Evening star., 1934-11-15
TyPHOON LEAVES
10000 HOMELESS
Naga, in Philippines, Gets
Brunt of Violent Winds.
Fishermen Drowned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, P. l., November 15.-Four
fishermen were reported drowned of
Catbalogan on the island of Umar In
the first accounts Of loss Of life in
yesterdays devastating typhoon.
Estimates placed the homeless at
10000 in the town of Naaa, pro-
vincial capital on Luzon Island.
Red Cross relief workers prepared
to leave on the first train tomorrow
for Naga, apparently the most hard
hit Of any city in the islands.
The four drowned of Catbalogan
were lost when the gale overturned
their launch. A fifth native was swept
out into the ocean, but his fate was
not definitely determined. Catbalo-
gan is the capital Of Samar, an island
in the Visayas group south of Luzon.
Communication Lines Down.
Telegraphic communication between
Manila and II provinces, mostly south
of here, was disupted by the storm,
the worst Of the series that have
struck the archipelago in the last six
weeks. A few radio stations whose
aerials survived the terrific wind fur
nished the only communication to
these sections
Manila escaped the full force Of the
blast. but was swept by winds reach
ing maximum of 48 miles an hour.
Heavy rains which flooded some dis
trictS resulted In the dismissal of
schools, halted shipping and brought
railway service to a standstill.
The provinces hardest hit by the
storm were cut of from direct COM
munication, but meager advices told
OF heavy destruction and OF many
missing persons.
Many Dwellings Lost
The railway agent at Naga, capital
of Carmine Sur Province, reported
80 per cent" of the palm-thatcheo
bamboo dwellings Of the natives in
the city were blown down by the 80
mile-an-hour gale. Naga was flooded,
as 1t was in the typhoon of last
month, which claimed several lives In
the city.
Twenty-nine fishermen were re-
ported missing from the village of San
Jose In q dispatch to the newspaper
La Vanguardia from Tacloban, carital
OF Letye Province. Typhoons in the
Islands almost invariably take their
harvest toll among the fisherfolk.
The Danish steamship Noramaersk
Wlreiessed she was imperiled in the
Cult OF Albay in the Southeastern
Ph1lippines but failed to flash an
8 o S. The craft of $3.50 net tons
mad been loading cargo a. Cebu and
Iiollo before sailing for New York.
Steamer Stranded.
The interisland steamer Dosherma-
nos was stranded near Legaspi.
The Dollar liner President Lincoln
ana the cruiser Primaguet, flagship
OF the French Asiatic fleet, were un-
able to steam into Manila Harbor be-
cause OF the gale and the lack of Wis
1billty. They remained for hours at
the mouth Of Manila Bay, Is miles
away. Ships at their piers got up
steam to be ready in event of emsr-
gency.
Manila police took to small boats
and rescued 200 families stranded in
one outlying section by the flooding
Pasig River.
Gov. Gen. Frank Murphy called
1nsular officials into conference as he
laid plans to dispatch food supplies to
stricken districts in Southeastern Lu-
zon Island, where crops were badly
damaged and the Visayan Provinces
south Of Luzon.
Shipping Damaged.
Crops and shipping were damaged,
roads flooded and washed out. tele-
graph and telephone lines blown down,
trees uprooted, houses unroofed and
toppled over.
The extent Of damage at sea was
hidden by failure Of many land radio
stations. Among the ships which may
have been caught in the gale was the
American oil tanker Larry Doheny
which nearly foundered In a storm
three weeks ago.
Sweeping up from the southeast of
Luzon Island where the provinces of
Samar, Leyete and Sorsogon were
quickly isolated, the wind reached a
recorded velocity Of 48 miles an hour
here with indications Manila was not
in the central path of the storm.
Manila Prepared.
Manila was well prepared for the
tempest as storm signals had been
hoisted for more than a day before it
struck, with a siren screaming its
warnings at three-hour intervals.
Government and relief agencies
were organized to extend immediate
aid to any sufferers in the city or the
provinces. They have been prepared
since the October typhoon stopped
business for day in Manila and
strewed its streets with the litter Of
uprooted. trees and wrecked houses.
Skater Cancels U. S. Trip.