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New TyphooninHsiHits PhilippinesNew Storm Churningmb;NtotrthGigantic Package Of clWinds East of Island klt;MANILA f/b—A new typhoon bore down on the Philippines today with threats of more destruction even before officials had finished counting the toll from the worst tropical storm in 50 years.The count from Typhoon Trix which hit Southern Luzon Island Tuesday and Wednesday reached444 dead, 460 missing and 27 injuredA Philippines Red Cross spokesman said the death toll might climb to 600 or more as late reports trickle in from isolated areas.The new typhoon was churning Us gigantic package of ravaging winds 700 miles east of Leyte Island at 2 p mThe Weather Bureau said it was moving in at a faster clip than Typhoon Trix and along the same path Preliminary reports indicated it packed a more vicious I punch than its predecessor whichfilNvttoelhiliithfcmtisiaarhit Southern Luzon with winds instl0excess of 135 miles an hour Winds in the new typhoon, called Wilma, were estimated at 150 miles an hour velocity. It was moving north-! west at 15 miles an hour.At its present pace and path, the new typhoon should roar in on Manila late Tuesday, the Weather Bureau said. Southern Luzon, l*yte, Samar and Northeast Mindanao were in the danger zone.Typhoon Trix devastated a wide strip of Southern Luzon, totally destroyed Legaspi City, an East Coast port of 80,000 population, and ! the smaller cocdhut port of Tabacoj It left one half million persons I homeless. •Preliminary estimates of damage to crops, public buildings and schools in Albay Province alone were put at 40 million dollars bythe governor.Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay flew south today to survey the storm damage. He carriedcases of canned goods and bags ofrice as the military’s initial contribution to reliefMore food, clothing and medical supplies were loaded aboard Philippine Navy ships for Albay and Sor-sogon Provinces and Northern Samar. Sorsogon was reported without food and u»t»rPrivate groups in Manila beganraising funds to aid the stricken families.
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Oil City Blizzard
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Sat, Oct 25, 1952
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