The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-16
IS HARD HIT
BY TROPICAL GALE:
ONLY 5 LIVES LOST
Escape of Thousands Left
Homeless BY Storm Is
Called Miraculous
STORM STRIKES IN NIGHT
Damage Estimated as High as
$2,5o0,oOO; Government
Comes to Aid

Manila. Oct. Is. - (P) - Sixteen
hours after typhoon had dashed
the city. Manila still was largely
marooned at midnight Tuesday with
10 known dead.
Streets were in darkness. and no
street cars ran during the day.
Police. city workers, 400 convicts and
utilities crews hacked e. trees, poles
and other debris, but officers said It
would be days before conditions were
| normal.
Police used boats to check the
damage and relief needs. They ex-
pressed the opinion there had been
additional drownings.
Meager dispatches estimated that
5000 families were homeless in Blu
lrcan and Rial provinces, adjoining
Manila. Their bamboo and PALM
matched huts were blown down.
Police officials said from 1000 to
5000 houses were blown down or un-
rooted in Manila, but these estimates
clashed with smaller figures given
earlier by Governor General Frank
Murphy.
S50O,O00 for Relief
With $4,000 ordered released for
construction and direct relief, Muir
ply said he was confident there
would be no suffering.
Twenty hours late, the round the
| world boat President johnson de-
parted at 10 p. m. and narrowly es-
capped collision with the freighter
Gertrude Kellogg, which was swept
ashore nearby after ramming an ad-
joining pier.
In addition to four ships driven
ashore in Manila bay, tho 1nter-island
steamer Mactan and smaller craft
were piled up on the short Of the
flooded Pasig river.
James G. Rockwell. general man
ager OF the Manila Electric Co., esti-
mated the loss Of his concern at
100000. :
TT seems a miracle that there are
not numerous deaths In view Of the
falling roofs, trees and poles" said
Governor Murphy after q survey
O. the havoc-strewn city. Every
thing has been done that can be done
to prevent suffering"
He said estimates Of damage In Ma
Mia alone varied from $500 to 81
soc, 900.
No reliable source attempted to
guess the extent OF damage north Of
the city where the gale reached It's
height as it roared across Luzon
Island ripping matched huts Of the
natives to bits, flooding roads and
blowing down power and communities
ton lines.
57-Mile An Hour Wind
Manila was scene Of desolation as
convicts. police and city workmen
joined to clear debris-strewn streets.
Streets and parks were flooded.
Thousands of trees were uprooted by
the 57-mile an hour wind. Four ships
were washed ashore. Telephone and
telegraph poles were blown down.
Business and transportation were at
a standstill.
Eleven and half inches Of rain
poured down en- the city in the "a
hours ended at p. m. Tuesday, the
weather bureau reported, with showers
still falling at nighttime.
Unlike the lesser typhoons which
preceded it in recent weeks, the tropi-
cal storm struck without warning.
Filipino, European and American
residents awoke In the midst Of
bowling storm.
While the heaviest property damage
probably was in Manila. weather bu-
reau officials said loss of life was
most likely in nearby provinces. The
center Of the typhoons northwestward
path was only so miles from this
Philippine metropolis.
A correspondent Of the Manila
Tribune estimated 10000 natives were
left homeless in Bulucan province,
north Of Manila. He reported 1000
small, thatched houses were blown
down and many persons were injured.
He had no reports on fatalities.