
MANILA RUSHES RELIEF TO STRICKEN PROVINCES
Havoc Created on Railway Lines Hampers Work of Getting Into Storm Belt With Aid
A typhoon, with a tidal wave and flooding rivers, struck the southern provinces of Luzon, with Batangas reported hardest hit at approximately 200 dead and damage said to run into millions of dollars; reports also came from Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas.
A typhoon, tidal wave and floods in the southern provinces of Luzon.
By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 8. - The estimated number of dead in southern Luzon as the result of Saturday's typhoon, tidal wave and floods reached 300 today.
Incomplete reports indicate the property damage will run into millions of dollars. Telegraph wires still are down and the full extent of destruction and death are not yet known.
Latest reports show that the disaster was felt in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas. Batangas was hardest hit, with approximtely 200 dead.
The weather bureau says the typhoon was the most puzzling atmospheric disturbance to hit the Philippines since its establishment here. The changing directions taken by the storm are said to be inexplicable, according to the laws of cyclones.
Supplies Sent South.
Additional supplies were sent southward from here today by the Red Cross, which is caring for several hundred homeless persons in Batangas Province. The irsular Legislature appropriated $25,000 to aid the sufferers.
Railroad lines in the Southern provinces still are blocked.
All available Red Cross forces, supplemented by local civic and army aid, were rushed to the stricken zone.
Although broken communication lines and disrupted railroad service make it impossible to learn the full extent of the disaster, enough has been learned to indicate it was one of the worst in recent years.
The typhoon, coming from the direction of the Island of Samar, cut a narrow swath of destruction along its course and mushroomed out in the southern provinces of Luzon Island.
Tidal Wave Adds to Disaster.
Here flooding rivers and a tidal wave added to the disaster. Reports of damage to property come from as far north as Los Banos, on Lagna de Bay, which is less than 50 miles south of Manila. Manila itself, was outside the storm area, but wire communications were severed, which prevented news of the disaster from becoming known here until yesterday.
Army airplanes were unable to make a landing in the stricken area in Batangas, but flew over the district and received messages from the governor of the province telling of the damage done.
Because of the havoc worked on the railway lines it is expected that getting into the storm belt with needed relief supplies will be slow.
Batangas province has a population of 340,000, principally native and Spanish-speaking. So far as has been reported there were no foreigners among the casualties.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
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MANILA RUSHES RELIEF TO STRICKEN PROVINCES
Havoc Created on Railway Lines Hampers Work of Getting Into Storm Belt With Aid
A typhoon, with a tidal wave and flooding rivers, struck the southern provinces of Luzon, with Batangas reported hardest hit at approximately 200 dead and damage said to run into millions of dollars; reports also came from Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas.
A typhoon, tidal wave and floods in the southern provinces of Luzon.
By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 8. - The estimated number of dead in southern Luzon as the result of Saturday's typhoon, tidal wave and floods reached 300 today.
Incomplete reports indicate the property damage will run into millions of dollars. Telegraph wires still are down and the full extent of destruction and death are not yet known.
Latest reports show that the disaster was felt in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas. Batangas was hardest hit, with approximtely 200 dead.
The weather bureau says the typhoon was the most puzzling atmospheric disturbance to hit the Philippines since its establishment here. The changing directions taken by the storm are said to be inexplicable, according to the laws of cyclones.
Supplies Sent South.
Additional supplies were sent southward from here today by the Red Cross, which is caring for several hundred homeless persons in Batangas Province. The irsular Legislature appropriated $25,000 to aid the sufferers.
Railroad lines in the Southern provinces still are blocked.
All available Red Cross forces, supplemented by local civic and army aid, were rushed to the stricken zone.
Although broken communication lines and disrupted railroad service make it impossible to learn the full extent of the disaster, enough has been learned to indicate it was one of the worst in recent years.
The typhoon, coming from the direction of the Island of Samar, cut a narrow swath of destruction along its course and mushroomed out in the southern provinces of Luzon Island.
Tidal Wave Adds to Disaster.
