CO129-168 - Sir Kennedy - 1874 [9-12] — Page 364

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Memorandum attached to

C.S.O. No 2908 of 1874-

1.

On the night of the 22-23 September 1874 a Typhoon blew over Hongkong with a violence that is

without paralle" in the memory of any inhabitant of the Colony. 2.. That the Typhoon would be one of extraordinary violence was manifested before midnight; the under-signed therefore went to the charge room of the Central Station in ready to give.

order to be

es arose

emergencies

3..

orders as

It was obvious that the special

circumstances of the case rendered

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