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MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1902.

THE TYPHOON.

GREAT DAMAGE TO PRO- PERTY.

Houses Collapse-Many Lives Last.

THE CHINA MAIL.

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A huge bamboo cross hail been created Road a bouse adjacent to the Soldies' and To-day's Advertisements THE

Sailors Institute had to be proppad tri pros vent its downfall.

A portion of the kill behind Kowloon Docks tell upon the blackcumith's shop, militing serious dan

desartal hur in the afternoon. It is said pieces into the was. The, Penya was a sight that she came to grief nest East Point. yesterday. The scavengers having been view of the Cerenation, illuminations and Sevent of the launches in the comparativa (unable to get the garbage and street, clean- it was down dowa, carrying with it the safety of Hunghom lay deal their inge away by the Tests, had dumped the permanent metal crus adorning the bafd- anchors, and the hewling of many crows nibbish in leaps at different pluses longing. It is well that this happened during wasuried across the raging water to the Praga wall, and the respit was that the the night, eise eorio necidents might have

was in all titgr helpless people on shore. The Iscue of stinking

been cus Ly the falling debris, Tho The adder that it might intrest Subscribers to spouts in the four property on the Pear A the Hongkong Hurel Company was washed the street and rendered a misante,

shore bear the Dock Company's promises anter kaal xong down from the upper know at the work done it of such a sub-sula, and it is sa te say that scarcely a Canal de tinu taupe of the Douglas Breau- lerde with work foron as to autoantial nature.

is ship Company sank in Hunghom Baytrees span parte, making one Shes of all descriptions succumbed intrapes

in usby instances wirl loss of life.

little loss of life.

let

Two houses ir Ladder Strest ara among these thud. Ezil, and Seyınsor | Bend in inguine responsible for the down- fall of retaining wall. Bilges Street, with a base flap, seed its quot to the Est feitostrophes, but no lody was . The plague stricken Third Struct comprouted a petid collaps

om

The Scene at Kowloon. With a caution commmendable from bareholder's point of view, trut Induring on the extreme from the point of view of Kowloon resident, the magment of the Star Ferry Co. sent. Ibar hows into shelter

The heavy rainfall toming out this work!

CORRESPONDENCE.

THAT SOD!

Tix the Blitar of the "Caixa Mani

Hongkung, August 4. Sin,--You were plonsort, in je un viederg (mp-called), to refer to my sugevation of Thursday hust as 'impedit elati 1 think the bug in on my side this the. Bal my suggestion hem adogersi, the first col of the King's Park myder bare beun eut ea Saturday, but sow where put we! Try to stick this in

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WANTED AT PRAK.

FURNISHED HOUSE 44 Ross),

for Two Montia

Apply to TEX,' Care of 'CHIsa Mam' Oflee." Hongkong, August 1, 1922.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE.

1016

FOR SHANGHAI (Palting Gango of thought rates to 'Twasa Pai, ChsuaND AND HANKOW),

LOÔNGMOON, Captain Set-tz, will be despatched for Flic above for on TUESDAY, the Joh Lusk, at 4 ju

This Menger has superia Accommoda, Tign for First & Sevanbelas Forcangers.

For Freight or Pasengo, apply to

SIEMSSEN & Co.

Agrad Hongkong, August 4, 1902,

*GLEN LINE OF STEAMSHUPS,

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house in Errapean occupation gampuni same; The mat sheds in which the Peak Club | sort of damage, chimneys blown down, แย exposing the streetamodated temporarily have windows drives, in, and nearly all leak- Truly the typhoun cus is upon us, and

on alore on the fury uf thegalu,pipes. This was particularly the case in des angst.

