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only a few huis remaining standing. Wreckage of their huts and sampans ties scattered avar a wide aren of the beach but it is Impasible to na certain na yet whether there are any, fatalities,
Kowloontong Wreckage In Kowloontung hundreds of yards of heavy-slone walls were flattened, roofs were ripped up,iron guter stove in, trees uprooted and telephone polce | bent.
Kent Roud and Suffolk Houd sultered most, and the latter was knee deep In Bood water Je the early morning Iron sheeting was blown into the trees in severni places, At the Police Training 'Schoof the substantial garage collapsed upon the emergency vin
hung
nwkwardly about the vehicle.
A policetnon recalled that WIN thirteen years to the day, accorting to the Chinese calendar, that the Just serious typhoon hit Hongkong.
On the Waterfront
Alry wharves along the water- front suffered severely, the iron rooĹ on the Canton & Macao Stearabout Company's extend bent vrocked,
Although barricades were erected outside godowns and shops in fire Conaught Road West district, the force of the waves smashed my and the occupants were he spin bually baling out.
At Smithfield, West Point, a Um- ber godown rollapsed and a private car which was parked alongside, was completely wrecked,
where Geverul were Reverely damaged. One large Laurer in Chater Road, however, had is hood ripped oft.
Bathing Incident
Owing to the typhoon signals be ing hoisted, a number of plenies had to be cancelled yesterday, but many people journeye by land to different benches and braved the elements
The
Big Wave Bay proved to be im possible to survive cat, for even few minutes, and same who visited there yesterday afternoon decided to go on to Island Bay, where there was very rough sea and huge breakern with a boiling surf: but number of persons ventured a little way out.
There was quite's thrill about half past five, when a swimmer was observed nearly a hundred yards out. He appeared, to anxious watchera ashore, to be in difeulties, and several tires his hrad under water.
went
THE
HONGKONG
COUNT DIES IN PLANE CRASH
TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936..
APPARENTLY BOUND
·FOR POLAND
London, Aug. 16. The Fokker acroplane' which crashed at Biarritz yesterday has been identified DS machines from Gatwick airport. The plane was apparently bound for Poland.
onc
of
four
Popers found on the body of the only victim of the crash bore the name, of a Polish Count--Reuter.
盟
BOMB THROWN FROM TRAIN
JEWISH GIRL DEAD AT. TEL AVIV
Jerusalem, Aug. 16. A bomb, believed to have bren thrown from a train passing a lovel crossing, expluded in the main street at Tel Aviv to-day.
A burpe crowd gathered, unct eventually the Chinese Ashermen from the neighbouring hamlets with commendable spirit proceeded to Inunch a bont, while there Chinese bathers, all goai nwimmers, pluckily swam out into the dangerously rough water tu an
urgent apparently resous-but the bather proved to be a strong swiminer who had not been real difficulties, and on seeing 13 the rescue
rescue, party coming out to him, tncident, however, exemplified the decided to swim back to shore. The danger of such venturing in rough weather, as well as the splendid spirit which animated the would-be 'clocks.
rescuers."
Two parties of picknickers at Clear Water Bay yesterday were sent back to Hongkong by à Puller Wherever the side streets basedeer in charge of a Police launch. stalls, scenes of wreckage and piles of foodstuffs and vegetables testimony to the fury of the gale, Rond West Queen's
was also i
A Jowish girl was fatally injured and ine woman and six men less seriously hurt-Reuter.
man waded up to his waist in an
which endeavour to clear away the debris was blocking the channels. P.W.D. inspectors arrived later and most of the water had run away by
Wanchai Damage Signaboards and glass from broken undated, and tons of garbage bad window pues littered the streets of been swept through the streets | Hongkong, especially in Wanchai, chaking dralna and adding to the fo-diny confusion. Sim-boards and virė- The boards which surrounded the less masts dangler precaritassly from | Rotary playground were flattened, Acores of buildings.
while severu stalls in the vicinity At Deep Water Bay, the road was of the Southern playground were the complete length rendered impassable owing to huge considerably damaged,
deposity of sand washed up fron
the golf course.
Other Items
A retainin wall in Seymur Road, near the Spanish Dentalean Procuration, partially collapser!,
The front portion of the roofing of Non 67. 6 and 71 Wyndham Street was blown off, and a large
In
near
Head
wans tringed
From o'clock wartis a stream of would-be workers made its way to the Kowloon ferry wharf, but they
TYPHOON DAMAGE
Picture shoes the damage done to a bullding by the typhoon in the rieinity of the Causeway Bay market. (Photo: Mee Cheung).