Here flooding rivers and a tidal wave added to the disaster. Reports of damage to property come from as far north as Los Banos, on Lagna de Bay, which is less than 50 miles south of Manila. Manila itself, was outside the storm area, but wire communications were severed, which prevented news of the disaster from becoming known here until yesterday.
Army airplanes were unable to make a landing in the stricken area in Batangas, but flew over the district and received messages from the governor of the province telling of the damage done.
Because of the havoc worked on the railway lines it is expected that getting into the storm belt with needed relief supplies will be slow.
Batangas province has a population of 340,000, principally native and Spanish-speaking. So far as has been reported there were no foreigners among the casualties.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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MANILA RUSHES RELIEF TO STRICKEN PROVINCES
Havoc Created on Railway Lines Hampers Work of Getting Into Storm Belt With Aid
A typhoon, with a tidal wave and flooding rivers, struck the southern provinces of Luzon, with Batangas reported hardest hit at approximately 200 dead and damage said to run into millions of dollars; reports also came from Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas.
A typhoon, tidal wave and floods in the southern provinces of Luzon.
By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 8. - The estimated number of dead in southern Luzon as the result of Saturday's typhoon, tidal wave and floods reached 300 today.
Incomplete reports indicate the property damage will run into millions of dollars. Telegraph wires still are down and the full extent of destruction and death are not yet known.
Latest reports show that the disaster was felt in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas. Batangas was hardest hit, with approximtely 200 dead.
The weather bureau says the typhoon was the most puzzling atmospheric disturbance to hit the Philippines since its establishment here. The changing directions taken by the storm are said to be inexplicable, according to the laws of cyclones.
Supplies Sent South.
Additional supplies were sent southward from here today by the Red Cross, which is caring for several hundred homeless persons in Batangas Province. The irsular Legislature appropriated $25,000 to aid the sufferers.
Railroad lines in the Southern provinces still are blocked.
All available Red Cross forces, supplemented by local civic and army aid, were rushed to the stricken zone.
Although broken communication lines and disrupted railroad service make it impossible to learn the full extent of the disaster, enough has been learned to indicate it was one of the worst in recent years.
The typhoon, coming from the direction of the Island of Samar, cut a narrow swath of destruction along its course and mushroomed out in the southern provinces of Luzon Island.
Tidal Wave Adds to Disaster.
Here flooding rivers and a tidal wave added to the disaster. Reports of damage to property come from as far north as Los Banos, on Lagna de Bay, which is less than 50 miles south of Manila. Manila itself, was outside the storm area, but wire communications were severed, which prevented news of the disaster from becoming known here until yesterday.
Army airplanes were unable to make a landing in the stricken area in Batangas, but flew over the district and received messages from the governor of the province telling of the damage done.
Because of the havoc worked on the railway lines it is expected that getting into the storm belt with needed relief supplies will be slow.
Batangas province has a population of 340,000, principally native and Spanish-speaking. So far as has been reported there were no foreigners among the casualties.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
November 7, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:
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MANILA RUSHES RELIEF TO STRICKEN PROVINCES
Havoc Created on Railway Lines Hampers Work of Getting Into Storm Belt With Aid
A typhoon, with a tidal wave and flooding rivers, struck the southern provinces of Luzon, with Batangas reported hardest hit at approximately 200 dead and damage said to run into millions of dollars; reports also came from Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas.
A typhoon, tidal wave and floods in the southern provinces of Luzon.
By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 8. - The estimated number of dead in southern Luzon as the result of Saturday's typhoon, tidal wave and floods reached 300 today.
Incomplete reports indicate the property damage will run into millions of dollars. Telegraph wires still are down and the full extent of destruction and death are not yet known.
Latest reports show that the disaster was felt in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas. Batangas was hardest hit, with approximtely 200 dead.
The weather bureau says the typhoon was the most puzzling atmospheric disturbance to hit the Philippines since its establishment here. The changing directions taken by the storm are said to be inexplicable, according to the laws of cyclones.
Supplies Sent South.