ນະ. Yut, the ship bond of the dange that with a vengeance. In as many weeks, Houses, the mortar of which had became the Wost end of the town. Unren's Bod

is not so great as might have been expect The Rainfall,

ed, the timely autice from the Obervatory the bat lag been visited by three solen by the penetrating rain, collapsed, as again forsket as the amb points, and

Sound Art with franchies of treas and foliage Another currenproeient informes is thas cumbling the people so ang down i destructive typhoons, is each of which wrks that had miscalculated the angers of that had been swept down from the heights the rainfall at Tyni serviramatul to anticipation of the story, Je to recove! los art property.thestorm and had risked it' ermo to grief, or had been detached from the bountiful Ervos 13 adres. This is certainly the biggest The Colony had a similar experience in the outs far as in frown with cocapicatively the sides of the roadway a number infall that use occurred in so short a titue

of white were geronted or broken nernes by ↑ for years, smena od 1898, when several typhoons

At ten o'clock, the streets of tongkong their trunks. Every district in the Colony Owing to to-day being public bank holiday, there are any lotails of the sterai followed each other in weekly succession. wera deserted--what with the fury of the basale of woe to tell A landslip re

curred in Magdonnel Road, at its jumerion | which we have been unable to collect, imust The creatory signals mad motition and the danger from Chinese sign

board drives along the

be with Kenedy Rosal reets

Another also occur | nf the business and alier people hoang on tions are now kept swell up to date fore the gale or clashed and clotrored nd further down Kennely Randy justheliny.

hook, it 11at comparatively, indeed remarkably, their

was positively above the Wesleyan Chapel. Happy Valley; sking life and low to venture the filling earth bura an entrance into the Jelle dnunge occurs to shipping generally, ut. Th list of necidents. due Put on shore, where such sigade avail the

is by alorin

໕]] - 11 ans File in the prevention of injury go, bus is given below with and toss charing these brief but terrifying deal as it was possible to obtain under the aust aðverse gredundances, atrumspdzerie wndle the ranits or as a Houses Nos. 20 and 12, Second Street, were Falo imeadentally severe. Such was the among the last to collige These are very old houses, use of them: three Puers in case with Bacuplay's stora People hail height and the other consisting of two Born of seven houses and Books Bond No. 2 in Hunghou Bay un ar mely for jusa suxcorded in putting the linahing aidging a thoroughfare lending from Sepurred the class of vorundas. Saturday afternoon. One launch, however, end Strout to the street above. The police Added to aid this tory the want of touches to the repairs necessitated by the and fro rind, where ali i rendimevetric, light for a period, the plant having was kept going up to nightfall. mid she devordating goles of the previous two weeks for such cmergencies, surned out penuptly sailored largely during the sturen. Mande trips at regalar intervals to Black whed hair work was undone once unte, si dil yeoman service in the work of have been working hard ever sines rostor head's Pier on tra eastern side of the cuts Wesday next, the ous insi, at Captain Sen, will be degatched as

the hom originally disadi, As the marat and many haves, pier, scuollings, hoarding the trees attending the sniperiled for a time owing to a land-slip Peninsula, where the art was compative pir on the western site of Tushatsuie-ATURDAY, the BR Septein-

rescue. The shricks were awful to hearing a full service. The tram service was ingy, ob, wiel had estrust before, were work were great, the Europeans worked where the rares ens. The aff were ly smooth and the passengers and get sembles a switchback railway and canno

For Freight or Passage, apply dis down to givers. Added to all this is the with a will they would do no more, busy ali posrceday and Tash clearing ashore in safety. The wind had drehbe available, it is likely that passengers for

watched by hundrede of gaping Chiness, the debris away, and the trais resumed

Lurentony will fan haided by the social

M GREGOR BROS. & GOW. Low of between 20 and 30 lives--a paiufale of whom would velanteor a hand, renning to day.

ed the furco oi s grilu when the steaners,hunches wither at the Police Pier or Black-

Hongkong. August 3, 192. sepel for the steam which cannot it be Four people were taken out of the rains The officers and crew of H.M.&. diaphisteain launches, lighters, cargo bals beads Pier. The latter would be the cust convenient landing place. An odlicist an. seat off to Hospital. The Geverent night. Every preparation was made to rid Civil Hospital close by was so crowded that

B, C, 37.) it was able to receive the patients, and they had to go the Tung Wa Bospital to The anjority or not expected to live. The wind was so strong to carry con of the

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valuable elamus' to night, just to let Ime Trive an opportunity of rubbing it in to the Powers tant Le-Yours triumphustly,

ONLOOKER.

We may say that thongh nothing, definite

FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL.

is settled, in all mobability the sud will be THE Song,

GLENROY.

