- Jm o AO VOL. X HE DALLES, OREGON. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 189'i NO 276 n 1 kT) ski rP 4 ffTr I rf, rpi : m 1 x APPALING DISASTER Tornado Swept Thousands Away. . FOUR HUNDRED EUROPEANS KILLED Hurricane and Tidal Wave Iteraaiated a Large Fart of the Islands .6,000 Killed. - San Francisco, Nov. 27. The typhoon which swept over the Philippine islands October 6tb, caused one of the worst disasters reported from the southern ocean for many years, if not in the his tory of that section oi the world. Thous ands of lives were lost, including many Europeans, and the damage to property was appaling. Telegraphic advices concerning the ca lamity have been Very meagre. The difficulty of gettiDg news from the islands at any time is great, and, owing to the remotenees of some provinces vis ited by the hurricane, fall details of the storm did not reach Hcog Kong tilt No. vember let.'' The steamer Gaelic, from the Orient, today brought letters and papers which contain accounts of the ravages of the tidal wave and wind. Whole towns were swept or blown away. Fully 500 Europeans were killed, and it is esti mated that 6,000 natives perished. The storm tirat struck the island at the bay of Santa Paula, in the province of Samar. It devastated the entire southern portion of the island. On the 12th, hurricane reached Ley te, and struck the capital, Tacloban, with great fury. In less than half an hour the town was a mass of ruins. The na tives were panic-stricken. , Four hun dred of them were buried beneath the debris of wrecked buildings, and one hundred and twenty . corpses of Euro peans were recovered when the native authorities instituted a search for the dead. , Reports from the southern coast were received which claim that a score of small trading vessels and two Sydney traders were blown ashore and their crews drowned. 1 ' The sea swept inland nearly a mile, "destroying property valued at several million dollars, and causing wholesale deaths among the natives. The Philippines are in the range of the monsoons, and violent hurricanes are common. The islands, which lie off the southern coast of 'Asia number 1200 in all, 408 of which are inhabited, The principal islands are Lyte, Samar, Mas bate, Luzon, Mindanao and Palawan The total population is estimated at 7, ' 500,000, and Malays form the greater part. The Negritos, or Oriental Negros, are found mostly in the mountain regions of the four larger islands. 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