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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936.
TYPHOON HAVOC
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has been in progress for
,the Colony during the night, pro- bably between midnight and I
some (a.m.
Yesterday was dull and overcast days, was considerably accelerated
a really by the typhoon, the building hav-with occasional rain,
heavy squall striking the Colony ing now completely collapsed.
Jat about 6 p.m. but after that it was again fine and quiet, with oc- casional gusta.
the dif
FIRST STAR FERRY The first Star Ferry steamer. the Golden Star... left Kowloon wharf with great ficulty at about
this 9.22 morning, and after that a more or
At 2 p.m. yesterday the Obser vatory stated that the typhoon was passing near Pratas Shoal
less regular service was maintain and was still heading towards the ed throughout the morning: but Colony. At Pratas the wind was conditions were very bad.
There
Force 11, which is between 65 and 75 miles an hour. The weather. was a heavy sea running and con- tinual strong gusts caught the ves-was overcast and squally and the sels, making manoeuvring a tick-barometer reading was 29.03 de- lish business. Every credit is due STEEK.
to the officers of the company. especially the men in charge of the
OBSERVATORY REPORT
A Royal Observatory report at ferry steamers for their excellent about 5 pm. yesterday was as fol- work.
lows;
SHUM SHUN HAVOC
The latest report from Pratus is The people at Shum Chun ex-that the wind had increased from perienced a very severe blow, and Force 11-to. Force 12, described as it is understood that several hutsa wind of hurricane force, pro- in the villages have been washedļbably well over 75 miles an hour away, though it is at present im-Rain and heavy squalls are pre possible to ascertain how many dicted.
lives were lost.
The Pratas wireless station has
From the Shun Chun Hotel we probably broken down, no report
dower having been received after 4 p..! learn that three of the
NO. 7 HOISTED boats were cut adrift from their moorings and have been carried
No. 7 signal was hoisted at
up the river and their fate is un-1121 pm. known.
The local direction of the wind
in the eastern districts found it hard to obtain a motor car to take
felt in the central district.
(Left) Dr. Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate, above, made a furious protest against the policy of Mr. Sean Lester, High Commissioner, before the League of Nations recently. (Right) The oldest German incomotive is shown at the Olympic exhibition entitled “Germany." now being held in Berlin. It is seen above on its way to the exhibition.
ALONG THE CASTLE
PEAK ROAD
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SERIOUS BREAK IN ROAD
TRAGEDY AT STANLEY
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two
Ipartially collapsed and that
men were entombed in the debris.
z messenger to Shaukiwan Excavation work was proceeded Police Station to make a report of with immediately, but no bodies the collapse. In the meantime. he were found buried in the pile of The first serious break in the collected as many men as possible brick and mortar, despite a vigor- A number of people from Kow-was north-north-east, force 7. By road was at Tsun Wan near Tsai and formed a rescue gang, and it ous search lasting some 30 min- loon were stranded in Hong Kong midnight it was blowing hard in Wan Kok, where two big holes on was due to this very prompt acutes.
Dr. S. To Wong, who is one of on Sunday night and those living the exposed parts of the Colony, the seaward side were seen. The tion, despite the handicap of, hav-
though nothing beyond gusts was long bridge just before the Humeing to work in the dark, as the the newest residents in Stanley, Pipe Company's works was damag-electric lights also went out short-and Dr. R. J. Wong, another resi- timated that the typhoon was 100 roadway had been completely wash number of fatalities to three, and have
The Royal Observatory then es-jed and one part of the bridge after 2 a.m., that reduced the dent there, both state that they
Deser experienced miles south-east
of Hong Kong.ed away by last night's heavy the injured to a similar number. typhoon like the latest one. The moving west-north-west.
seas, while the area in the vicinity No sooner was the message re-former stated No. 10 signal was hoisted at was full of cracks.
ceived at Shaukiwan than it was house the steel windows were 112.15 a.m. and the maroons were A visit to Tsun Wan Village re-relayed to the Central Fire Bri-"giving" to such an extent that he vealed indescribable scenes. Partrade and an appliance, together had to reinforce them by putting of the village was completely de-with two motor ambulances, was pieces of furniture and trunks
under a rushed to the scene
the against them! molished, while the trees for distance of several miles on either charge of Mr. H. T. Brooks.
them home after the No. 10 signal was hoisted, the drivers in almost
demanding exorbitant!
every case fares.
Repulse Bay Matsheds Badly Damaged Stanley was cut of from Hong Kong, due to the fact that the tele phone wire was damaged in the storm, and enquiries at
Repulse
Bay Hotel brought forth the re
fired at 12.40 a.m.