Crite down the predis of the matarios / deu, and six others, all badly injured, were ride find an anxious tine to Saturday impons on the western de cleared lancement will be inde in due GOMBUST

Hongkong jerry-builder and rotten Govern iment supervision. E Saturday's storm is the fiercest that has marvel sitten tien grunt typhion of No

I attended to.

cut the typhoon at tas masi-was anchor into shelter, some to Stencenters Island, age, the huge erviser getting up steam like others to Kowloon, Honghou met Cappie- the merebanten in the Harbour, and steaming at 10 or 12 kaotatu daso the straiz Way Bays: but here and there a solitary Japan's Naval Extension, on the morning cables. The high super-storm-tossed native heat esalt he seen structure of the croiser pitored considerable sending away in the foiling light for somo peny, Grips the Jo, in some respects it was similar vectors of his legs and bonut him along resistance to the wind, and it was erinedhaven of ratug the jak was sunḥde to theme of the Naval authorities for the necessary to drop the slent uncher during)

vender, 1920, when thou 370 lives were

in this fue

the street.

on

ABINE

cit Bad

store was felt with nuustal severity. The

memisdanne, 13

According to a vernaclar contem- Kid Chroncele), the

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOUR COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.

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Knowing what less the cale bas upon jännes,

able to rectify any small faults in estruction, and so can offer the publion good, sound, solid made pinto at a resumable gate.

There wasnd eminentes stillness in the n Park E ombanfanent gue

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w the eight to the stonin ta paks assurance get weather room and drifted along belaying out of the Naval extension pro 1 El 14

Bad, pl fedeably are. Had it been traenry the lowly from the direction of Yaumati pastgrun by the third stage is to dat a meghers on Friday evening, and towards

the back gates of

implied would base-sloped her the Torpedo Dejet texand the Kowloon freign loan of gen Puno0,000 at Buildings, Cammtight Rond, on MONDAY, dark the slay in flae. Best was ihminated they the residence of Me T. P. Lochnerings, and steaned over to Kevakom Play

This morning reports have come to frew Wharves, Policemen with life-lines focul, interest, with the help ni ferend by ho glimmering reflecti u of alust con- Acting Manger

Chartered fotos dig the car was a gre site Bath. Three cadies were taken out alive: all masters of the Colony reading the west her along the y-wall, ready Britain, and to constract sis more be-Nouth, or so sex as the Ordinary Half. OWN MANUFACTURE.

but two were buried their bodies were phoon of Saturday night. Yesterday, it

yearly Meeting av gelized for thesaure diste demoara? cruisers, aud and pass slui! he concluded, for 1 the heavily of till about four 'clock to ouder

avot The fleships, four Having the night, and vuborly su régng the afterwards recovered. Seraal hojets et following membag was suprised to learn Albany Street. Woneni, la pale way that reports of damage done were delayed Dep. Mall, under ficaner White, and rumber of securi.class cruisers, The pupare cancering and, if thought it, thxt the alirms id been fristetut 515, | Delore the stern, mwi, at the finns of wit Nows fom the Peak district shows that 1995 e qf the Wharf stall, under Capautust on the low which would amenti necepting, an offer from the Government |

ing the number of injurei as maknown. At 16.35 4. the tick drum teck the The as boose in e-ms of create the rating of Mount Bagh Police Station was Broway, stood by to sati life. Pofturudy. | 9 yen 7,700,000 yearly, cul the increase in - of the rot dra. The Observatory of C Buller une logrif, fortuinitely bly datanged. The retaining wall of this the two anchors brld, and the junk ride upkeep expenses of the Navy which

without injury to any The remedal tenis cut at "usculas, Magazine Gaz, andified that the typhoon veel tube sie

Ai lae roadway. out the storm, though perilously near would be used by the additional ships of a house in Ching Rod was brought to the collapsed, blocking Fiatal to the South of Swatow and sing great, as were also fine houver in Wing Mount Keller, a wall adjoining Mr shipwreck. A cual junk in the camber at will be defrayo y continuing the in

¥a(Utt24e, Merion Lodge, foll West-North West. The Observatory pre Lok Struct, neat the Western Market, Bus

the Torpedo Depat was less fortunate, mdcreased and-tex, by economising the A kitebens at No. G3, Wachat Road fell in, across the prid A reining wall at

general administrative expenditure, by tietni dan strong North West to South

Part of the cutting in the now asyrtle Bank collapsed suroes the road-sank at her moorings.

