CO129-564-6 Typhoon- reports of damage- etc 9-9-1937 - 6-11-1937 — Page 4

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7.10.84.

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apart for

a vach munkahe

-possibly 11,000 of the population afseat in Chemins jinks & sampans.

<Reg."

f. 7. Too. further report on typhoon with appreciatory note on services of Police & Fire

Brigade

This

interesting

A

a

very full

report, carefully done.

The following founts may be noted

17548

lives were

list

to loown property

is

$616, 771, of which $456,421

to be spent

in 1937.

2. Damage

estimated at $616,771

will have

MG

I suggest

that

the desfetch

a

стрижка

the full

might be

acknowledged with

expressca of thanks for

careful refort ret

ard that a

exprennial

#

7

of the 5.7 5.1% affreceat in of the action

fara 2 of the

conveyed

the

offeas despatch might

ment cared

してい

be

to them.

is watter bally to copy

not of much

ho

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It

would

augent,

The report is rather bully

interest

be sufficent to

the

sqwną

copy the despatch of the enclosure Giong

meterological

Royal Observatory figure. ] to the Eachment of,

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to the map to retur

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due course]

P. Royes

26/7

It is

a

devastating

A

wind 7

ove

15-0

Thongands of

lives fork,

$ 1⁄2 million damage

property alone

Af Acay

25hr

Haw.

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and orn

done to Gown

is mclined

rather

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