P.W.R. Hongkong.
Q 56
at The Peak, Central Police Station, Victoria Gaol, Central Market, Queen's College, Kennedy Town Police Station, Shaukiwan Branch Harbour Office, Saiyingpun School, Police Training School, and Government House.
The matshed fruit market on the Praya East needed rebuilding.
The damage done to the highways and piers was exceptionally heavy. The typhoon of 18th August and the rainstorms that occurred during June, August and October (particularly the latter) caused a large number of landslips and washouts, necessitating the erection of numerous retaining walls in all parts of the Island.
The typhoon of 18th August carried away the Arsenal and French Street Piers, caused slight damage to all other Government piers, demolished searchers' sheds on Lun Cheong and Kwong Wing Wharves, scoured out the macadamised roads on the Praya, and broke numerous street lanterns throughout the Island, more particularly in the Peak District.
On the night of 3rd September, after several days' heavy rain, retaining walls on I.L. 2238, Bowen Road, collapsed blocking the road and causing the collapse of a section of the Water Supply Conduit. The slip was cleared and a temporary flume connecting up the conduit placed in position on September 9th.
The heavy rainstorm on the night of 31st October caused the greatest amount of damage during the period under review. Streets in the Central District were covered with debris and sand, mainly due to the bursting of a culvert in Wyndham Street; the Wongneichong Recreation Ground, which had previously been flooded on several occasions, was covered with a deposit of earth and sand from the overflowing nullah; asphaltum surfacing in Pokfulam Road, between Queen's Road and Saiyingpun School was undermined and washed away; and landslips occurred on practically all the outlying roads.
On the occasion of the typhoon, and after each rainstorm, the fleet of P.W.D. lorries proved of inestimable value in rapidly clearing the streets of debris, branches of trees, etc. By their use the Wongneichong Recreation Ground was expeditiously cleared of the large accumulation of mud and sand, and quickly made available for sports and games,