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Typhoon TollGrows to 570In PhilippinesBy DON HUTHMANILA, Oct. 23.—tf)—The Philippine Red Cross said tonight 370 persons were dead and 200 were missing in the wake of Wednesday’s typhoon.The Red Cross said several ' hundred were injured,(The United Press called Typhoon Trix the most violent storm to hit the Philippines in live years and estimated the death toll at a minimum of 355, with $2,500,000 in property damage.)‘ALERT TWO’(In San Francisco, Radio Corporation of America said its office on Guam reported that island was on “typhoon alert two,” meaning danger within 24 hours. That would be a different storm than the one which hit the Philippines. The Guam report said the typhoon was still 400 miles away.)The Philippine tabulations j were based. on telegraphic a*nd radio reports trickling in from the devastated provinces.The tropical storm roared outinto the South China Sea Wednesday and today threatened the battered shores of Indochina about 850 mites to the southwest. A Saigon report said the typhoon would hit the coast tomorrow night.TIDAL WAVE DAMAGEIndochina, while waiting for the ^torm, was trying to clean up from the tidal wave that hit Phan Thiet Monday night, possibly killing as many as 500 persons.Broken communications lines slowed the reports of Philippines casualties and damage.Philippines air force planes began airlifting relief goods into ^ the storm-stricken areas. Tjheir work was hampered by soggy ' airfields.
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Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California, US
Thu, Oct 23, 1952
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