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TYPHOON NEWS.

THE INCREASING DEATH' ROLL.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESY, WEDNESDAY....... AUGUST

› CHINESE SURVIVORS.

THE LOONG "SANG'S "

THE INCREASING DEATH ROLL | Loo Ling, quartermaster, washed ashore

| JUNK MASTERS REPORT MANY

LIVES LOST.

UPWARDS OF 50 REPORTED YESTERDAY.

The casualty list keeps growing and the police are continually receiving reports from the masters of junks which have been lost in the typivon and from sax vivors of junks In yesterday's police raports over 30 prople are reported as Brownel from junks. In addition, the Water Police on Monday picked up an other six bodies in the harbour. Some of these are thought to be members of the Chinese crew of the ill-fated Loong Sany. One of these bodies has been identifed as that of Woo Tung, 25 years of age, of 25. Caine Rond. This body wris recovered near the Keng Shang wharf, which is

close to Sincere's.

According to the police report there were 22; people on board junk No. 49), which is believed to have sunk with all hands in the Lamma Channel daring the typhoon. Of the 22 people on board 7.

Were wonen.

At Shaukiwan two Chinese bodies were! picked up in the harbour. They are said to be simpan people

at Capsulmun about 3 p.m. on Satur- day and taken back to Hongkong by a launch,

Mak Wong sailor, picked, by the sa

Wah Ping at about 11.30 am, on Saturday in the Harbour, Chan Iu, sailor, was picked by a Naval

tig at nhout 4.30 p.m. on Saturday men's Capsaimun. Leung Sai, No. 2 cook, was drifted to a

buoy near Green Island at about ! "..and was picked by a steamer

three hours later,

Chow Wai, captain's hoy, was picked up

by the Captain and landed at Castle) Peak

Leung Tsin, No. a cook, was picked up

by an American steamer near Green Island at about 3 p.m.

Chow Shun, engineer's boy, was picked

up by... Hah Ping off Chinu Mer- chant wharf at about 11.36 1.1. Leung steward. Was washed ashore → at Castle Peak at about 3 p.m. on

Saturday.

wong Wing, saloon boy, Was picked up by steam launch Fat Hing Pheong at 4.30 p.m.

Saturday near Capsuimun and transferred to a Naval tug later on.

on

·DAMAGE AT SHAUKIWAN,

Heliable information, shows that over

OFFER · OF · ASSISTANCE FROM U.S. NAVY.

The following message have been received by H.E. the Governär;

From USS Acherville,

To Governor, Hongkong.

THE WRECKED CUSTOMS LAUNCH,

In connection with the report which appenred' in yesterday's issue of the Daily Press, to the effect that a launch belonging to the Chinese Marítime Cus-

From Commander U.S. South China toms had been discovered aground at

Patrol.

י

Castle Peak broken in two, and that the By direction of Commander-in-Chief fate of the survivors was not known," Mr. the services and resources of the U.SC. Thorne, Commissioner of Customs, "Nayy vessels on the South China Patrol

are placed at your disposal if useful in informs us that the lunch is lying on the connection with typhoon damage.

rock to the west of Cngthe Penk Bay. Mr. Thorne also inforins us thut, the crew are all safe.

Received from D.SS, Helena, To Governor, Hongkong, and Commodore,

H.M.S. mar.

From Commander, U.S.8. Helena,

:: Helena'ix' places:ax. inmediato, dişi posal of Governor, Hongkong, for such services and resources as may be needed in view of damage caused by reoent typhoon.

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THEMING SANG."

In view of the reports that have circu-, lated in the Colony regarding the Indo- China Company's as. King Sang baviag crae to grief during the recent typhoou,

To the foregoing messages, His Excel we may mention that the s.8. Fg Song,

From, "Governor, Hongkong Honey replied as follows:-

To, Commander US South

Patrol,

Repented to Commander,

U dem.

which arrived from Manila yesterday) morning, reports having passed the Wing China Sexy near Manila, on August 19th all

well..