SUNNING PASSENGERS where, and others partly hanging to their supports were a menace to pertestrians.
Hundreds of Chinese took the g- portunity of collecting tree-woud, but the task of clearing the streets of trees and foliage will take some time,
tier
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Extensive Damage
The Football Clubhouse lost its pretty tiled roof and the public stands The Young Wo Hospital garden lost were completely demolished, most of its trees.
Along the Wanchai waterfront the tide was very high, coming over the Praya. The wind force in the later stages of the typhoon was very strong lost their windows.
quantity of debris fell into the while some of those to the Murray found themselves cut off from the at the South China Dock and nat Wongncichong und inuny houses
street, fortunstely without ensing injury to tuyone.
Parade Ground, the Officers'
island.
mess
A wooden fence bordering the Y.M.C.A. in Hankow Road was blown down and strewn over the pavement, the bank below the Water and Police Station was stripped almost bare of trees and undergrowth.
A car which has been left standing overnight on the parking ground opposite the Y.M.C.A. was blown hair-way neross the rond.
Several
BELIEVED SAFE cars had been left parked in Hankow Hond and they presented [1
(Conthurd from Page 1.) · dilapidated appearance with their hoods torn into shreds and flying in the wind and the upholstery ripped
Junk Bay until the typhoop had of Nathan Psed.
With the wind sweeping down over with broken the beach, this spreading well on 13the typhoon shelter at Causeway Piranches of trees and heavy metal
The bay in the early hours of there was
· considerație confusion with the bents Ruining into one site from shops lay on the paye-morlag, the ship drugged her another, but no serious damage has ments, mixed with broken glass til chors and was powerless before the storm. Unable to do anything but been reported. Two small boats shattered hoardings. were said to have been caught fest'
It was danger to travel about ride before the wind the master safe night just as they were entering the
Kowloon this morning as tin sheels y negatiated the vessel through the Shelter, and what happened to them were sll being
blown furiously arrate Lvermoon Pass into Kowloon cre she droppeil anchor early Bay wher along the roads, is not yet known,
this morning. War Department
Quite a number of trees fu
The Chinese Cesama cruiser Hai area. especially
Chow was torn from her moorings Scandal Point, were uprooted,
gineering Company party this morning and was piled up high on Ping Streck, In Observatory Road a at Murray Barracks, and the Naval Terrace, also fell.
housing a car collapsed and rested Kawloon City. She lies high and dry Shatter-between two groups of rocks and will The pleer of land opposite the Lee grotesquely on the vehicle. Gardens which is intended to bed tower pots lined Austin Road and probably be dificult to used as an amusement park in the several tree branches, some a foot though the damage is by no means The Cheong Keng was stated to near future, was a scene of deselas thick, were strewn along the pave-n extensive as it might have been. have grounded in Mirs Bay but with tion, with old furniture, timber and ment.
OTHER DAMAGE
no important damage. She hopes to firewood lying about,
The Grand View Film Co. at Maellaas easily. Kowloon Wreckage
Tai Wet Road, Kowloon City, was completely wrecked. Kowloon residents awoke to-day A bir hole was torn in the side of
the Railway Recreation Clubhouse in The yacht Shenandoah:-" which. branches off others, and uprooted a
Stone hnd transformed the district into a Chatham Road.
was anchored in the lee vi the few. The other trees In and around
The mulghed in the tass of debris and wreeknge, A]-|
Children's cutter's, dragged her anchor in Statue Square have also suffer though widespread, however,
thePlayground, at Chatham Road, was middle of the night and was only and hear the Hongkong Clubs, and damage was confined chley to trees torn from the ground and blown just prevented from running ashore,
ale by the side of the: Cricket Club
and temporary
The J.C.J.L. Huer badak structures and no across the road. overy ground, nearly
tree
serious loss was incurred,
Two massive boulders rolled down branches broken off. Opposite the
Granville Road was Hongkong
Bank, one of the palm blocked by fallen trees and a large gange at the foot.
completely from Signal Hill, parrowly missing dragged her mchors, but remained The Pak Lok Chema Company freeshus hid the crown sipped rock, weighing a few tons, dislodged The railings af Holt's Wharf were Slidius" DIT, and another is bent over on the from Flagstaff Hill, hurtled verge of falling. Part of the Cricket Chathan Rond. Further along Children's Playground, Salisbury pletely destroyed, and a big matshed: Club
ground paling. hear
tangled mass of broken matshed and Road, have been blown across on to at the Stung Mun storehouse at
was blown Supreme Court, has collapsed, and bamboo poles allowed only suficient the railway.
