PHILIPPINE DEATH TOLL PUT AT 400
Populace Stunned as if by Shell Shock, Officer Reports in Survey
MANY BODIES STREWN
All Victims Drowned by Mountainous Waves
A United Press dispatch reports that the official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, that further deaths are being reported constantly and that rescuers have recovered bodies in the devastated district. The chief sanitary officer of the islands, who flew to the stricken province and went ashore at Pauan, said one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed and that damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous, but that there is no danger of famine, though the populace is so dazed it will be days before it can pull itself together.
By United Press MANILA, P. I., Nov. 8. - The official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, others are being reported constantly and rescuers have recovered 162 bodies, according to Maj. Parker Hitchens, chief sanitary officer of the islands, who today gave the United Press a graphic eye-witness description of the devastated district.
Major Hitchens went to Oetanagae province in an airplane.
He reported that one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed, while the damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous. Populace Dazed There is no danger of a famine, but the populace is so dazed by the catastrophe that it will be days before it can pull itself together, the officer said.
Major Hitchens, who rushed to the town of Pauan in an Amphibian plane, found a populace stunned as if by shell shock. Dead bodies were everywhere and native homes were strewn about the entire area.
"We alighted on the water off Pauan and went ashore amid a scene of complete havoc," said Major Hitchens.
"Crowds of survivors were ex-(Turn to Page 12)
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PHILIPPINE DEATH TOLL PUT AT 400
Populace Stunned as if by Shell Shock, Officer Reports in Survey
MANY BODIES STREWN
All Victims Drowned by Mountainous Waves
A United Press dispatch reports that the official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, that further deaths are being reported constantly and that rescuers have recovered bodies in the devastated district. The chief sanitary officer of the islands, who flew to the stricken province and went ashore at Pauan, said one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed and that damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous, but that there is no danger of famine, though the populace is so dazed it will be days before it can pull itself together.
By United Press MANILA, P. I., Nov. 8. - The official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, others are being reported constantly and rescuers have recovered 162 bodies, according to Maj. Parker Hitchens, chief sanitary officer of the islands, who today gave the United Press a graphic eye-witness description of the devastated district.
Major Hitchens went to Oetanagae province in an airplane.
He reported that one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed, while the damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous. Populace Dazed There is no danger of a famine, but the populace is so dazed by the catastrophe that it will be days before it can pull itself together, the officer said.
Major Hitchens, who rushed to the town of Pauan in an Amphibian plane, found a populace stunned as if by shell shock. Dead bodies were everywhere and native homes were strewn about the entire area.
"We alighted on the water off Pauan and went ashore amid a scene of complete havoc," said Major Hitchens.
"Crowds of survivors were ex-(Turn to Page 12)
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, 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 The Indianapolis Times, 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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PHILIPPINE DEATH TOLL PUT AT 400
Populace Stunned as if by Shell Shock, Officer Reports in Survey
MANY BODIES STREWN
All Victims Drowned by Mountainous Waves
A United Press dispatch reports that the official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, that further deaths are being reported constantly and that rescuers have recovered bodies in the devastated district. The chief sanitary officer of the islands, who flew to the stricken province and went ashore at Pauan, said one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed and that damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous, but that there is no danger of famine, though the populace is so dazed it will be days before it can pull itself together.
By United Press MANILA, P. I., Nov. 8. - The official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, others are being reported constantly and rescuers have recovered 162 bodies, according to Maj. Parker Hitchens, chief sanitary officer of the islands, who today gave the United Press a graphic eye-witness description of the devastated district.
Major Hitchens went to Oetanagae province in an airplane.
He reported that one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed, while the damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous. Populace Dazed There is no danger of a famine, but the populace is so dazed by the catastrophe that it will be days before it can pull itself together, the officer said.
Major Hitchens, who rushed to the town of Pauan in an Amphibian plane, found a populace stunned as if by shell shock. Dead bodies were everywhere and native homes were strewn about the entire area.
"We alighted on the water off Pauan and went ashore amid a scene of complete havoc," said Major Hitchens.
"Crowds of survivors were ex-(Turn to Page 12)
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, 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 The Indianapolis Times, 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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PHILIPPINE DEATH TOLL PUT AT 400
Populace Stunned as if by Shell Shock, Officer Reports in Survey
MANY BODIES STREWN
All Victims Drowned by Mountainous Waves
A United Press dispatch reports that the official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, that further deaths are being reported constantly and that rescuers have recovered bodies in the devastated district. The chief sanitary officer of the islands, who flew to the stricken province and went ashore at Pauan, said one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed and that damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous, but that there is no danger of famine, though the populace is so dazed it will be days before it can pull itself together.
By United Press MANILA, P. I., Nov. 8. - The official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, others are being reported constantly and rescuers have recovered 162 bodies, according to Maj. Parker Hitchens, chief sanitary officer of the islands, who today gave the United Press a graphic eye-witness description of the devastated district.
Major Hitchens went to Oetanagae province in an airplane.
He reported that one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed, while the damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous. Populace Dazed There is no danger of a famine, but the populace is so dazed by the catastrophe that it will be days before it can pull itself together, the officer said.
Major Hitchens, who rushed to the town of Pauan in an Amphibian plane, found a populace stunned as if by shell shock. Dead bodies were everywhere and native homes were strewn about the entire area.
"We alighted on the water off Pauan and went ashore amid a scene of complete havoc," said Major Hitchens.
"Crowds of survivors were ex-(Turn to Page 12)
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, 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 The Indianapolis Times, 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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PHILIPPINE DEATH TOLL PUT AT 400
Populace Stunned as if by Shell Shock, Officer Reports in Survey
MANY BODIES STREWN
All Victims Drowned by Mountainous Waves
A United Press dispatch reports that the official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, that further deaths are being reported constantly and that rescuers have recovered bodies in the devastated district. The chief sanitary officer of the islands, who flew to the stricken province and went ashore at Pauan, said one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed and that damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous, but that there is no danger of famine, though the populace is so dazed it will be days before it can pull itself together.
By United Press MANILA, P. I., Nov. 8. - The official typhoon death list already exceeds 400, others are being reported constantly and rescuers have recovered 162 bodies, according to Maj. Parker Hitchens, chief sanitary officer of the islands, who today gave the United Press a graphic eye-witness description of the devastated district.
Major Hitchens went to Oetanagae province in an airplane.
He reported that one-sixth of the total copra crop, valued at nearly ten million dollars, was destroyed, while the damage to shipping, homes and some food crops is enormous. Populace Dazed There is no danger of a famine, but the populace is so dazed by the catastrophe that it will be days before it can pull itself together, the officer said.
Major Hitchens, who rushed to the town of Pauan in an Amphibian plane, found a populace stunned as if by shell shock. Dead bodies were everywhere and native homes were strewn about the entire area.
"We alighted on the water off Pauan and went ashore amid a scene of complete havoc," said Major Hitchens.
"Crowds of survivors were ex-(Turn to Page 12)
Reproduced unchanged from The Indianapolis Times, 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 The Indianapolis Times, 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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