The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-20
LOSS REACHES MILLIONS.
More Than One Thousand Chinese Boats
Reported Missing.

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HONGKONG, Sept. l9.-The ty-
phoon which swept this port, destroy
ing great number of vessels and
causing much loss of life, was of To-
| cal nature II came suddenly and with
out warning
The observatory had predicted mod
crate winds Half an hour after the
gun signal had been fred the storm was
at its height, 1t lasted two hours.
Most Of the damage done was
wrought in the Kowloon peninsula
The losses are estimated Mt several
million dollars.
More than 1000 sampans and iunks
are missing from Hongkong alone.
Wharves were swept away and houses
collapsed, The military barracks are
in ruins.
The steamers Monteagle, Fatshan,
Keung Shan, Wing Cnai, Hermania,
Castellano, Takhiug, Emma Luyken,
San Rosario, Slava, Pakhong, Petrarch,
Signal and Chinkai Maru are ashore.
The American ship S, p. Hitchcock was
| also driven ashore. as were many Of the
launches that run about the harbor.
The steamers Kwong Chow, San
Chewing, Sossogon and Honeymoon were
sunk
The steamers Apenrade and Johanne
are partly awash.
Warshtps Damaged.
The British reserve sloop Phoenix
and small gunboat, the Dongola, are
ashore,
The British torpedo-boat destroyers
Moorhcn, Robins and Taku were dam
aged.
The Sir William Jervois was sunk,
The French torpcdo.boat destroyer
Froude was wrecked, and the Fran
cisque 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 brav-
cry of the police and civilians, but sew
eral thousand of the Chinese water
dwellers must have perished, many
within short distances Of the shore,
The losses in lives and property
among the Chinese were appalling. To-
day the police stations in Hongkong
are surrounded by Chinese identifying
their dead. The families of the Hong
kong boatmen live night and day on
the sampans, and thousands OF those
people are now homeless.
The Chinese take the disaster calmly
and show no manifestations of grief.
One launch that was capsized had
130 Chinese on board. They were all
drowned.
The river steamer Fatshan drifted
into collision with the French mail
steamer. The entire Chinese crew
climbed aboard the French steamer and
left Capt Thomas, who was injured,
one officer and the engineer to navi-
gate the Fatshan TO Shelter bay, where
she was blown ashore.
Bishop Reported Missing.
The Bishop of Victoria, DR.. J. G.
Hoare. was on his way to visit some
neighboring islands when the storm
broke and is reported missing. His
launch has been found floating bottom
upward.
been lost, Some Of them were hurled
ashore.
Channels will have to be dug to per
nit some Of the vessels ashore to be
renoated. The force Of the wind and
waves was such that some vessels were
stranded almost high and dry.
The Japanese steamer Sada Maru res
cned sixty-six natives and one English
pilot as he was approaching Hop9gkong;
The English mail steamers Delhi and
Poona escaped damage.
The British cruiser Terrible entered
port yesterday afternoon and reported
fine weather up to the harbor-
Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor Of
Hougkong. and the authorities arc do.
ing everything possible to render az
sistance.
Reports Of fresh disasters are arriv.
ing every hour.
Only few Europeans are missing.
No reports are on hand to show how
the fishing fleets and the ships outside
the harbor Jared.
Public opinion is incensed at the OBJ
servatory for not reporting the sr-
preaching typhoon, An inquiry has
been demanded. For years past the OBJ
servatory has been subjected TO adverse
comment, but on the occasion it is not
believed to be blameable.
Charged With Shooting Brother.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va, Sept. 19-Dr.