DISASTERS IN THE EAST.
Typhoon at Hongkong. Port Darwin, October 10. An Eastern steamer brings news of another typhoon at Hongkong, on September 18th. which did considerable damage to shipping. The German steamer Sullberg, was missing when the mail left. The Japanese steamer Taifu Maru, plying on the Yangtze River, was destroyed by fire about the same time. A mad panic followed the discovery of the fire, and 200 lives were lost in a savage fight for life.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 12 October 1907, Page 3
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78DISASTERS IN THE EAST. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 12 October 1907, Page 3
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