DESTRUCTION AT VALLEY
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ply that no damage was done to Though there were about 30 em- the hotel itself, though many of ployees of the lessees; the Kwong
The morning train service
to
Canton was suspended, but the
8.15 a.m. train from Shum Chum
left for Kowloon as per schedule
2
razor
İside looked as if a giant
had swept through the tops. of
them.
any
that in his new
Dr. R. J. Wong's garden suffer- ed extensive damage, while his SUDDEN CATASTROPHE A China Mail representative bathing shed on Stanley beach is was also early on the scene, which a complete wreck. All the wire- is to the south of the new Prison, less serials were blown down at and in a conversation with one of Stanley and the trees and plants At the 11-milestone "on the the workmen who was actually, in also suffered heavy damage.
ALL MATSHEDS MISSING
mute.
zmini-
ON SILVER
Request By British Jewellers
at on the silverware manufac-|
the matsheds on the beach suffered Tai Wo rattan shop, sleeping in Castle Peak road, in the vicinity one of the sheds at the time of the premises. by miraculous of the house known as Orme's the collapse, he learned that the considerable damage.
Bungalow, the beach was complete three matshets were of the two CORONATION MARK Some slight damage was done chance no one was hurt.
ly awash and every shred of evid-storey type, and that it all happen- the FAMOUS TREE UPROOTED along Island Road, some of trees that were
The fine old tree which shelter-ence that the spot had been used ed so suddenly that chances of uprooted. and boulders dislodged. being carried ed the Monument at Happy Valley for pleasure swimming had dis-escape were reduced to a on to the motor road, though traf has been uprooted, the branches appeared
At the 12-milestone the wreck- The three men who were killed; fic was not seriously hampered. being strewn a considerable dis-
Other age of a big junk was seen, the were all quartered in the same TRAIN SERVICES
tance along Gap Road. damage done in and around Eappy big sails being wedged among the shed, two of them, Leung Cheung Valley included a small landslide rocks. Villagers in the vicinity and Kwan Ngok, living on the King Edward VIII's acces at the entrance to Stubbs Road stated that they had heard the top floor and Ng Kwoon on the sion to the throne may be com- opposite the Sikh temple, the road crash of the vessel against the ground foor. It had been blow-memorated by a special mark An official at the Railway stated being partly blocked. The Club's rocks above the din of the storming very hard. all night out that the Canton service would be football stand was also partly de- but had not seen any living souls, Stanley, but it was not until short-tured during the year of his
the ferries molished. resumed as soon as
either on board or come up from ly after I am that the occupants coronation.
Jewellers from all parts of started running again, in
Considerable damage has been
of the sheds were terrified by the that passengers from Hong Kong done to matsheds both on the is-
Britain have requested that a A remarkable scene at this spot way they awayed in the wind. might be catered for.
land and mainland. Several struc-was an iron telegraph or telephone Then, with the suddenness that is
profile of the King should be Many landslides and floods are
tures are missing entirely from pole which was almost bent double inevitably
punched on silver goods made а feature of these in 1937, in addition to the reported from the New Territories, Taiwan Beach, while at Repulse where the cross-pieces held the tragedies, the sheds crumpled in,
hall-mark, 45 statutory though up till 9 am no reports Bay roofs have been torn off and wires. As a result of this all com almost simultaneously. The
memento of the occasion. were received regarding the loss matsheds
wrecked munication between Castle completely
Peak shrieks and cries of the trapped of life. The rescue tug, Kau Sing-Lido. Lady," however, is still at and Hong Kong was impossible.
A similar mark was used which started on her patrol yester-her moorings, having successfully At the Pure Cane. Molasses whistling winds.
men were swallowed up by the during Jubilee Year, showing a day morning. is still out on
double profile of King George It has In the middle of the night, with V. and Queen Mary. job, but so far no news of any wreckage of junks or sampans has been received.
order
the
the
ridden out the storm
At North Point most of
the sea.
+
(Brewery) the bridge roadway
a
BEACH ROAD CLEARED the had been badly undermined and not a light to guide them and al-been responsible for a notable bathing pavilions have lost their it was evident that the passage most blinded by the fierce rain, upward trend in the value of Cheung Chan residents were. piers, while Beach Road near Re of heavy vehicles will not be al-the few mea who were thrown 1935 silver. once again marooned when
some time to
come clear of the falling sheds, dashed Silverware bore the head of laurch service stopped at the Pulse Bay was blocked for some lowed for hoisting of No. 1 typhoon signal time this morning by debris, but But worse was to follow further out into the storm, one of them the reigning sovereign from
was successfully cleared later.
on at a place called Tsai Ling finally finding his way to the 1784 until 1890, when the duty i The Kowloon Dock bowling Tau. where the sea wall.
was abolished, for Police Station, where at told me on the metal has suffered considerably length of over a mile had com-
and no such similar mark was story to the officer who was already employed again until last year. from the storm, and the electric pletely disappeared, and the eds busy dealing with the reports and telephone wires in the vicia of the roadway resembled a piece about leaking roofs, etc., from the
of broken crast. ity, blown down by the force of the wind, present striking evidence of the damage cansed.