Anslip uk place at Barker West wird, probably a gule, might be| Conduit Run), urethanging Fairview, The W

By nightfall, there were hurwen 20 and enforcing stricter sites against tre exposed. The barwmeier tutt fallen a resilence of it. Thrace, slipul, Road, is TATE of the wall protecting Mr80 ercar launches uding at anchor in evasion of taxes, and also by levying new

Hunghon Bay. Here they work safely, qwater ofan inch in Hongkong and risenting a bit of weeks to crash thaugh the C. Wiltox's cent lawn in Moun

Gough Road gave way.

voy until the wind shifted from west into a severely felt. Part, the verandal and sonth-westerly direction. It was at pas roof of the Harbour Office at Shamshuita sollapsed but none of the scupants sible to see much in the blinding rain sustulid injury. The staan bunch Ski sails, but as the min lifted the drifting

was swamped, but the crew were saved,

sin of the servant."

anciens

in Porgera, charly indiating the approach | doby, other deanngs of a serious mature,

Rain began to fall heavily, Anished at the Naval Hospital Exto of the storm.

sion was lowandown and und man killed, and at the tifin hour une down a ter The cook-hetres jaghed to No, 17, rents, the side-cranes of the diffrent Atany Test free storey hese prashed inwards, handy Muffered strous Fonding

the i Down

injury. The 200 Perry Pier

70-

Blower

geor,

i.

down

Yaumini, d FING was

About half-past nine o'clock, sete fierce typhoon gusts swept the Peninsula, but most duge was done between 15.30 and o'clock, when the wind hauled to the south-wort. When daylight cute, it re

Here

IL is not known whether the Minlo. ter for Finance las agreed to the genusul callies of this schons or nor. The fles what Japan would be able to float a lesn

at 9 per cent, even in Mgland, is, we think, much too optimistic. The last

a certain pices of land adjoining the Hưn pay's premises at laughom, far the construction of a proposed new deck, on curtain tarus which will be duly submitted to the Meeting.

By onler of the Board of Director,

GRO. A. CALDWEELE,

deling Semeleri, s Dongkong, 2nd August, 1902,

CHINESE SCHOOL BOOKS

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hy Dr. E. J. EITEL. Puos: 30 Center The Set

• CHINA MAIL' (bes 5. Wyndlara Stroot.

*THE REVENUE OF CHINA.

Repriatal from The Chinn Mail.' WITU AN APPENDIX.

To-day's Advertisements Tobed at the race or crus Pasta.

THE VICTORIA DISPENSA IY.

EDWARD LANGLEY las CEASED

be conected with ear burnes. MA. SOUTHEE KENT has" boon Ar POINTED OUR REPRESENTATIVE POL TUBELAR HOUR AND SIPTING BESENCSS and allonters committed to his charge will receive in

mediate attention.

THE VICTORA DISPESSARY,

J. R. CAPELL,

Mavzgor, Hongkong, August 4, 1902.

OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES OF

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EN AJAN'

1021

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No Fire Juurance kas been uitected.

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The stent lacucis Fuk tha went aground lights revonded the Jamiches, some of the sabling sing will streams. Short- agin stripped of t its

at Changshawar Deer shitty junks were blowing their warning sirous and whistles lan at 4 per cent, was not taken up ras ofthersunk or driven ashore and smashed to ly after three orlock, the first warningluding the ticket uses &

