam
age done will not be obtainable for
weeks. No Americans are reported to
have been killed or injured.
Report Twelve Vessels Lost.
| HONG KONG, Sept 1S.-A disas-
| trous typhoon occurred here today. A
dozen steamers in the harbor have sunk,
are in a sinking condition or have been
| driven ashore.
The American ship S. P Hitchcock is
ashore. The British steamer kwong
Chow has sunk. The steamer Monteagle,
belonging to the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way company, is ashore. Two other
| British steamers, the San Cheung and
the Wing Chat, have sunk. The Fat
! Shan is ashore.
The German steamer Johanne is be-
| ing beached to prevent her sinking. The
| German steamer Appenrade is in a sink
! ing condition and the German steamer
Signal, Petrarch and Emmaluyken are
| ashore.
The German steamer Prinz Baldenar
was damaged. The Monteagle had her
| stern post broken. Attempts are being
made to float her.
All business in the city is at a stand
still. The typhoon lasted two hours.
Vessels Are Valuable.
The British steamer Monteagle arrived
! at Hong Kong September IA from Van
couver and Honolulu. The steamer reg
listers 1892 tons net, is 40 feet long,
52.7 beam and PIT feet in depth. She
was built at New Castle in 1889.
| The German steamer Johanne sailed
| from Deli, an island off Java, August l..
The Johanne was built at Lubbock, Ger
many, in 1908, registers 952 tons net, is
255 feet long, 36.2 feet beam, and ISL
feet in depth. She is owned by NJ.
| Jebsen.
| The British steamer Fatshan was
built at Leth in 1887 and is owned by
the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao
| Steamboat company and the China Nav
| igation company of Hong Kong. The
| steamer registers 1926 tons net, is $50
feet long, 81 feet beam, and 1912 feet
! in depth.
The British steamer San Cheung was
| built at Hong Kong in 1902, is of $50
| tons register, 1898 feet long, 1872 feet
! beam. 81 feet depth, and is owned by
the Cheung On Steamboat company of
Hong Kong.
Two Hundred in Peril.
WILMINGTON. n. c., Sept. 49,
| Cut off from mainland by a heavy surf
in the midst of a terrific storm, and in
imminent peril of being swept from the
narrow strip of sand ON which they were
crowded. more than 200 persons were
held prisoners on Wrightsville Beach, a
suburb of Wilmington, for several hours
Monday. The storm, which was one of
| the fercest that ever swept the Carolina
coast. hurled cottages into the sea and
| damaged railroad property and hotels,
| the loss being about $4,000. It was
| only after the most heroic efforts had
| been made by life savers that the pris-
| oners We're rescued.
Frisco's Death Roll.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 1S.-
| Coroner Walsh has issued his annual
report of deaths for the year ending
! June 80. 1906 Walsh figures there
were 42S deaths reported as caused by
the earthquake and fire; 343 deaths were
| accidental, III were suicides, and SO
| homicides; 1900 died from natural
causes. total of 2195 for the year. Of
| the suicides 142 were males and 30 fe-
males. Carbon monoxide asphyxiation
claimed 90 of the suicides.
Eighteen Vessels Wrecked.
ST. JOHNS n. F., Sept. 1S.-Besides
| eleven schooners wrecked at Belle Isle
| recently by storms seven others with 100
soults on board were driven ashore on
| the Labrador coast. Four fatalities only
are reported thus far. 1t is feared worse
disasters occurred on the northern part