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Offer of the assistanco of US Naval vessels is deeply appreciated. At pre- sent we do not anticipate requiring It is reported that Mr. Corbon, "an nssistance to supplement our own English Customs Officer of the Chinese resources but, should we do so, we should Maritime Customs at Pappa, was drown gratefully avail ourselves of your offer. I Please convey my cordial thanks to Com-fed at Macan during the typhoon, mander in Chief.

officer was on the Customs hulk at Tiansan |Barrier, when she broke from her moor- ings. The hulk later capsized and he was drowned. His body, was picked up and the fuueral took place at the Protestant Cemetery, Macao, on Monday evening.

THE APPROACHING TYPHOON. Pier with her periscopes showing, above) |

PRECAUTIONS BY SHIPPING, The new Sul-Harbour Office built in water. From the Commodore's Naval that district to deal with native craft Secretary it was gleaned that divers were From 12-13 pm. on Monday" to 12.45 was badly.knocked about. The mast on at present trying to find out the extent p.m.. yesterday the approaching typleon. which typhoon signals are hung, was of the damage And the best means to be judging by the typhoon warnings issued broken, part of the roof fell in, and adopted for raising her. He did not by the Royal Observatory, travelled aboạt large amount of rainor" damage was done." think "much difficulty would be experi- 250 miles. On Monday it was reported The dinghy was also smashed,

enced in lifting her provided they got her to be in Lat. 19 (N.) and Long, 110 (E.). coming tower above wäter." If air could| Yesterday the position was recorded to made much easier, but that depended on Long. 115 (E). According to the diree- be pumped into her the task would sebe within a 120 miles of Lat. 20-(N.), |

the extent of the damage. Once in the tion, which was given as West, the of the damage done to Cape D'Aguilar Yard, he thought it would only be a typhoon appears to be travelling straight Wireless Station. One of the staff who matter of months before the vessel was for the Hainan Straits. was there during the triboon, stated that ready for service again. the two masts and the aerials" have bren completely wreckel. The masts practically uprooted and one was snapped in two. The aerials were carried away by the wind.

The masts came down at

three hundred native craft,--junks, 'sans- Yesterday work was started by the pans, etc., were either sunk, damaged or | Naval authorities on the sunken sub Mr. G. J. Walters, the Officer in charge] have gone ashore in the Shaukiwan marine £4, which ling close to Statue of the Chinese Customs launch, Fung shelter. Ching, and his Chinese erew were the means of saving the crew of a junk, which was in grave danger of sinking during the typhoon Mr. Walters has sintrl that at 9 a.m, while the launch was running for shelter, about six miles to the south of Ping Chow island, Mir Bay: he sighted a junk flying a distress signal. By very fine seamanship the launch was brought alongside the sinking junk and the crew of 10 men were taken on board.

The abandoned junk sank shortly after

Ward.

·

CAPE AGUILAR STATION. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DAMAGE. We were able to secure farther details

were

From Cheung Chan there comes the report of the capsizing of a junk whilst pits way to Sai Wan. Ten of the crew are said to have been drowned."

Another junk is said to have gone down with 14 of a crew of board in the Shek Pik Channel The junk was on its, waya.m., and from then onwards the stad From Tam Kung To to Aherden.

were unable to receive or despatch any Another juck with 50,000 bricks on messages. The dange is so extension board is reported to have gone down at that it will probably take some months Sam Tak Tsun. No lives were lost. to repair,

MISCELLANEOUS.

The roof of the land office, Ping Shas District and a number of matsheds were. damaged by the typhoen.

the

The most of the direction furding! It is estimated that it will cost between THE " LOONG_SANG" DISASTER. Station was also carried away and exten$10.000 and $15,000 to repair all

sive damage has been stone to the quarters damage done to the Matilda Hospital on of the stuff. Practically the whole of the the Prak. roof was carried off.

