Q 51
P.W.R. Hong Kong.
An instance showing the severity of the storm was the falling of a very large boulder weighing approximately 3,000 tons, which for years had safely stood the action of heavy rains. In its fall it crashed into the Government Waterworks Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road 250 feet below, damaging the main engine and breaking through portions of the rising mains which supply the Peak District. Unfortunately four Chinese workmen who were at the time in the building lost their lives, and four others received injuries.
As an illustration of the volume and force of the water, evidence is furnished by the Gleanealy Nullah, a covered portion of which lies under Pedder Street—one of the principal thoroughfares of the City—which burst forcing a palm tree upwards through the granite slabs covering the nullah, and the concrete surface of the road, where it remained standing in an upright position. This tree must have been washed down from the hillside and carried a considerable distance underground before the nullah burst owing to choking.
One of the bridges of the Cable Tramway to the Peak was broken and the service interrupted. The motor roads to the Peak and around the Island were impassable owing to many land-slides and wash-outs.
The Naval Yard, Military Barracks, and Public Recreation Grounds also suffered severely from deposits of boulders and silt. Damage was also done by the rainstorm in April and the typhoon in September.
The principal damage to Government properties is given below:-
Buildings.—Central Police Station. The chimney at the Inspector's Quarters was struck by lightning and the roof damaged. Ventris Road Quarters.—A large boulder came down from the hillside at the rear demolishing the back boundary wall and damaging the drains. Victoria Hospital.—A landslide occurred at the rear of the Sisters' Quarters. Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt and Slaughter Houses.—Considerable damage was done by water and landslides to boundary walls, quarters, sheds, etc.
Communications.—The damage done to the highways and piers was exceptionally heavy. The typhoon of the 27th September and the rainstorms that occurred during April, July and September caused a large number of landslips and washouts, necessitating the erection of numerous retaining walls in various parts of the Island.
The typhoon of the 27th September did slight damage to all Government Piers.
Q 51
P.W.R. Hong Kong.
An instance showing the severity of the storm was the falling of a very large boulder weighing approximately 3,000 tons, which for years had safely stood the action of heavy rains. In its fall it crashed into the Government Waterworks Pumping Station at Pokfulam Road 250 feet below, damaging the main engine and breaking through portions of the rising mains which supply the Peak District. Unfortunately four Chinese workmen who were at the time in the building lost their lives, and four others received injuries.
As an illustration of the volume and force of the water, evidence is furnished by the Gleanealy Nullah, a covered portion of which lies under Pedder Street-one of the principal thoroughfares of the City-which burst forcing a palm tree up- wards through the granite slabs covering the nullah, and the concrete surface of the road, where it remained standing in an upright position. This tree must have been washed down from the hillside and carried a considerable distance underground before the nullah burst owing to choking.
One of the bridges of the Cable Tramway to the Peak was broken and the service interrupted. The motor roads to the Peak and around the Island were impassable owing to many land-slides and wash-outs.
The Naval Yard, Military Barracks, and Public Recreation Grounds also suffered severely from deposits of boulders and silt. Damage was also done by the rainstorm in April and the typhoon in September.
The principal damage to Government properties is given below:-
Buildings.-Central Police Station. The chimney at the Inspector's Quarters was struck by lightning and the roof lamaged. Ventris Road Quarters.-A large boulder came down from the hillside at the rear demolishing the back boundary wall and damaging the drains. Victoria Hospital.--A landslide occurred at the rear of the Sisters' Quarters. Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt and Slaughter Houses.-Considerable damage was done by water and landslides to boundary walls, quarters, sheds, etc.
Communications.-The damage done to the highways and piers was exceptionally heavy. The typhoon of the 27th September and the rainstorms that occurred during April, July and September caused a large number of landslips and washouts, necessitating the erection of numerous retaining walls in various parts of the Island.
The typhoon of the 27th September did slight damage to all Government Piers.
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