From September 20 to 26, 1867, the capital Manila of the Captaincy General of the Philippines experienced the full brunt of a storm, which was believed to be a typhoon.[1][2] Dubbed as the 1867 Angela typhoon, the capital was submerged in floods from the storm. Many ships either disappeared in waters or were destroyed in the shores near Santa Lucia and Tondo, both towns near Manila Bay.[1] The waves on the said bay were described as "mountainous" by some residents near the coast.[1] The Spanish ship that departed from British Hong Kong named "Malaspina" sank near the Ilocos Region, killing an unknown number of passengers and crew with no survivors.[1][2] The waters of the Abra River overflowed, killing over 1,800 individuals, mostly due to drowning.[3] This would make the typhoon the fifth deadliest tropical cyclone ever to hit the present-day Philippines.[3] No numerical estimate for the damage caused by the storm is available.[1]