Man-of-war, ashore,
Ocean vessels ashore,
damaged,
River steamers sunk,
do.
do.
do.
ashore,
damaged,
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SUMMARY.
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Enclosure 3.
1
نا
REPORT BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
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2
5
Steam-launches sunk............
6
do.
do.
ashore,
damaged,
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SUMMARY OF
ESTIMATED DAMAGE TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ROADS, &c., CAUSED
BY THE TYPHOON OF JULY 27TM-28th, 1908.
1
do.
do.
European Lighters sunk,
Junks, cargo-boats, sampans, etc. sunk,
10
Buildings inside City,
$ 20,945
ashore,
damaged,
2
7
125
do.
do.
do.
do.
wrecked, damaged,
43
Roads in City,
11
13
outside City,
in New Territories,.
Miscellaneous,
in Kowloon,
8,565
4,500
715
9,925
1,820
Persons rcdorted missing in Harbour,
44
11
outside City,
6,395
do.
outside Harbour,
633
in New Territories,
2,500
Telephones, (including repairs to cable across
Harbour, $2,000),...
4,500
Piers and Sea-Walls,...................
5,732
Harbour Offices:
DAMAGE TO GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
A few panes of glass broken. Bamboo wharf destroyed.
Steam-launches :
Miscellaneous Rainstorm Damages,.
6,622
$ 72,219
Allow 10% for Contingencies, say,
"
ti Houam Stanley" badly strained by S.S.
colliding with her. damage to stern through collision by another launch.
11
46
Victoria",
7,221
$79,440
"
Daisy" damage to rail and awning, spars, and stanchions, due to other craft
colliding with her.
"No. 20 hired in lieu of "Lily" under repair.
Damage to rail and awnings,
stanchions, etc., collision by other craft.' "Sibyl ", considerable damage to deck fittings and rails.
BUILDINGS INSIDE THE CITY.
Name of Building.
Government House.
Lighthouses:
Cape Collinson: considerable damage to quarters. Gap Rock and Waglan report by passing steamers all correct so far as lights are concerned. Apparently some damage to quarters, etc.'
Capsuimun: roof badly damaged.
Government Gunpowder Depôt :
Damage to roof, etc.
Buoy dragged 300 feet to West. Camp
Signal Station, Blackbead's Hill, damage to roof, etc. South Fairway buoy fouled by something.
guard bent and light extinguished. "Hygeia", starboard side roof demolished.
7th August, 1908.
BASIL TAYLOR, Comdr., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
Government Offices.
Queen's College.
Belilios School.
Kennedy Town Hospital.
Kennedy Town Police Station. Disinfecting Station.
Central Police Station.
D. S. P.'s Quarters.
Married Sergeants' Quarters and
Armoury, Magistracy.
Extent of Damage.
The roof to back verandah carried away.
A covered-
way badly damaged. Sinall brick building collapsed also Laundry matshed. A quantity of the rubberoid roofing damaged. General repairs to doors, windows, jalousies, &c.
General repairs to roof, windows, &c. Overseers' Mat-
shed partly blown over.
The roof to large Hall partly carried away. General repairs to all roofs and to many of the jalousies, doors and windows.
Portion of roof carried away and small repairs.
Matsheds blown down and portion of roof to brick
building damaged.
Roof badly damaged and small repairs. Matsheds badly damaged.
Damage to roofs, sunshades, covered-ways, main gates,
jalousies, windows, doors, gutters, &c.
Roof badly damaged and jalousies and windows badly
knocked about.
Ditto.
Ditto.
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