· ADVENTURES OF

SURVIVORS.

་

THE CHINESE

Though launches are sti carefully The Naval signalling station. Dear by, searching the Harbour outside, no further which was much used during the war, was Braces have been found of Europene sur- also wrecked, one of the wooden huts vivors from the Long Sang. The body of being lifted by the wind into the air o European, which, as reported in the and, it is said, carried to a smält. island Daily Press yesterday, was seen floating about 100 yards away. in the Harbour, has not yet been picked up. Police bonts again searcheil-all day yesterday, but without avail.

THE TELEPHONE SERVICE.

But we can never know for "eertaing: Last week's typhoon was considered on Friday kely To enter the coast near Swatow, A sudden deflection in its course brought it “to Hongkong on Saturday morning.

Yesterday afterapon, there were several In Tai O the damage done by the heavy showers of rain, with the ominous typhoon is estimated at $10,000. This disappearance of "white horses" on the harbour. From 3.30 p.m. there was a trict received the full force. of the storm general exodus of motor boats for the and 12 houses and 10 matsheds collapsed. typhoon shelter at Causeway Bay and the Fortunately no lives were lost.

majority of the junks which had come out of the shelters since Saturday were pirendy lack there again, most of them going thers on Monday evening when the No. 1 signal was put up. At ten minutes past four o'clock yesterday the No. 2 signal (gale expected from the N.W. or N.E.) was hoisted, and "after that a number of the larger ships made for to a mooring in mid-stream at 5.30 p.m. shelter. The Empress of Australia went Smoking, funnels all over the barbour showed that the vessels were getting up steam rondly for any emergency.

The notice issued at 4.45 p.m. gave the position of the typhoon as 20 N. 14 E., moving N.W.

We may mention that the interview with Capt. Jositt, of the Long Sang published in Monday's issue, was officially communciated to us by Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co.

Both Mee Cheung and. Ah Fong, the well-known photographers send us number of fine photographs of the typhoon dainage which they now have an

The Telephone. Company has not sale. taiued extensive damage incept in the

LAST NIGHT'S BLOW.

Enquiries were made at Mesars, Jardine,

At à p.m., the signal was No. 4 indicat- The ship Chekiang which was drivening a gale to the East (N.E to S.E.). Matheson & Co yesterday afternoon with cases of its overlend rentes in putlying nshore in the typhoon, is not owned by An hour later it came on to blow hard. reference to the likelihood of the Longnrens. One submarine cable has been the China Navigation Co., Ltd., whose The seas ran high, from a South-westerly Sang being Falvaged." Our representaive broken with the result that a restricted

direction. The ferry service was reduced, was informed that there were too many junction service between Hongkong and agents are Messrs. Batterfield & Swire, hants running only every half heur. The Vessels aground to be dealt with before Kowloos will be available, only, for the but is a Chinese-owned vessel. The vessel ferries experienced, some rough trips,

pitching and rolling heavily. the Tonny Song can be attended to, and time being. The remaining damage is was sold at publie auction yesterday as anxiety was felt for the safety of the

she lies. Lloyd's Surveyor had been unable to limited to individuas lines and the repair

floating landing stage at the Hongkong examine her up the present.

Ferry Pier, as it had not yet been pro work is well in hand.

perly repaired from Saturday's blow. No harma was done, however,

CONCERNING SALVAGE

Mr. R. Sutherland remarked, that the task would be a big one, if attempted, but it would be a straightforward task. It would necessitate diving, because at no. time or tide was the vessel above water.

Eight, rooms were made untenantable The routes in outlying districts referred at the Peak Hospital by typhoon damage,

"STRANDED STEAMER SOLD.

AUCTIONED,

8.S. CHEKIANG"

to above are located between North Point and Shaukiwan, West Point and Pok- fulum. Mount Kellet and Repelss Bay, Shanshuipo and Laichikok, Mong Kok The “ Chekiơng, which went nahore at aad, Homuntin and Hung Hom and Kow- Shum Sui Po, during the typhoon, where The repair work is well in She is now lying on a sandy beach, was

At the lowest tides, some of the upper-loon City. works are just awash.

