TERRIBLE TYPHOON
THE SWATOW CALAMITY. FIFTY THOUSAND CASUALTIES. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, August 10. (Received August 11, at 10 a.m.) The American Consul at Swaitow estimates that the typhoon casualties amount to 50,000. Over 100,000 people are homeless. -jj-A. and N.Z. Cable. DESTRUCTIVE TIDAL WAVE. DESOLATION AND RUIN. HARBOR CHOKED WITH CORPSES. PEKING, August 9. (Received August 11, at 10 a.m.) It. is only now possible to give some idea of the catastrophe at Swatow. A_ tidal wave carried everything before it. Ships parted their anchors and were carried bodily » mile away and planted on Dio land. One junk vena driven right through 111© Asatic Petroleum Company's oil tank. The scene of ruin in the town is indeu.M'ibable. No buildings withstood tha raging gale, which twisted the iron girders as if they were wisps of straw. The harbor is choked 1 with corpses, the stench from which, accentuated by rotting rice and bean cake, is overpowering.— Reuter.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19220811.2.44
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 18044, 11 August 1922, Page 4
Word Count
159TERRIBLE TYPHOON Evening Star, Issue 18044, 11 August 1922, Page 4
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.