FLOOD DISASTER. deposits of thin mud.
(Continued from Pag: 1).
A number of rickshas were over turned, their passengers throws Into the water, and wheals and axles damaged in an attempt to get through. The only alternative wad to go through Kennedy Bead or by sampan or motorboat, and many adopted these means of transport.
PEAK TRAMWAY.
"This has now bean cleared. The curious part is that when the water broke through the pavement a tree of big dimensions was forced through with it, and tore a largo part of the pavement up. Later this morning, another hoie was sprung at the Junction of Fedder Street and Queen's Road, and a fountain of water, as high as the first floor of China Buildings, was flung into the air. The road is now hardly passable for pedestrians.
POLICE QUARTERS STRUCK.
CHIMNEY. STRUCK OFF.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
A THRILLING WALK.
DOWN THE PEAK ROAD,
After a night of almost unutter- able confusion, during which the servants of the, household evinced a desire to emulate the proverbial ostrich in order to » escape the awesome spectacle of the phenomi- nal lightning, another resident and myself decided to walk down the Peak in order to carry on the day's toil For the first few hundred yards from the top tram station. progress was comparatively easy, although the discomfort of vind- Ing through a small slide which
MONDAY, JULY 19, 1926.
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BIG BREACHES. With regard to the Peak Tram way very serious damage has been done. There is one big landslide near to the function at May Roadtive this morning, and he explain-water lower down became almost
Chief Inspector C. F, Aris of the Central Police Station had a disturbing tale to tell when inter- viewed by a Telegraph representa- ed he was considerably shocked when his house containing, him- self, his wife and family, and other officers was struck by lightning, a chimney being demolished in the
joyable. It soon Vecame ap parent that excitement would not be Tacking, for the roar of rushing
deafening as we descended.
At one particular point, near the small monument on the left of
the road, the torrent tore across
manner, the track in awesome carrying with it stones and other
THIS WEATHER?
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and there is also a further slide near the curve just below Barker Road. The track has been broken and there is also a big tree across the track lower down. Two of the mullahs have burst their sides and | process. the rushing water has helped to tear up parts of the concrete way. The two electric cables supplying power to the windling machinery have been broken. The service is, of course, entirely suspended, and it is possible that it may remain so all day to-day and to-morrow.crush Both his wife and family
of the place to see that the opened out into a huge waterfall shutters were properly closed. indicating what we might expect I led the way into the. when suddenly there was a terrible later on. elap of thunder, followed by a torrent and for a moment or two shock that shook the house. This regretted the extreme rashness was followed by a resounding which Had prompted my action. Foothold seemed almost impos were considerably alarmed, and if sible, so strong was the rush of WILA later discovered that a water, and a momentary vision of chimney had been struck and hail being swept into the torrent over fallen through into the sitting the hillside was, to say the least.
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THE GLENEALLY FALL.
FLOWER STREET TORRENT..selves into the lower regions of the house, where they waited until they were able to leave.
The cause of the torrent that was raging all this morning down In the same building on the Flower Street to swell the floods ground floor lives, Sub-Inspector in the central part of the town. Lane, and above him Chlef Detec- has been traced to its sourre tive Inspector Murphy." All felt Further up the Hill what used to the shock, and were naturally con- be the beautiful Genealy is now a siderably alarmed. One Sergeant, ravine as the waters from the who saw the chimney, qtrucke said surrounding slopes, pressed for'anit fused with a reddish colour, and; outlet. converged into the defile, although he was not very near, he and fid a way out through the distinctly felt the impact. This Spath leading down from the Roorenbred between 330 and four man Catholic Cathedral. In its o'clock in the morning. "course the water has formed for
Concluding his story, Inspector itself a pasange underground," and Aris said "I have seen a fow with a farce not be stayed by the storms but I have never seen one hard asphalt surface of the path like this. 1. never want to go way, has caused an upheaval of the through that again," and probably whole Jength
path-everybody in the colony is saying of the WA3W Big blocks of asphalt Uie.sme. have been simply flung aside as the pent-up,torrents burst through. The path is DOW completely obliterated, and the scene was one of desolation as electric poles und wires became one inextricable -mass hanging over the roadway.
THE PEAK DISTRICT,
MANY SERIOUS REPORTS. -
Reports from the Peak Districts are full of extensive daniuge and the flooding of many houses There have been a large number of Inndalides.
OTHER ITEMS.
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The road to Taihang Village is blocked, by falls of earth from the Hill-cuttings.
ally, I reached safety by clutching out to a rock which Providence had rolled partly across the path. My companion noticed my plight, breathed a sigh of relief when the crossing was safely negotiated, his experience being none the less fraught with danger than mine.
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The long steep stretch"waS JD- other ordeal, for the water swept! down in the form of a tide wave after wave in continuous succession. We had forgotten that the water had socked through and through in the rea lisation that the venture was one which threatened disaster at al- most any moment. Later the road bordering the Botanical Gar dens was reached and "going" had become comparatively easy. Our intention was to make the city by way of Wyndham Street, but a sight of Glenealy quickly caused us to change our plans. Not only was the main Caine road completely blocked by a landslide which had transplanted a fully grown tree in the upright posi- Extensive damage - has been tion in the centre of the road, but done to the Praya East Reclama- the waters rushing down the tion through the washing away | thoroughfare itself were five or six of the soil by a swirling, mass of feet deep and the rcar almost water emerging from the Happy bewildering. We retraced our Valley district, through its only steps hoping to reach Wyndham outlet, the Bowrington Canal. Street via the Dairy Farm steps, they had some guns.
