The Washington times., 1906-09-20
Wind RACES From Mid
night Until After Day
light Causing Great
Suffering.
TUESDAYS DISASTER
COST 5000 LIVES
Havoc Is Not Confined to
HongkOng, But Swept
Chinese Coast for
Many Miles.

HONGKONG, Sept. 2O.-HOngkong
was visited by another hurricane
which ragged from midnight until
after daylight. Considerable damage
was caused by the storm. but moth
ing to compare with the havoc Of
Tuesdays disaster. The greatest in
convenience was caused TO the thou
sands left homeless by the typhoon.
Five thousand is still given as the
estimate of dead in the typhoon.
Estimates as TO the property loss
vary from 100000 to $4,000, 900.
Storms Ravages Extensive.
Every hour OF investigation OF the
extent of the disaster wrought by The
tvphoon which struck this city on Tues
day shows that the storms ravages
We're much more extensive than at first
supposed.
1t Is now known that instead OF be-
ing confined merely 70 the harb0r here
and the island CT Hongkong. the ty-
pho0n swept the coast for q considera-
bic distance and wrought untold havoc.
Latest estimates give the total dead at
about 5000
Great fears are entertained today that
the large 1eet Of fishing vessels known
10 De outside the hdrb0r when the
typhO0n struck has been totally de
stroyed. " this is the case then hun
dreds OF lives hitherto not included in
the estimates of dead haze been lost.
No News in Two Days.
1t is two days since the disaster oc-
CURED. yet no word has come from the
fishing boats. The only construction
which is placed on this significant silence
is llaI the boats were wrecked
Up the Pearl river. i'm the direction Of
canton. the tvph0On caused q great
deal of damage. details Of which are
Just beElHninE 10 be renorted, Scores
of small river craft perished in the
storm. A passenger steamer which
started from Canton with several hun
dreu persons aboard, has not been
heard from and It's fate IS unknown.
Fears are entertained for the safety OF
the craft and its passengers.
OF the thousand luuks and samplns.
r8t-bDrtCMel river boats which usually
lined the harhor front at points given
over 10 tHClT use. only a few escaped
The Chinese lived on these boats. hud-
died together like sheep. knowledge
that 50 many hundred OF these boats
were lost is what leads To such a high
estimate gI deaths beIng made No
definite ls- Uf casualties among the
Chinese Cuu ever be compiled. Hun
Creis of unknown persons were drowned
iu the sinking of their hOuseboats or
junks.
Among the Europeans in Hongkong,
the loss or life does not appear 20 be
az heavy 8 was at first expected. Gov.
Sir Matthew Nathan yesterday cabled
the British government his belief that
only six Europeans had been killed. lie
has nOt changed his estimate.
No Weather Bureau Warnings,
Scores of Chinese boatmen lost their
lives By being crushed beneath the lit
lie vessels when they were lifted from
the water by the wind and dropped
on shore Many junks and sampans
thus picked up by the typhOOn were
hurled through houses on the land, kill
ing or iujUTiug many OF the inma tes
An Investigation OF the observatory Is
probable because no notice was given
Of tae typho0n. The observatory had
predicted moderate winds. Half an hOul
afttr the gun signal had been fred the
storm was at IT'S height.
Launches which have made the cir
cult OF The harbor report that the shore
Is lined everywhere with the Wreckagt
OF boats driven ashore and ruined
houses Small steamers which have
made short excursions up the river OF
along the mainland make similar re
ports. The property loss will run into
THa millions