Some

band and it is hoped that service will be sold by public. auction by Messrs. Co's vessel Fen had not arrived

Following is an official list of members restored by the end of the week. " of the Chinese crew saved, and the reports The submarine cable damage is rather they have made:-

..

more serious, and it is not known definitely

The Loong Suzy could be dimly dis eerned from the shore rolling heavily, and the red lights at the mastheads kept dis appearing from sight behind the waves. It was impossib'e last night to say whe- At half past eleven Inst night the then she had received further damage. Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat

Lammert Bros, the Auctioneers, yester o'clock, but half an hour after that timo from Canton. She was due in at 11 day afternoob.

he had not been sighted. "It was There was a poor attendance at the sale, thought quite possible that, having met Lo Yue Wa, carpenter, was picked up out

the indian on the way up the river.

p.m., on Saturday.

cable has been torn from the Cable House The ship is registered under the Chinese typhoon signal was up, the captain of the Kwok Sui, sailor, washed ashore atat Hung Hom and the ond has bien flag. She has a gross tonnage of 985.2 Fatshan decided to lay up behind" Cap- Capauimum about 4 pm on Saturday carried out into the harbour. A terrific Lons and a net tonnage of 635.4 tons suimun. In any case, with the heavy Was taken back by the steam launch strain must have en placed on the cable, Her length is 100 feet, and she has a beam would try to berth the vessel at the Bras running it was impossible that he Los Fat on Sunday afternoon.

It was thought he Mong Tong, milor, was washed ashore at for besides the heavy chain #thor used of 33 feet and a draft of 18 feet 9 inches. Company's wharf

Castle Peak nt about 5.30 p.m: on to secure it at the water's edge, and the Mr. Lammert at the commencement ex may have proceeded to Stonecutters for

shelter. Saturday. Walked back the next iron camps designed to hold the cable in plained that the ship had been only By midnight the weather had moderat day.

the Cable House, the calle wng buried in a slightly damaged a few of the deck railed, considerably, though the No. 4 signal Mak Fat, sailor, picked up by a sampan

in which he found the Captain and circle round a larger boulder on the shoreings having been bent. He was sure that was still up,

Castle. Penk.

side Capsuimun by a. Sampan at 8.30 whether repairs are possible or not. The which was ordered by the mortgagees and having learned that the No 2|

a cabin boy. They were, drifted to

to prevent any movement what over. It no difficulty would be experienced in re. EFFECT OF TYPHOON ON LONDON is assumed that this damage has been floating the vessel.

Leung Wi, pantry boy, Was picked up

by an Asynch near Green le and on through the cable reserve.

Saturday at 12:30 pm. He was sent ashore by a sampau on Monday morn

ing.

INSURANCE. MARKET.

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A Router's telegram, received from vanced by 8100 bidg' to $11,100. Then The Timex city editor states that the came a bid which even startled the auc financial effect of the Hougong typhoon

BAROGRAPH READINGS.

Kwok Cheung, quartermaster. Was on a The lowest barograph reading at the tioneer who ejaculated ballon," whilst on the London insurance market pro- hated "board, and drifted to Ping Observatory was 23.00 A barograph at the bid was a knock out blow to the other misos, as far as car be at present judged. Chow Island (near Aberdeen) at about Magazine Cap registered 28-17; our at competitor. It was a bid which brought to be light. The qualification is needed, 6. p.m. on ^ Saturday. Picked up by Matilda Hospital 28.15 and one at the price up to $20,000. There was no because some time must elapse before the

sampan and later on taken back to Mountain View 2101 "A barograpa at further biding and the purchaser was Mr. underwriters can feel assured that every Hongkong by steam launch. Lee Fat." Cheung Chau registered 21

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