Hunghom was the iron Fromme of (1
wooden room for a small taxi to pass
At one stage during the morning screen is tilted over the roadway, Scaffolding erected on the eastern
the water was two feet over with the bourds blown pit. The old side of the Peninsula Hotel was torn
Kowloon Police Pier, the whole City Hall building had a number ut down completely and littered Nathan
the water front between. Kowloon windows blown in.
Wharves and the Star Ferry being:
Much damage to trees was done in Glenealy and the vicinity.
In Statue Square
A sad sight is the domùge done to the trees in Statue Square. Here, o number of Bauhinia trver which suffered in the 1823 typhoon and land since grown vigorously, were badly damage. The storm last night,
snapped several In balt, fore to And that overnight the feree gale
has
the
From
Road.
acros
garage
rudum
Drag Anchors
control.
11.
ST. LOUIS WINS TWO CONTESTS
CHICAGO BEATEN TWICE BY REDS
New York, Aug. 10, St. Louis Cardinals went leaping ahead of the opposition, in the National League to-day, winning double-hender both games of ngainst Pittsburgh, while the second place Chicago Cubs lost twice to Cincinnati. New York Giants now pressing the Cubs for second place,
ure
St. Louis won the first game of the double event by four to three, ench team having eleven hita. Car- dinals had two crrors. The second game was more decisive, Cardinals hitting twelve times for seven rung and Pirates only getting two runs on four connections, Pirates had two
errors.
Chilengo, meanwhile, was playing¦ Cincinnati and the opener went ngainst the Cubs by four to three, though the Reds fumbled three times In the field. In the night-cap, the Reds won five to four, hitting four- teen agninat eleven. Chicago's Gill hit a homer,
New York Giants beat. Philadel- phin six to three, each club hitting eleven, but the Phillies had four
crrors.
Brooklyn bent Boston Ave' to two in the opener, with eleven hits to three, but the night-eap was a tie, the name being called in the ninth necount of darkness, with the store two all.
On
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York und Philadelphin split a double-header, the Yankees win- ning the Arst ten to two,, when Gehrig hit a pair of home runs and Dimaggio and Powell also knocked the ball over the fence. The Athletics hit eight times in the night-cap, got two runs, and held the Yanks to a single score on five, hits, Including Ralfe's homer,
Detroit beat Philadelphin twice, eight to six and six to four, though the hitting was even in the opener. Goslin and Gelringer hit homers for the Tigers, however,
St. Louis Browns beat Cleveland nine to two, hitting sixteen times.
Washington nosed out 'Boston, three to tvg-Renter
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Selling
At Causeway Bay, only one sumpan could be seen sunk in the shelter, apparently having been bumped on the Prayn wall. A very large tree came down at that corner and halt T.T.
dozen other trees were sprawled Demand ncross the tram-line, but were quick- Shanghai ly removed for the trams to stari T. Singapore
T.T. Japan running at 9 o'clock.
The South China Football stands. India
. U.S.A at Caroline Hill were demolished and T. Manlio a large hoarding along the wall of the Point Garage disintegrated into
Bangkok T.T sheets of tin and blown away.
At North Point, all the
T.T. France bathing Germany bamboo piers pavilions lost their
T.T. Switzerland which are a mess, of floating poles,
Chinese Civil Servants shed were The Banks bathing shee and badly damaged. The overhead tele-
T.T. Batavia
was completely. Saigon
the TT. Australia'
T.T.. Lisbon
torn away, whilst many trees in the fire kok, where a reveres phone wires.to Talkoo were all down, |
A man named Won Sze, aged 02. was seriously injured when three houses collapsed at Kah Hang village on the mainland,
A Chinese motorist got his car en-
recently, were Com
the
Parked cars did not suffer so much At 7.30 am, the hotel was maroon-tangled with live electric wires at fooded. The scaffolding for the ne in the centre of the city as they are ed by food water which had risen Kowloon City, but luckily escaped Revenue Office at Kowloon Wharves reported to have done on the Peak, round the fountains, and a watch-injury.
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was blown completely away and the reot on the garage at the Water Police Station was lifted off.
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Blown Off Feet Walking in or about Happy Valley was practically impossible early this morning, owing to the strong wind blowing, which seemed to at its full force in that region, and evidence was given of this fact when ล Chinese male, while walking near the Pollee Recreation Club, was blown clean off his feet and thrown against the ground, receiving abrasion on the mouth and knees. He was other
unhurt, aa apparently plcked himself up and walked away,
wise
Happy Valley
Transport Delays
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4 m/s. L/C. U.S.A. Land transport was held up for
4 m/s. France Feveral hours. The "Star" ferry 30 d/s. India service did not start operating until U.S. Cross rate in London 9.30 a.m., whilst the Peak trams and the lower level trams were also de- layed unti ubout U am.
