Milford chronicle., 1906-09-21
.TYPHOON SPREADS
DEATH AND HAVOC
1000 Persons Said to Have PeriShed
in Storm at Hong Kong.
GREAT DAmAGE TO SHIPPING

storm broke suddenly here, lasting
4wo hours and destroying innumerable
native craft and causing much loss OF
fife The harbor is literally strewn
with wreckage. aud the streets Of the
city are blocked with debris. 1t is es-
timated that 1000 persons were
drowned The loss to property Will
reach millions of dollars
Under ordinary precautions the usual
harbor work was in progress. when the
storm struck the shipping without
warning Vessels pitched ashore along
the water front. and the docks and sea
walls were strewn with wreckage.
ocean liners. junks, sampans and fer
ryboats were piled up in the streets
and 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 hun
dreds to the bottom. It is impossible
now to estimate the number who per
ished.
The French torpedo boat destroyer
Froude was damaged in a collision,
and 20 persons were lost. The Ameri
can sailing ship 5. P. Hitchcock was
thrown high and dry.
The British government officials i'm
mediately started to succor the home
less.
A complete estimate of the damage
will not be obtainable for weeks.
An unknown steamer collided with
the British steamer Strathmore, seri.
ously damaging the latter.
The British steamer Loong-Sang col
Iided with the British steamer Chip.
Shing, with slight damage
The river boat Fatshang fouled the
Eteach mail boat Polynesian.
THE British steamer Monteagie, the
German steamer Signal, the German
steamer Emma Luyken. the British
steamer Changsha, the German steam
er Sexta. the Kowloon ferryboat and
a water boat were driven ashore.
The American steamer SorsOgon
and the German steamer Johanne are
awash.
A japanese steamer is stranded on
Ee0ets. Island
\ The British river gunboat Moorheu
is Eeaking badly.
She British steamer Empress oi
Japan was saved by the dock com
pauys tugs keeping her steady
The American steamer S. p. Hitch
cock was driven high and dry on
shore.
The British river steamers Kwong
Chow. San Cheung and Sun Lee foun
dered. The French steamer Charles
Hardouin was damaged. The little
Chinese steamer Wing-Chai was
beached.
Numerous steam launches and light
ers foundered and most of the wooden
piers on the water front were demol'
ished. , ,,.i, or
4be southeast coast of China, at the
mouth of the Chu-Kiang, and belongs
to Great Britain It is IS miles south
aas+ of Canton and is separated from
the mainland of China by a marrow
massage. The population is aDou
975 600 and there are 100000 people
in the smaller towns on the island'l
coArEsvILLE POLICEMAN SHOT
But Killed Negro Who Threatened L
Shoot Him On Sight.
West Chester. Pa. Sept 19.-Police
man Charles Jackson, of Coatesvlli5
was shot and probably fatally inJure
by Niles Station, negro desperate @
that place. While falling to the groun
Jackson whipped out his pistol an
shot station in his tracks, the bulle
severing his jugular vein.
station was the leader of a gang
Coatesville outlaws most of whom ar
southern negroes. station bought
rife and then sent word to Jackso
that he would kill him on sigh
Jackson accepted the challenge, and
at once went to arrest station, who too
aim and shot the officer as soon as
came in sight. The bullet from ST.
tcn's rife passed through Jackson
II CHS. and just as he was falling I
shot the negro dead.
Jackson is a colored policeman, an
hc is a terror to the many bad nesro'
Of the town, and was the only Office
who dared to go single handed anon
desperate characters who frequei
Bernardtown and other suburbs
Coatesville. Jackson is in the Coate
VILE Hospital, and his wound is veI
dangerous, the physicians fearing
will result fatally.
DIED ON BRYAN's TRAIN
North Carolina Educator DropPe
Csad of Apoplexy.
Raleigh. N c., Sept 1S.-Charles l
McEvor. pr ident of the North Carr
INA Normal and Industrial College
Greensboro. one Of tie greatest ed
Gators of the south, dropped dead
aDoplexy on the Bryan special frol
Raleish to Greensboro just after th
train left Durham.
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