PHILIPPINES TYPHOON.
——. & APPALLING LOSS 01'" LIFE. By i'elegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Kec. December 1, 5.5 p.m.) Washin&ton, November SO. The Governor-General of the Philippines telegraphs that a typhoon wrecked three-quarters of Macloban, and did great damage at Ka'piz: Other messages state that the bodies of natives, mostly Viscayans, aro lying in thousands over the islands. Kapiz has a population of twelve thousand, and half have been killed. . It is officially stated that 15,000 natives were killed orinju'red in the typhoon.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1612, 2 December 1912, Page 5
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78PHILIPPINES TYPHOON. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1612, 2 December 1912, Page 5
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