The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-18
CHINA'S COAST RAvAGED BY
 TyPHO0NS
Cities Wrecked by Wind and Waves; Thousands Lose Life on High Seas.
By EDNA LEE HOOKER
International News Service Staff
 Correspondent

Shanghai. Oct 18-Typhoons of an unusually devastating and terrifying nature have been sweeping the China coast this Summer season, carryin 2 death and destruction in their wake
 Iyphoon after typhoon, one terri f1c storm scarcely over before anoher breaks has ravaSed the China coast, causing loss of many thousand lives dollars,
 The Swatow typhoon is the great est tragedy that has occurred in China TOT many years, and although weeks aster, when tidal wave and wind wrecked the city, relief workers are having difficult time in bringing back the city to normal Coffins bV the thousands are being made hund- reds of dollars are being raised, and relief organizations are still sending their workers to meet the needs of the stunned villagers.
 Tourists Frightened
 Tourists who have been arriving in China On the great ocean liners and China residents who have been going to or returning from the Summer re- S.fls ST along the coast arrive in Shang- curing the typhoonS. Steamers have been dashed on the rocks by the fI1rv CT the storms-have had to ride in nclng blcwn ashore, have had many narrow escapes while a number of inc less fortunate steamers have sunk. Inelr cargoes and passengers were sucked into the whirlpools which cnaracter1ze the typh oons One man teHs story of three days in a tv- Phoon enroute from Kobe, Japan. ff1- f0 1lentsln, China During the storm i've aWe-lnsp1rIng waterspOuts were seen. The waterspouts which are Whlr!lng columns of air and water ex- tenolng rom the angry sea to the threatening heavens. travel at a fer I1llC rate or speed t~ any fishing vessels or steamers which happen to be in their path. The materspouts wa are the vampires of the death. men 70
 The mountain resorts of China suf- Tered greatly from the winds that ap' eaies tnnough inQgti the valleys in terrific to!loW1ng houses from their founda- tUTA Cioudbursts caused many land slides and foreigners and Chinese ana buried in the earth and stones
 Missionary Killed
 One of the most tragic dea+b. that or the Rev. Percy King. a lead ing missionary in China He was in tbaI Pa.Ilng E. Tn a pool when he noticed Methodist Mission cottage wse 1Ileln ,Il orI II ing. He called a warning to nm per or other missionaries, also svin1- thIns: tbe s,o out before os6 he could swim to t1lS idnuSlOS swept the little pool. and he was cauebt in tIIe oNernoWlng water and swept down soIne 3oG wards on the rocks into dead. was touhd
 There were many amusing experf- Shangha1 caught the tail ends GI nunhoef Of storms. the force of tie "lhd belng so great that street cars. FCkShaWs and automobiles were temporarily barred from travel Ing on the Bund. One woman riding Tn a motor car reached into her bag 90 take out veil to tie on her hat when she opened her purse the wind swept In, carryng a roll of ten-dolIar ollLs rom her bag and before the car could De stopped about s10O was whisked away. and all efforts to find even one of the ten-dollar bills prov ed futile.
 Romances Ripen
 number of summer romances nave culmlnated in marriage because o- the typhoons. Pu Too, the sacred island of China, where no one has ever been born or allowed to die is a popular weekend resort for Shang- hai residents, Week-e excursions are run during the summer months to this beautiful little island. where sea bathing is possible. Several of the boats running to Pu Too have been caught in typhoons and forced to an- chor for two or three days until the storm passed. Any number, of young couples held up by the typhoons have returned to Shanghai engaged.