Were enjoying matchwood between Chungshawanand You must vigownsly, deraging towards the pidly by any means, and is quoted not 2 was first ready, the Harlant was ber of Chiarse h

shelter there were bully out and bruised mari, ut mot of the crews reached land Hanghom shoots. Three of the Star Ferry at £857. That themency is required for simply of capall gent, sluhyr having been by the falling hantums One of the big safely, although in almost every case their Company's double-enders sustained slight the purpose of extending the daĻanesu sought at the different latens of refuge. Ferry launches is ssid to have drifted belongings were gone, Nine people are 14-

cable Navy will go against any such fan," as it Even some of the larger vessels Toft their news the Harbour during, the stocu, lure parted missing and are now supposed to be damage, o suffering through a

without wasting moch damage. The drowned from these hons. Two henry mrings and did anchor is safer pedrivers erected wherever recaution tanislips took place on the new sad had hewing entangled in her propeller. The will undoubtedly raise fears thath Japan A SERIES OF ARTICLES, waters, Many vessels, inducing the homework is going to, in front of the Hongkonging to Taipe. The sherlegs at Comicpol Douglas Sunship Co.'s launch sauk mulis entering on in aggressive career. ward and cutward bound it, send d. mittel, the Harbour Oer, the Naval Yard talk me to grief during the gale, and the launch of the Hongkong Hotel Co.

Extension and other places, were almos one of the huury legs fell ncross the deck of was hown ashore. funds delayed their departary, proferring without exception brought to the ground, the steamer Moric Jelisz, doing consider. The to ride out the sin in the Harbour than consequently causing match dunge and ble damago but hurting wobody,

Launches funded delay. The babe scaiology surroundingsea wall at Mongkok was washel wway risk its fory at SCR.

now houses and houses under construction for distance of 290 yards, so great oyer the siready troubled waters and cast

Iwere either sealleral before the wind or was the Bees of the waves storming against

A similar fate befel the wall, at valed a scene of bayes and desolation, At dieir lines in Hurgham Bay, which late in twistutabant in such a manner as to renderit

Besides the Douglas first sight, it seemed that very nerious dam-1 TOTICE is hereby is that M. EAST PRAYA RECLAMATION the afternoon sheltered many such craft. the mess. Mat-sheds and hardings on ok-sung-houng.

Company launch, the steam launch Bo Leage hail been inficted, but closer investiga the Priya were Every stitel: of awning was rected, is little greatly dianuger, The wonder is this near the angle Fry Wharf. The tie shown that most of the damage is crew were all saved. Houseboat No. 2021 Supericial. That portion of Isisfintai held as possible being given to the treach-sy of them show up as they appear to

have done. Des Voeux Hund was 6 picture was swaruped at Hunghom and a girl age lying at the junction of Elgin and Cameron crona gusta of wind sercampsbying the rain. of watchage after the stone. The inty three years war drowned. The Yun Le Rauls with Robinson Road, beside the Kowloonites, especially the stern-stayed new buildings going up there rendered a huge trading junk, also went to the Mesque, suffered most severely. victims of the typhoon before ust, made much seaffolding accesary, and this was bottom a Hunghon Bay, but her etewtres, large and small, were uprooted. strown over the streets like autumn leaves, real the shore- sefety. The Others were reny usunder, limb fern Bab tracks for the other side. When the last while the telejdeme and electric liga wirery bousen betonging to Nos, 1 to 9L Leung and heavy benches carried themflé launch load reached Kowloon, it was found both broken and brought to the grem Hung, in the Hunghoa District, el distances by the torunde gusts. MUSHTA A. impossible to land her passengers at the supports, helped to make psel, but with injury to anyone. S. Watson and Co.'s new branch discu mere ufused. Perhaj The latest news with reference to The Sury, in course of construction, was stip cantiusionn Compatry's what, and the landing was of word disaster of all was the collage of His (more fai iarly known as Chartered of its callofding, but the bid- Here hu fected, in a deluge of run, at Theekhud's boase No. 45 Praya East, does to Pragu House') is to the effect that six Chinese ing escaped serious injury.

