The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-09-20
MANY KILLED IN TYPHJON
SEVERAL VESSELS ARE SUNK or
BEACHED BY TERRIFIC STORM
IN HONG KONG.
MUCH PROPERTY LOSS.
Business at q Standstill in City OF 49,
900 Inhabitants as Result of
the Disaster.


MANILA, Sept. 1S.-Latest adyiccs
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
Ealshan is said to he 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, slX beng driven ashore. The
only American Sh!p reported lost 50 TAR
is the :. +. Hitchcock, Capt Jerk,
which had just arrived at Hong kong
from Manila ana was prcpIrIugto san
tor Baltimore and New YORK.
The Hitchcock is owned by /. +.
Chapman y CO. of New York, and car
rIcd crew of - men. She was built
at Bath, Me- in 1883, HG5 = Oh -Uo6
tons net register, ~ feet l0as, 70 lctt
deep, ana Ii feet beam.
although the barometer was low tuis
morning, there was nothing to presase
hurricane. Ind'r ordinary precautions,
me usual Aafhof WORK was III pI"7't>'
"u'A lIIr STORM S,iuIA l'c SAIppi"7 wv. ,',..,
V"t N"' INNS NNNIlN ~ W. '
along the water front and the docks ana
sua AallS were StrcWn with MreckuGr.
Ocean liners, JuukS, SampauS ANA lcti!
.""', WY tI.'u Wy ~ lig NH, ,I,I
,', i'a"tN' 7''""'' "'0~'''
"I,IyN"H'. i.... 80 no., ,,.,.. ,,,,,,,,
ine Tt,"''9I ionH "a ,'iC ,,.,'',j.,51
~ ""'t' 60 - @ ~, l,,n,I,,I.
WIN "gd'H "hu 'i,t sIo1lH SVnt """ ',.. w.
~ 80 ,,i,i ,,,GrJ
,,',,,, 10 Mn, i 10 iLai.hnr which
nv ,,u 49, L,,,,,r.,.s nf la.
,,"P'G irh ,''''i W,;t; Hi"ni,,,,la -
- ''''s" - - ~.
ashore put no casualties on icI H'''
oe Sn ItplIltu' t,..,,,.
me fehch torpedo uc9'Io!tG nou ,'.,.
vas damaged IN coILlSioh ana tNtilH
persons We're lost. The American SalI-
iIns, snip; ;. /. hltchcocN, was thrown
rho any Rritish covorrp,ort officials i'm.
mediately started to succor the home
less. 4 complete estimate OF the dam
age done will not be obtaiuabe for
weeks. no Americans are reported to
have been killed or injured
Report Twelve Ness-!S LosI'
HONG KONG, Sept IS.-A disas-
trous typhoOu occurred here today. \
dozen steamers in the harbor have sunk,
are in a sinking condition or have been
driven ashore
The American snip $. L. Hitchcock is
ashore. Tie British steamer Kwong
Chow has sunk. The steamer Montcagle,
belonging to the Canadian Pacific Rail
way company is GauoIt. Two other
British steamers, the san Cheung ana
the Wing Chal, have sunk. The rat
Shan Is ashore.
Inc herman steamer Jo.aHHe Is Dc
Ing beached to prevent her sinking. me
tefmah steamer Appearance Is III SILK
lnE t9huit!oh ana t"e German steamer
Hlsnal' lcli"FcH anu En-ln"'u! AeH are
"S ,rIa ,,,.o., ...,,,,..,,. DIN, p,laoror
man Nt,'ta '',G %nT hn,
stern post broken. Attempts are being
made to float her.
Nj business III the city IS at stand
sIlL The typhoon lasted two hours
Vessels Are Valuable.
Tho nriti.r .tro,,.r Nnuta,,Ia arrived
NJ IJop,, Eong te,pbnr ii from Van.
,,t,,ar 7nd JI9uoI,ilu Mo steamer rpg-
isfprS 34g0 toms nor is AZ feet long
~ bpam and 11.T feet in depth. She
was hui,t nj New Castle in 1859.
The German steamer Jouaune sailed
from Deli an island off Java. August l.
The I0hauue was built at Lubbock, Ger.
many, in 1903, registers 90 tons net. is
20 feet long. 81 feet beam, and ISL
feet in depth. She is owned 10y NJ.
''i Nh pr;,i.b .too,oor ro+shor ,.os
buiIt ot Ieith in 1887 ana is owned by
tbe Hong Kong. Canton and Macao
Steamboat company ana the China Nav.
igotion compony Of Hong Kong. The
steamer registers 1928 tons net, is 9SC
feet long "a feet beam. ana lO.n feet
in deutL
The Rritisb steamer San Chcuuc was
built ot Hong Kong in 1902 is If 3Se
IONS register 1898 feet long 33.o fert
hnam 81 rrrt depth ana is owned nv
tEn Chrung On Steamboat compauv Of
Hong Kong.
Two Hundred in Peril.
N'JJNII\ETo\ \ & SOM 1S
r,t IN frnr, mainland by . bno,v eurt
!, ~, MI, ~ , tnrrifc Storm XII J.,
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Ia ,,il .ra .Lan BOO ,,arel,,, ,,
I 'IT G ,'.i',i,,' ON Wi-,It,,;Ilo p"o,I
~ - N.:I.;i., 80 -, ~ q
the dcrcest that ever swept the carolina