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HEAVY RAINFALL. Serious Fatalities.
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To a very large extent Hang kong escaped the blow that was expacted on Saturday. The typhoon seemed to be approach-| ing the Colony and on Friday night and Saturday morning the weather was on the stormy side. Later the weather moderated considerably and the Royal Observatory reports. that the typhoon entered the coast about; midway between Kwang Chau Wan and Macao.
Hongkong bas, however, come in for its share of very heavy rain. Between Friday morning and Saturday morning nearly {six-and-a-half inches of rain were recorded, whilst further 116 inches had fallen by Sunday morning. During last night'aud this morning the rainfall was particularly heavy, the Obier- vatory recording a fall of 2.67 inches for the 24 hours. This brings the local rainfall for the year to 9167 inches, against an average of 67.55 inches.
WIND AT 69 MILES PER HOUR.
The Director of the Royal Observatory has supplied us with the following particular:-
The
MONDAY PTEMBER 1921.
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total recovered so far up to 21. At least seven more persons ware
buried, and at the time of going to press the rescuers were still busily engaged in extricating them. It is feared that few of them can be alive.
recent stormy weather commenced with a line squall at am. on August 31, followed by others of considerable intensity until the afternoon. The baro meter was above normal but the wind, apart from the squalls, houses was an animated one the The scene around the fallen indicated low pressure to the whole districs having become ex- south west of Hongkong, which cited over the ead happening. must have been of small area as The CS.P. and Mr. Burlingham the Pyrrhus, in latitude 15 and were in personal attendance and longitude 113 had moderate ENE the work of rescue
was well winds with cloudy weather and co-ordinated. squalls, having passed through a
One of the shops was used as calm belt between latitude 11' and a pawnship and the Police tracs- 14 Her lowest barometer read-ferred the valuabise as they were ing, 29.62 inches, occurred in this
discovered belt.
to No. 7 Police Station.
Later. One further dead body has been. received.
It is now definitely known that there are five more persons buried in No. 313 and one in No. 315.
.
The Sandon Fall in latitude 19' and longitude 117" had fresh ENE. winds with fine clea:
weather.
On September, the weather
Hongkong at
Was fine with a fresh to moderate East wind.
The Pyrrhus, approach- ing Hongkong from the south. had fresh ENEwinds throughout, with cloudy weather and squalls, She bad no southerly winds.
THE NORTHERN EXPEDITION.
Strong Words at Canton.
More than 200 military and naval officers were present at a Yat-sen, last Saturday evening banquet given by President Suo at Government House. There were also present a large number of government officials, amorg whom were Dr. Wu Ting-fang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Lin Sun, President of the Senate, Mr. Geo Chien Hoq, President of the Supreme Court.
In the course of his speech, President Sun Yat-sen declared that the successful campaign against the Kwangsi militarists means only temporary peace for these two provrinces, in view of the fact that the northern troops) ANOTHER COLLAPSE.
under the leadership of the cold- A fatal boose collapse auribut-blooded militarist, Wo Pai-foo ed to the heavy rains is reported are swooping down upon Houn from Saiwanho(Shaakiwan) when and threatening the situation of
were
two females were killed and an- other Chinese somewhat seriously The Indo-China observations injured. The structure involved indicated shallow depression was a small hat tenanted by over Audam and the western Chinese labourer. his wife and portion of the China Sea
On September 2, the whether back portion of the house was daughter and another coolic. The at Hongkong became squally and lift intact, together with the the wind freshened from ENE cockloft. The coolle who slept in At p.m. the Escalons in the cockloft rscaped without latitude 20 and longitude 110 had injuries, bas his fellow lodgers strong ESE wind with squally were not so fortunate. Being weather and heavy sea: barometer
the ia
front portion of the 29.73. At Hongkong, the barome- ter, though oscillating consider-but, they
caught in ably, showed no dednite tendency
the collapse, and it was with downward until 7 pm. When an some difficulty that the coolie apparent gradient between Gap
succeeded in extricating the Rock and Hongkong was confirm-
labourer alive from the debris. od. By 8 p.m. it was tolerably The two females were pioned certain that a secondary bad anders heavy mass of masonry. formed and was then to the south and efforts to extricate them had of Hongkong. The wind at Gap to be desisted until help was Rock increased to forcs 9 and summoned from the Sanitary veered to ESE by 8.m. O Cemetery coolies also assisted in Board and police stations. September 3, when communics-the work of rescue, but it was tion was interrupted. The highest squall velocity recorded at the strenons work that the remains not until after balf an hour's Observatory was at the rate of 69 m.p.b. 5.53 am. on the 3rd. of the two oofortunate females, 7 inches of rain fell.
badly crushed, wore taken out. These were removed to the mortuary.
that unless these bordes of north- the Southwest. It is his belief
en troops are defeated there will be nc pesce and no hope for an
Northern troops. is imperative. bence an expedition against the early unification of the country
The northem troops when com pared with the military elique in Kwangsi which was recently de- feated by the Cantonese, are not so strong and so well organised. according to President Sun, og account of the dissension, and themselves, the discredited mill- jealoway of each other among tary machine of the north will not by so difficult to destroy.