Est Hotel. The house is one of a block were buried there, three were taken wat Lalegraph wires beag an utsient inox Point--a mixovable, wet crowd they were, of aldings erected about two years ago alive and two bodies were dag out yestery tricable tangle, and the zine sinules of but all rejoiced in the fact that they hade the End Investment Company, on Jay, while, today, the Police are engaged the balconies of the Telephone Company's got safely over to lose and comfort'on a { Which had collapsed during previous searching among the debris for the thinl.housy wore stripped off like matchwood The uk hense at No. 37, Gough Street, and landed suma frundreds of yards away. cheerless night

stor The block consists of a grouuel 2.15). Rain, in huge drop first, second, and third Eoors, and the one came to griei about 5 p.ns yesterday, and The occupants of this house hak ut mer polted and lushed the streets, picking the which fell is the vad one yext to Sui Kon ↑ bite worst was reported to be buried azuisque d'heure whilst the storm was at its binding from between the metal and swie-Line. The evident decirtes at 10.15 breath thu fallen bricks and mortar. height, the isolated position of the building ling it and stores as well zu seething brown, and at that time there ware sap. Before the removed of the ruins unld be exposing it to the full fury of the starin posed to be six people in the mound courageerd, the adjoining walls and to be where the air current seemed to be strong vivolets dowi In al lower lovels,vot, three in the Best Bour, even shored up on recount of their extremelyest.

dangerous stawy The Police arq scorching It may be said that elf watsheds the choking drains and flooding wherever it the stond Boor, and then hist Bord was

Peninsula were dannged, more or less. luckily unoccupied. The house collapsed [ for the body. well. Chairs and rickeħna were sta pre- the lane motioned, and the main Skin District also appears to have The most egrettable and disastrups dan saim at live o'clock, at which our theatrest in front, leaving an ugly, alfalt the full fores of the storm. Several age was that done to the

Lopplag guble wall of the ajofiling house, landslips occurred on Shachiway lead med mises of the Victoria Recreation Club. wind bow to show signs of risits. The threatening the rescuers who were quickly at Carry Bay. The Seven Sisters (Chute Perched on the Frugs Wall, esposed on was a brief full in the storm at six o'clock, on the spot. A amber of soldiers and provided a landslig which has carried all sides, the building stood little change westera gule. Thu a few cluins were still to be found, the civilisus were quickly on the scene and deal in its trail. Tons of loose earth and of escape from

Feulered pch assistance. Inspector stone cribed through an inwent nutshetyphoon of fortnight ag had shaken bearers of which were willing to have the War and his unu From No. where a number of work people were asleep. the matsheds to their fragile foundations, AVERAGE BOND is now ready for

and the work of vejaising that damage had elements. Afar dianer, the wind rom till Police Station aleo arrived, and Several wapel with injuries, but w

act boul completed. Thanks to Mr. Per. Signature at the flies of the Underige THE LEADING NEWSPAPER worm and her twelve year-old son were it concuced to shriek and Whistle as in notwithstanding the dangers that had Hutul blasts it stormed in one direction and faced rescued tive of the terrified rushed to death. Their bodies were after kins, the native servants were able to house where Landing Account can be seen nad inutes. To wake matters worse, fire was removed by the Petee. Several the tub boats and gear in the godowns of a Bills of Lading countersigned on and after

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE. dan mother. Rain was now falling in Erake out among the debris and the cries matsheds in the Wongkohtsai and Shanki house at the end of Austin Road, no Hatth fust

Agents. sheets it appeared as if the floodgates of of the stilled and crushed unfortunates san West districts were blown down. The the binats escaped damage Auchons were were heart-randing. One nan was rescued steam launch Heran wame to the batten off fixed and hawsers thrown over the outer

Hongkong, August 4, 1002. Heavon had bot opened and the gale from a giddy perch on the second floor, hat Shaukivan Road, but no lives were lost. mashed in the hope that it might be saved. grew more and more ferce. Euch gust as not without sustaining such injures may The tile band of Chaugeimnu cepures but all there offerts veu unavailing and

THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM it came howling defiance cuted stone and have fatal result. As in these already that a junk was ank during the typhoon the building now lice a mass of dishevelled

NAVIGATION CO., LTD. inentioned, not a thionman ould be gut to that ten small houses were completely ambos and pan-leaf. In its more shel- mortar to treinble to their foundations.remier assistanru. When it was on that destroyed.. The escapes were numera,ered position, it was not considered neces-

sary remove the gear from the Qyana- NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Brave eki trees, the pioneers of groenery all chances of saving life were at un und, but no loss of life is kom on this one-time barran island,

