Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Friday 14 December 1951, page 1


Menaced By Two Typhoons MANILA (A.A.P.Reuter). -- Two typhoons are menacing the Philippines, where 541 are dead and 80,000 homeless after Monday's battering typhoon and the volcanic eruptions. The typhoon which struck on Monday and swept through the Central Visayans turned in its tracks in the China Sea yesterday and threatened Luzon from the west. A new typhoon was bearing down on the islands from the east. The Weather Bureau said that both typhoons were still turning and might miss the Philippines. The Wleather Bureau said the second typhoon, designated "Babs,"' was located 46 miles off Surigao on Northern MVindannao. It was reported moving westward toward the centre of the islands at approximately 13 m.p.h. President Quirino yesterday declared a "state of public calamity" in 11 Central Philippines provinces. A total of 248 were dead and 20,000 homeless on tiny Camniguin Island