'The typhoon and rains of the Inst week have turned Manila, wet enough at best, into an immense pond with guitars over a foot deep in muddy water. Sampaloe district, five minutes' drive from the Escolta. was completely flooded, so that people were forced into the upper storeys of the houses. The local police barrack was completely surrounded and soldiers stood wuard and carried on patrol duty in. two feet of running water. All the hundreds of creeks that intersect the city overflowed their banks and boats were seen on dozens of streets. The grass vendors who supply the food for the horses passed up Calle San Luis and on to the Luneta in their native bancas. After a few days of this kind one does not wonder at the Filipino custom of carrying baskets, bundles, and all sorts of articles on the top of the head.
Admiral Watson, she succeeded Do} had a narrow escape on the Pasig. His Munch was about to pass under the Puenta Espana when the roaring current caught it up and jammed it broadside into the stone piers, breaking the funnel and tearing off the gunwale. For a few moments there was considerable danger until the Taunch was: forced through and out into the lower river.
In twelve hours 7.39 inches of rain fell over the district of Manila. This is something unprecedented even for the tropics, and I doubt if the local records show a much heavier storm. The soldiers in the trenches suffered the most, as in many places the camps were inches under water, and it was absolutely impossible for the ration carts and bull teams to reach them, although many attempts were made to plough through the mud.
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