WB lying in the typhuon shoker sims, but when the wind shifted and the work was stopped till day-light set in and that

then the polide, brithe application of a little for swall Chinese craft, at Causeway building opened out to the full fores of the FROM GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL. of the gentle persuasion they know so well Bay, a vonturesacre Chinuan was blown blast was blown almost bodily front how to use, obtained a gang of ceylies and overboard and was lost to sight. Hrs Ledy its foundations, only the eastern end of the Coupony's Steamship

structure, containing the oflice and store- having arrived froin the above pocta, of brauch and foliage. But greater have seafout recovering the Gallos andfesiog wik fterwards revered.

the ruins. Eleveň popus were beligrod A number of housed in course of eruction room, being left inlad. The less will be a Coignee of Cargo aro hereby informed was yet to be wrought: The glass remained have been buried there, and in the course in Follum ad, near the City, umblat serions us the Club, which, since its that their Goods are being landed and placed pratically stationary at 29.29 from about of resterday air badies meve, overal down. fortmatuly without causing injury to caforend removal to make way for the at their risk in the Hongkong & Kowloon Arber of landdips are re-aral Lard Extension has now bad to Wharf and Godown Co., Godovas at Ków Seven 'dock till eleven, but, as already The last me to be rearund wah brought anybody. dated, the wind grew in tierceness till to light at ten luk yesterday mor- pofted to have tabop place in Bonban face the ezimordinary expenditure un- leon, where each consignment will be about ten o'clock, when all its pent up cing. He as badly injured. A num-Road and a heavy one completely blocks tailed by thyes typhoone. The adjacent sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can The coal-shed belonging to the Admiralty wera bo obtained as soon as the Goods are energy and strength seamed to he gathered bas of the other read are also very the thoroughfare at Belcher Street. together and let loose in a series of tremen- badly hurt, and one at least may not live.net in Upper Richmond Road were ill-all unroofed, the debris strewing the Prays landed.

Goods not cleared by the 10th, Instant dous death-and-destruction-dealing blast, The hands of the polios wern Tull favoured by this gal and many of them are and Austin Road and the huts in which the force of which shock, even the most all night and all day yesterday, and so hopelessly ruined as to necessitate their the native roginent are acumedaled on at Noon will his subject to rout

the upper plateau ofKowloon were all more substantially gructed edifices in the Colony deeds were done by them wordly of reward removal. to their very foundations. In the harbour which they may norur Loa. No. 9 Polies Stanley and Lordeen see the only tweer less damaged and some of them blown to the wares were whipped into susthing Station is in a very unconfortable position, districts which provide nothing unusual es fuam, reaching the ducks of stomers and The zable wall of the house belilnd it is a result of the typhoon, both apparently doing their utmost to carry the tale of cracked and bulging outwards, and there is having enjoyed complete shoftur. destruction still further. A lighter, which every sign of it falling on the top of the

A correspopilent, informs us that the attempted to westbar the storm in widely station if steps are not taken to repair it at bour, brake adrift and glided rapidly aleg once. Several other buildings are in a typhoon was revertly felt as St. Joseph' the harbour towards East Paint, washed similar state, particularly one looking into College. The building, ho saya, is so bit by heavy seas frown, stem to starp and Wilmer Street (199a Qauen's Road West) and exposed that ail mars have a very Lumping against all impeding craft from The verandah roud of No. 74, Don Vand hold on it. It weathered the last sns men-of-war to merchant men. This is be. Read fell in The boatshed opposite the very well indet. even a brick baing lieved to have been a lighter belonging to Harbour Master's Office where the Harbour dieplaced in the now wings in course of Kowloon todown Co, the crew of which the Offer boats were house, was born instruction Thate was only eno mishap,

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stoms On this exposed upland, the gale iron cook-houses were tossed and twirled had notbing to check its force. Corrugated

scots the parade ground like card-be, landing in the grounds of Chater's Bunga bow and Mr. J. L. Cox's Bungalow.

The lecture room of the Naval Depot at Kowloon was partly unroofed but it is hoped the damage done to the instruments will be slight

At Banghon, we hear that some more houses have collapsed, and in McDonnell

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