A Taihoku message states that the typhoon which raged in the northern part of Formosa from Sunday till Tuesday of last week exceeded in violence anything that been experienced since the Island became Japanese territory. It is estimated that at least '¥.3,,500,000 is needed for temporary repairs alone. Another from Mr. Uchida, Chief Civil Administrator to Count Sakuma, Governor-General of Formosa, who jis now in Tokio, says that in the jurisdiction of Taihoku alone 682 houses were demolished, 701 houses were partly destroyed, 13 houses were washed away, and 535 more were inundated. An extensive area) of rice fields was submerged and, eight persons were killed, 19 were badly injured and two persons are missing. Some 1,200 homeless people were rescued, and 3,831 are being fed daily. The damage at Giran and Shinchiku is even greater than that caused by the storm on August 98 and 29, but as communication is cut off no particulars can be learned.
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