The Police reports contained but here again, an indescribable an hour's parley, when it, was dis- paragraph to the effect that the scene again met the eye. Battery covered that they were opium car- It is reported that Mr. Bell's whole of the ground floor at Path was then made the objective, riers on their way to Yunnan and houses on Plantation Road, has Shamshuipo Police station was six and after walking down the water-Kweithow and only desired to pass been badly damaged by the fall,of inches under water.
fall which were once steps leading through the town, they were per- the tennis court of the Bank The approach to Kowloon Hos- to Queen's Road, our destination mitted to enter. House immediately above. It is pital was rendered inaccessible was reached after wading through
NEW MONEY. said that the roof of the house was owing to heavy collapses on both anything from one to three feet of For the last year, Nanning had A receiving order on & creditor's struck and that great deal of sides of the road. way.
water in Des Voeux Road, Chater been using a miscellaneous assort-petition against Mr. Ostar Asche, damage has been done.
A small area of the retaining Road and Pedder Street. One in- ment of very inferior money, that the famous theatrical producer, t. "Tantallon" on Barker Road, wall under Gun Club hill, Chatham cident caused a ripple of laughter was not current in any other place. belonging to Mr. Archbutt, but Road, has collapsed. *.
when a ricksha overturned in about The officials have now taken the announced in the London Gazette. Heavy deposits of sand and three feet of water in the Queen's situation in hand and the Kwangsit His address. Is given as Sufgef other debris are to be found on Road gutter. It might well have Bank is issuing a new currency. It practically every road in the Kow-been a fatal accident, for the ocis issuing ten cent, twenty cent, Farm. Nailworth, Gloucestershire.
non district and many motorists cupant found himself imprisoned fifty cent, one dollar, and five dollar
The application was made at the aca marooned.
baneath the yellow flood." Luckily, bills. The old money is, being Turning the corner at Hungham his plight was immediately ap bought up at reduced prices and Gloucester court, and the order this morning, a bus of the Kow-preciated, and willing hands right-sent to Wuchow to be reminted and was made on May 28, loon Bus Company skidded across, ed the vehicle and released a fright a new twenty cent piece, is being
Mr. Oscar Asche, who is fifty- coined. The merchants complain There has been a big fall of the whole of the road and came
L. R. S. that it is low in silver content, but four, la an Australian of Nor earth on the main. Stubbs Road to rest in the gutter. There were
it is certainly a great improve-wegian descent, and was traine near to Mount Gough, police no injuries. station, well over 200 tons having
ment in appearance over the money for the stage in. Norway. He A report was current this morn- fallen down. There is also aning that considerable dumage had
that has been current for some came to England, and it was while. time. other big slide near Mount Kellett. been done at Mountain Lodge,
was playing Shakespearian At the Victoria Hospital, Barker H. E. the Governor's summer real-
parts in the Benson Company pro- Rond, the greater part of the lower dence, but on enquiry we learn
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ductions that he met and married Miss Lily Brayton. tennis court has been carried that save for one or two broken away, taking part of Chatham Path windows and some slight damage reached here, and the cities along The annual summer floods have with it.
nothing untoward occurred there. Magazine Gap Road has also At Mount Austin barracks the the river report the lower streets been badly breached, two bridges, electric light was all put out of when the first crop of rice was flooded. The floods, coming just near the May Road level, having order. gone. The damage is very ex-
being harvested, did some damage At West Point things are in a tensivé.
indescribable state of confusion, and cut the early rice crop a little one big main nullah being badly short of what was hoped would
It used to be said that whoever years) at His Majesty's. Mr. damaged and choked with stones prove a large crop. and earth, so that the overflow is
An item in the local papers report reached the North Pole would find Asche was the author, and he and doing great, damage.
large bands of a thousand or more a Scotsman there. Feary, however, Miss Lily Brayton played the prin- bandits in different parts of the failed to get in touch with him,cipal parts. Kwangsi Province. In a recent and now Commander Byrd, flying
The play, which cost £5,300 to skirmish along the southern border at a height of 3,000 feet, Bas con- of the Province, a number of the firmed the suspicion that, despite Iroduce,, brought to the theatre soldiers were wounded and report of legend, the North Pole is un-considerably more than $760,000. that the robbers are well armed inhabited. As a matter of fact. It was seen by nearly three million and not afraid to fight. Hearing there is no land to inhabit, only a people,
now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Way, has been damaged by a tall the back. The servants' quarters are demolished and it is said that a number of servants are
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imprisoned therein. The police were investigating at the time of writing,
IN PEDDER STREET.
TWO BIG WATERSPOUTS.
The enormous pressure exerted by the water, nushing through Eed-.. der Street, burst the mains, and threw a sheet of water into the air as high, as the first floors of the buildings. This enormous volume, roared down the street; for some time, and the doors of the Hong-
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