Motor Car Wrecked
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A motor car parked alongside house in Belcher Street, West Point, was completely, wrecked when he house collapsed during the height of the storm. The roof was lifted froin the walls, which soon collapsed and fell outwards on the vehicle, smashing it beyond repair.
Four People Saved
A but at Pak Sulu Yeung village, Shamshlupo, collapsed and the four occupants, three women and a mon were injured. As roon as the alarm was given, the Fire Brigade, under the charge of Mr. Brand, assistant estation officer, rushed to the scene
and extricated the victims.
hands remained Intact. The Star Ferry whart revealed evidence of the terrille force of the harbour waves. At least fulf a dozen floor boards had been uprooted, with the high- running harbour splashing
rough the large gaps.
Waves
Trees In Statute Square were not only aprooted but in some cases spilt in two. One such tree opposite Queen's Pler had the appearance of, having been struck by lightning, Al- most every other tree and shrub. in this vicinity was damaged, even the iron railings guarding the young trees being lifted bodily from their foundu- tions.
The same scenes af desolation were visible along Chater Road, while not sheltered the compuratively Battery Path, with its grove of trees and shrubbery, escaped.
even
The contractors working on the ex- cavation of the old site on the corner of Tee House Street und Queen's Road, arrived this morning to find three parts of the wooden [encing surrounding the excavations blown Road remained untouched. That n town. Only the fencing in Queen's
Kowloon Dock. Suffers The full force of the gale was felt Happy Valley
the entire and length of Queen's Road from the at Kowloon Docks where heavy seas Valley to town presented a scene of caused heavy dumage to sea-craft havoc. Great trees were uprootee and buildings in the docks. the force of the gule, and branches ashore off the Docks, and is being The motor launch Sam Mee went were strewn all along the road.
At the Valley, the large tree a few pounded by heavy seas. She is feet away from the Monument, which gradually breaking up; at the time provides a fine shelter, was uprooted, writing the crew are still aboard and branches torn away from the her Durent tree were strewn half-way Palo; the water-front and in the blown frem one end of a street to Terrific havoc has been caused all the hill and Gap Road.
Jee House Street, was splintered and torn from end to end.
Many overhead streat lights were demolished during the storm. their remains of disintegrated glass being
Repulse Bay
•
Considerable havoc wan erented at. Repulse Bay, anaay sheds
or
The Murray Barracks wat strewn vicinity of the Docks. The entire the other. with debris, the damage to trees there concrete roadway around the Docks being extensive, while the lovely had disappeared, having been wash- palmis outside the Queen's Road en-ed away by the heavy seas, and one trance of the Hongkong and Shanghai of the buildings is partially unroof-
ed.
the Banking Corporation presented a sad The No. 2 Dock, in which were | bathing. bench being completely sight. Two of them were leaning at
two Chinese customs cruisers and a wrecked. Amongst those which suf- a precarious angle, while a third was torpedo boat, was flooded by the fered badly were the matsheds owned completely broken in half,
heavy sens.
by I.B. The Governor and Mr. n. Leighton Store, Happy Valley, was Several of the matsheds at Talwan M. Henderson, Director of Public ale damaged, but only slightly. The Bay have disappeared.
Works, besides many others; whilst Shell Oil Company's Station adjoin- Considerable damage has been Mr. E. Raymond's big wooden_shed ing it had the gloss top of the clec-done to the Kowloon Docks Bowling had its roof blown on to the Bench tric light shattered, while branches Green, in which locally telephone Road, some of the tiles being carried from the trees around the store were and electric wires have been torn up on to the main road in front of scattered
in all directions. Branches down, presenting a striking scene the Ilotel
Won Nel
und partly uprooted trees were also of the haves caused by the gale,
Keen
all along
aud in the race-course..
Chong Road
A stopli lond-slide occurred at the entrance to Stubbs Road opposite the
Near the Seafront
There was scenes of ruin and de- Sikh temple, partly blocking the solution along the Praya and its vi- roud.
cinity early this morning. Across Ploster from the root of the War-Podder Street. Iny the splintered ruins rant Officers' Mess, Queen's Rond of a Canadian Pacific Steamship Co., East, was torn off by the force of the name board, while debris of broken gelc.
glass, concreto and wood was strewn The football stand at Happy Valley around the principal streets of the was partly wrecked, and the cliy surrounding grounds flooded.
The west face of the Star Ferry Sign-boards lay scattered every clock had been blown in, although the
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