European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 24, 1986 soldiers patrol the soldering wreckage of Crossroads a Black township near Cape town nearly destroyed by four Days of bloody riots. The death toll stood at 26 on Friday. Four More killed in Cape town riots Johannesburg South Africa a police found four additional bodies thursday night in the wreck age of the Crossroads squatter Camp near Cape town raising to 26 the known toll from four Days of battling by rival Black groups. Residents told reporters they feared Many More were dead. Estimates of those left homeless during the fighting ranged from 15,000 to 50,000. . Ambassador Herman Nickel called the scene 12 Miles cast of Cape town a human disaster of major  vast tracts of the Camp Lay in ruins. Foreign governments National companies and Cape town residents mounted a Relief operation to feed and clothe those whose shanties were destroyed by roving bands of fighters. The settlement of about 100,000 people was largely quiet thursday apart from sporadic clashes journalists said. The Battles began sunday Between conservative Black vigilantes and militant youths apparently involving per Sonal Power struggles More than politics. Thousands of residents milled around the Edge of the settlement thursday Many afraid to return to their wrecked Homes to Salvage belongings because of wan Dering bands of men carrying axes Spears and sharpened Sticks. Police repeatedly denied allegations that they aided or at least failed to control the vigilantes who residents said systematically destroyed Row after Row of shacks. Officials erected barbed wire thursday to Fence off the worst hit Section. Cabinet minister Chris Cunis said 3,000 tents would be erected for victims at a new Black township As Tempo Rary housing. The United states which at first donated $10,000 for victims increased the gift to $35,000. Jill _ i of her embassies said they were approaching their gov 1 i can mints for donations and the Urban foundation which t i assists with Black housing problems gave $44,000. Jan Stycyn chairman of the South african foundation said the fighting had rendered an estimated 50,000 peo ple  Timo  the Cape province s senior govern ment official for Black affairs put the figure at 15,000 to 20,000. The area has now been levelled Colin Appl Clon of the Urban foundation said after visiting the scene. You Sec pieces of personal belongings lying on the Sand pieces of i Timber clicking up in the air charred pieces of corrugated f Iron lying Bent on the  at least 71 die As typhoon batters Solomon islands photo taken by a Sundvor of the typhoon shows residents of Honiara in the Solomon islands wading through floodwaters. Honiara Solomon islands a typhoon Namu the worst storm in history to hit the Solomon islands. Killed at least 71 people and left about 90,000 homeless and Rescue workers said thursday the toll was expected to go much higher. We think hundreds died said John Selwyn a nation Al disaster committee spokesman reached by Telephone from Sydney Australia. The death toll will Rise. Reports of More deaths arc coming in. It will hit 100  sir Peter Keni Lorea prime minister of the Solomon is lands declared the Island Chain a disaster area on thurs Day. The Solomon islands formerly a British protectorate gamed Independence in 1978. Typhoon Namu packing winds of up to 115 Mph battered the 900-mile-Long Island Chain for 17 hours monday. Entire villages were destroyed by High seas and covered by mudslides said australian consulate officials in Honiara. On Guadalcanal the main Island fast flowing Rivers burst Over their Banks sweeping people away. An austra Lian Pilot who flew Over Guadalcanal said he saw a sea of mud with roofs sticking  on thursday Rescue workers found the bodies of 65 people buried in mud and debris in the Guadalcanal Plains bringing the confirmed death toll to 71. Most Vic Tims appeared to have been from the same Village Vel Blaiki which eyewitnesses said vanished in a Wall of water. The outlying islands of Siliana Jalaila Makitra Ren Nell and Bellona also were badly battered and Relief work ers were trying to reach those areas by Canoe. Officials say it has been impossible to ascertain damages and casualties there because of poor communication