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lypnoon neporiFrom Okina wa Lists 46 KilledSS Okinawa Bureau •KADENA AB, Okinawa—Typhoon Charlotte left 46 persons dead, 24 injured and 1,038' homeless on Okinawa, according to final casualty and damage figures released Monday.No Americans were killed or seriously injured when the typhoon battered the island Friday and Saturday with powerful fringe winds that climbed close to the 100 m.p.h markat'times.Dud BombInjures 5 NegritoesSS Philippines BureauCL AIIIC AB, P. I. — Five Negrito tribesmen were slightly injured by a 25-pound practice “bomb” Monday, when it accidentally broke loose from an F-I00 Super Sabre jet fighter.The projectile hit supporting poles of an unoccupied hut in the village of Tanibo, a mile and a quarter west of the Crow Valley gunnery range. Debris from the hut inflicted cuts and bruises on five villagers.Base ofiiclula said the jet was on a routine practice flight over the range when the “bomb” cume free. They pointed out that’ the dummy weapon contained no explosive charge.An Air Force flight surgeon, Capt. Robert A. Buchanan, was rushed to the village after the accident. He treated the victims for minor wounds, then sent themDestroyed were 275 homes and 11 public buildings. There were 618 homes damaged, according to a U.S. Civil Administration report Monday.A total of 24 inches of rain fell on Okinawa between early Thursday and Saturday morning. The rain, coupled with Typhoon Charlotte's high winds, left 75 per cent of the island’s rice crop in ruins and destroyed 16 per cent of the sugar cane and other crops.Damage to military installations on the island amounted to $300,000, which included mostly power lines, water supplies, and other utilities. The only buildings damaged, were temporary type structures.Meanwhile, Typhoon Dinah was reported lumbering along at 12 m.p.h. 460 miles southwest of Iwo Jlma at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.Air Force Weather Central at Fuchu AS, Japan, said that Dinuh, carrying center winds of 1G1 m.p.h., is moving northeastward, and is expected to be 258 miles west of Iwo Jlma at 3 a.m. Wednesday.The Iwo Jima area Is expected to have winds of 46 m.p.h. by 3 p.m. Tuesday.Air Force weathermen said the typhoon’s forecast track should take it well to the south of Tokyo late Wednesday and early Thursday as it travels northeastward.
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Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Wed, Oct 21, 1959
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