Ferry Forced To Turn Back
At 12.40 am. it was decided to make the last Star Ferry trip from Kowloon to the island, but the passengers were destined to disap pointment for, although the boat crossed the harbour, the seas, were) too high to allow the coxswain to bring the boat alongside
After struggling in a rising gale for a nerve-wracking period the coxswain abandoned his at- tempt and recrossed the harbour, landing the passengers in the typhoon shelter at Yaumati.
running at 12.30 am.
greer
CHINESE GUNBOAT ASHORE
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Another vessel which was affected by the typhoon wal the J.C.JL liner Tjibadak. She dragged her anchor, but
was kept under control by ex- cellent seamanship.
GRIM, EVIDENCE
More grim evidence of the
panic-striken villagers.
STEEL WINDOWS. "GIVING” A word of praise must be given the Police and Fire Brigade for
waves and wind was seen at Tal the efficient way in which they
Lam-chung, at about the isth
handled a difficult situation. Mr.† milestone, where the s.3. Kwong H. T. Brooks was in charge of the Thang, a 70-ton passenger launch. Fire Brigade section, while the
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missing a very rocky headland.
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COGNAC AND
were Mr. P. Grant, A.S.P., Inspec-story of a man who made a This was the second vessel this tor O'Connor, Inspector C. F. fortune of £4,000,000 in a few THREE STAR morning which escaped serious Alexander and Sergt. W. S. Dall years and died penniless. damage, although it will take a The Hos. Inspector-General of
He was an Indian, named A. fairly big job to salvage it, large Police, Mr. T. H. King, visited the
(also in square pints M. Jeevanjee A woman was sent to hospital portions of it being strewn on the scene later in the morning.
He arrived in Mombasa 38 The last ferry from Hong Kong as a result of injuries sustained
and flaska) years ago, and immediately side left at 12.15 am leaving when No. 6 house at the Ngai
Just as the rescue party were saw the possibilities of com- In Tsun Wan Bay were moored about to leave Stanley, a report merce between many Kowloon residents stranded Shing Wai Village collapsed, while
the coast and
on the island.
a case of electrocation is reported several Chinese revenne cruisers, came through that the Tin Hau the interior. With hard work The Yaumati ferries" stopped from No. 27 Main Street, Kowloon. Police-launches and barges, one Temple in Stanley Village had and a skilful business acumen V.VES.OP
The garage at the Police Train-of which had evidently broken
he soon built up a vast trading ing School collapsed, the Emer-loose from its moorings and was ing clean over the roadway, al-organisation. gency Van being in the building found smashed near the Hume though numerous small fishing During the Great War, Jee- at the time, while the roofs were Pipe Company's works.
craft ́and sampans took refuge in vanjee's assets were swollen Driving out to Castle Peak very creeks and thus escaped most of rapidly by profitable contracts. stripped off a number of houses at Kowloon Tong, where many garden much resembled driving over the the firy of the typhoon.
He acquired a line of coasting walls have also been reported to. T. Course, trees galore, big and One of the most curious fea-steamers and much land and have been blown down.
amall being strewn on the roadtores of the drive along the Castle property in Kenya and Uganda. The scaffolding outside the Penin-side, making a look-out at corners Peak Road up to the 16th-mile-
He
worth more. was. £4,000,000. ed at 4.22 am yesterday, though, sula Hotel was blown down with a and villages very difficult.
stone was the absence of any land- Jeevanjee's failing health in beyond stifling hest," conditions crash at 1.30 am, and carried along
* WAVES OVER ROADWAY rlides, although failing trees did recent years, and a series of were very normal, and at 1.50 p.m. Chatham Road, while many of the No. 5 signal was hoisted. The unattended cars in the car park Eye-witnesses of the havoc in as much damage in numerous cen-heavy losses coinciding with evening report was that the storm near the Railway ha. their hoods the Castle Peak area near the sea trea, although, without any known the slump, ceased him to die a was expected to hit the coast near torn of
report that the waves were break- loss of life
Lull Before Storm
NO MESSAGE FROM PRATAS AFTER 4 PANA
No. 1 typhoon eignal was hoist-
poor man. He was 82
than
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