"The Government is sincere and true to its promises, said Dr. Wa Ting-fa og in the course of his speech. Continuing, the veteran statesman, declared that the Gov erament bad redeemed its pro mise to the people of Kwangai by control after the defeat of the returning the province to their military ruling class who oppres sed them for nearly ten years. A frequently happens in such
By this redemption, the support cases the secondary became the
of the people not only in Kwang- most important feature of the
On the same day another col- si but in other provinces even in cyclonic system. It moved north-age, in the Kowloon City district, the Government
lapse occurred at Sheki Long Vil-the North are having faith in westward, and entered the coast The collapse, however, was only
zt Canton. between Macao and Kwang Chau
Regarding Wu Pui-foo, Dr. Wu Wan on the afternoon of Septem-Partial, the rear part of the roof Ting-fang declared that he is a being the only portion affected. man with no principles. Tarting A somewhat similar case oc- inmates were at work in the rice military and naval officers, Dr. There were no casualties as the toward the large assemblage of curred on July 21 when & secondary formed in the southern fields when the accident occurred. Wosaid. "It is your duty to crush portion of an established but
OTHER ITEMS.
this beast for in doing so you are slowly moving cyclonie to the
fighting for Right; and do not east of the Ballingtang Channel,
forget that public opinion is on and moved rapidly westward
your side." reaching Haipong on July 25.
ber 3.
A Serious Collapse. 30 PEOPLE BURIED.
no
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Other speakers, were Messrs. Lau. Cben-yu Mess Lin Sun, Chien Hau President of the President of the Senate, Goo. Supreme Court and Chang Chi
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The roof over the verandah of the upper floors of Nos. 164 and 166 Queen's Road West collapsed on Saturday night, the mass of falling masonry also |damaging the verandah of the second floors of the two buildings, The most serious collapse in Firemen called out to deal with kiddies is astonishingly clever connection with the recent the accident discovered and they seem to enjoy every besry rains took place at causalties as all the inmates were minute of it. So does Fairbanks 11.15 this morning, when, with inside the houss and the street himself. We have seen him in out 807 warming, the roof was deserted on account of the many films, batia no other has and two top storeys of Nos. 313 heavy rain. he doge himself so much justice and 315 Queen's Road West A large tree in Statue Square 88 an actor and & humourist pure caved in, leaving the party wall was uprooted by the wind that If you do not you bare not yet and simple. All the old vitality and verandabs standing intact. swept in from across the harbour The name of Douglas Fair-is there, but it finds an outlet not Sa, sudden was the collapse that and was deposited across the done, the best you can to give banks is always a sure "draw," in astonishing athletic feats but none of the inmates of the houses roadway. The obstraction was your eyes comfort. It is possible In "Mr. Fixit" he wever, he indulges in fewer breathless audience in joyous laughter most estimated that about 30 people ment workmen.
in abeer humour that keeps the was able to escape and it is cleared by Public Works Departo correct the vision of eyes that need glasses without using Toric stunts than usual and is of the time.. It seems almost awere buried in the debris.
Iansex. It would also be possible content to unfold a story which pity that he is to be chased off by
TO REPULSE BAY HOTEL. The police, assisted by the Fire is compact of sheer humour from Norms Talmage to-morrow, but Brigade and Sanitary Board Department that another large be as comfortable. If you have motor car without We are informed by the Traffic pneumatic tyres, but it would not end to end. The adoption of lots of people will be glad to see coolies, were quickly on the spot fall of earth and rock has taken failed to find real eye comfort, friend's name and troubles, the Norma again.
and many willing hands set to place on the Pokfulam Road, by try a pair of Torice, their deep visit to the friend's moribund
work to dig out the buried people. the old Elliot Battery making the inner curve conforms to the family (three ancient epinsters
Within a very short time six men, road impassable. The road is natural notions of your eye. Toric and se ancient uncle), the livan-j
ail more or less seriously injuried, closed from the University. The lenses of any prescriptions are ing up of that elderly family by The Anglo-French School at were sang to the Government Civil condition of the lower road-manufactured by the Hongkong the adoption of air young orphans, Causeway Bay re-opens the unravelling of a couple of love morrow, the 6th, whilst the short writing (2.30 p.m.) an additional residents and visitors prooeeding & Co. Manufacturing & Refract Hospital and up to the time of Jubilee Road is not good, and Optical Co., Successor to Clark tangles (leave it to me--I'll band class in connection with the 14-icjured bodies had been taken to the Repulse Bay Hotel are ing opticians, located in 53,
"the gaiety of it all is same institution re-opens on from the ruins. One mau was advised to take the Shaukiwan Queen's Road Central very infectious. The acting of the Thursday, at 5 o'clock."
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