Additional supplies were sent southward from here today by the Red Cross, which is caring for several hundred homeless persons in Batangas Province. The irsular Legislature appropriated $25,000 to aid the sufferers.
Railroad lines in the Southern provinces still are blocked.
All available Red Cross forces, supplemented by local civic and army aid, were rushed to the stricken zone.
Although broken communication lines and disrupted railroad service make it impossible to learn the full extent of the disaster, enough has been learned to indicate it was one of the worst in recent years.
The typhoon, coming from the direction of the Island of Samar, cut a narrow swath of destruction along its course and mushroomed out in the southern provinces of Luzon Island.
Tidal Wave Adds to Disaster.
Here flooding rivers and a tidal wave added to the disaster. Reports of damage to property come from as far north as Los Banos, on Lagna de Bay, which is less than 50 miles south of Manila. Manila itself, was outside the storm area, but wire communications were severed, which prevented news of the disaster from becoming known here until yesterday.
Army airplanes were unable to make a landing in the stricken area in Batangas, but flew over the district and received messages from the governor of the province telling of the damage done.
Because of the havoc worked on the railway lines it is expected that getting into the storm belt with needed relief supplies will be slow.
Batangas province has a population of 340,000, principally native and Spanish-speaking. So far as has been reported there were no foreigners among the casualties.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
November 7, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:
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November 8, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Evening Star, The Bismarck Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Indianapolis Times, The Alaska Daily Empire, New Britain Herald, and Brownsville Herald.
MANILA RUSHES RELIEF TO STRICKEN PROVINCES
Havoc Created on Railway Lines Hampers Work of Getting Into Storm Belt With Aid
A typhoon, with a tidal wave and flooding rivers, struck the southern provinces of Luzon, with Batangas reported hardest hit at approximately 200 dead and damage said to run into millions of dollars; reports also came from Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas.
A typhoon, tidal wave and floods in the southern provinces of Luzon.
By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 8. - The estimated number of dead in southern Luzon as the result of Saturday's typhoon, tidal wave and floods reached 300 today.
Incomplete reports indicate the property damage will run into millions of dollars. Telegraph wires still are down and the full extent of destruction and death are not yet known.
Latest reports show that the disaster was felt in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Tayabas. Batangas was hardest hit, with approximtely 200 dead.
The weather bureau says the typhoon was the most puzzling atmospheric disturbance to hit the Philippines since its establishment here. The changing directions taken by the storm are said to be inexplicable, according to the laws of cyclones.
Supplies Sent South.
Additional supplies were sent southward from here today by the Red Cross, which is caring for several hundred homeless persons in Batangas Province. The irsular Legislature appropriated $25,000 to aid the sufferers.
Railroad lines in the Southern provinces still are blocked.
All available Red Cross forces, supplemented by local civic and army aid, were rushed to the stricken zone.
Although broken communication lines and disrupted railroad service make it impossible to learn the full extent of the disaster, enough has been learned to indicate it was one of the worst in recent years.
The typhoon, coming from the direction of the Island of Samar, cut a narrow swath of destruction along its course and mushroomed out in the southern provinces of Luzon Island.
Tidal Wave Adds to Disaster.
Here flooding rivers and a tidal wave added to the disaster. Reports of damage to property come from as far north as Los Banos, on Lagna de Bay, which is less than 50 miles south of Manila. Manila itself, was outside the storm area, but wire communications were severed, which prevented news of the disaster from becoming known here until yesterday.
Army airplanes were unable to make a landing in the stricken area in Batangas, but flew over the district and received messages from the governor of the province telling of the damage done.
Because of the havoc worked on the railway lines it is expected that getting into the storm belt with needed relief supplies will be slow.
Batangas province has a population of 340,000, principally native and Spanish-speaking. So far as has been reported there were no foreigners among the casualties.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, November 8, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
November 7, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:
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November 8, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Evening Star, The Bismarck Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Indianapolis Times, The Alaska Daily Empire, New Britain Herald, and Brownsville Herald.