Hongkong, Oct. 2.
Gap Rock lighthouse felt the full force of Monday's typhoon. Waves Broke clean over the top of the lighthouse, which is 140 feet above high-water level, and eight lenses, half an iron thick, were broken.
'The light-keepers' quarters were completely flooded and coping-stones were washed away. Many corpses were washed ashore at Gap Rock.
The Government rescue-tug, Kau-sing, has. proceeded on an errand of mercy, cruising within a radius of 150 miles and heading for Lan. tau and St. John's Island. She i: searching for persons who have been
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