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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29ra. 1926

TYPHOON JUST MISSES HONGKONG.

WIND'S VELOCITY 100 MILES AN HOUR.

EUROPEAN SWEPT INTO THE SEA AND DROWNED.

FINE RESCUE WORK BY THE KAU

SEVERAL SHIPS DRIVEN ASHORE.

SING."

For the third time this season, Hongkong yesterday narrowly escaped an extremely severe typhoon, which came upon the Colony with unusual suddenness. On Saturday it was as far away as the Philippines, and on. Sunday it was still outside the 600 miles radius. Later in the day it developed with amazing tapidity and a series of warning signals followed throughout the night, the final warning being hoisted at 6.37 yesterday morning.

Fortunately, however, the typhoon veered 'south-west and passed within a few miles of Gap Rock, leaving in its wake a severe gale which raged "for several hours. The highest velocity of the wind was 100 miles an

hour, while the, ather squalls were of such intensity that had the tall" force of the typhoon struck Hongkong it would have spelt disaster.

The business of the Colony was paralysed, for practically the whole day. The Peak and outlying districts were isolated, owing to the susper- sion of the tram services; while, owing to the terriäc seas,crossing of the harbour was impossible. The Kowloos Canton Railway also suspended operations during the morning.

With regard to the Harbour side, the Government cue tug, Kau Sing, fully justified her title of "Save Life." She way oo dùty "from" 2.30 am. until late yesterday afternoon, and during, this time she was the means of saving no fewer than 34 lives of Chinese from capsized sampans. She also towed a steamer off the beach at Stonecutters and also stood by other distressed steamers and rendered assistance wherever possible. Several vessels got into difficulties, two were still ashore last evening, and two others, which had dragged from their moorings earlier, in the day were lashed together off Green Island. The Revenue tug: Ewung Lee, also saved the lives of several Chinese boatpeople.

There were, fortunately, very few fatalities, the outstanding tragedy. being the death by drowning of Mr. Jan Blankenvoort, a superviser at the Netherlands Harbour Works at North Point He went out on the Reclamation frost early in the morning and was swept into the sea by a gust of wind. Two Chinese, a woman and a small girl, were killed by electrocution in Yaumati.-

No serious damage was experienced either on the Island or on the Península. A few houses collajased in Kowloon City, scaffolding and sign- boards, were wrenched from several buildings, a few roofs were blown away, matshed were twisted and levelled to the ground, and in many parts of the Colony trees were uprooted.

Full details of the typhoon will be found below:--| OMINOUS FOREBODINGS.

THE RUSH FOR THE TYPHOON SHELTERS.

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the lower level trams started but it was not until an hour later that the full ser- vice was put on,

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SAD FATE OF EUROPEAN..

SWEPT INTO THE SEA AT NORTH POINT.

The "Bui Tal" Pulled Off. During the middle of the storm it was observed from the Fan Sing that the sa Sui Tai, one of the Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company's. steamers, The outstanding tragedy of the storm laid up at Stonecatters' was in dificulty. occurred at North Point in the early The vessel had dragged from her moor- hours of the morning when Jan Blankenings and was partially beached on the voort, a Dutchman, employed as Euro Island. The Eau Sing prompty pro

ceeded to her aid, and pulled her off to

pean supervisor of the reclamation works there met his death by drowning.

Accompanied by an Indian guard the sale anchorage again.. The Sui Tai is a steamer of 1,619 groas tous, and 1,005 pafortunate man went out on the fore

net,tons, built in 1890 in London.

Boat People Saved.

shoro at 3.30 am to batten down the réclamation gear, and on nearing the

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While patrolling off Green Island at edge of the sea-wall, a strong gust of 230 water-logged cargo junk, No. wind blew him off his feet and carried 003, was seen to be capsized in the

him bodily into the water. Rescue was western end of the harbour. The Kau hopeless but the Indian guard quickly

unrolled his turban, and with a piece of Sing was able to rescue the whole of the **CT of 20 clinging to her. wood to weight one and down cast it into No sooner had the crew been taken off But by this time the up then the junk vanished below the sur- face. Five other boat-people were also rescued by the Kau Sing from a capsized

the water. fortunate man had been carried away in the darkness.".

Mr. Bisakenvoort came to Hongkong! about two years ago after having been juak which was lying off Sham Shui Po, employed by the Netherland Harbour in the Central Fairway. Works for many years in many parts"of the world. He was about 49 years of age and leaves a widow and family at home in Holland.

Well. Pleased.

tive yesterday regarding the work of the Speaking to a Daily Preat representa- -

Kau Sing, Lieut-Comdr. G. F. Hole, R.N. (Harbour Master) said "I am very Fatalities In Yaumati

pleased, with what the Kau Sing has Just after 8 a.m. two Chinese, one a sampan woman and the ether a small one. She has certainly justified ber xiftence, despite the fact that she is a girl were killed by electrocution in Shang-End boat to handle. Her new master is

har Street, Yaumatí, owing to electric light wires having blown down. Both were killed at the same spot within a few moments of each other.

A Punjabi soldier got entangled in some wires at Granville Road and was admitted to hospital suffering from shock.

VERY LITTLE DAMAGE.

HOUSES COLLAPSE IN KOWLOON CITY..

getting more and more used to her as he gaias experience in her handling. She will, Lowever, always behave badly. She will always be a bad boat to handle by reason of being a single screw vessel. I am, however, very pleased she was able to rescue 34 lives, saved during the middl of the storm, and was also able to pull. off a distressed steamer,"

Dificulties in Communication. Our representative was also informed

No serious damage was caused either that communication was kept up with the en the island er the peninsula. A low Anữ Sing as much as possible. Constant rickety Chinese houses collapsed in Kow-communication was not possible owing loon City but the occupants escaped to the wireless mast at the Water Police without injury.

In all parts of the Colony trees were Station, Kowloon, having been blown uprooted and on the Magazine Gap Road down. The Kau Sing is fitted with a two telephone standards were blown

short length wave wireless and also with down.

Scaffolding in many places was wrench 4 500 metre wave-length set. If the ed away, and in particular at the Penin-breakdown had not occurred at the Water sular Hotel, Kowloon, and at the black Police Station the short wave-length of flats next to the Peak Hotel.

would have been used, but in view of

Police Station Damaged.

The matsheds at the Children's Play- the unforeseen accident, the longer wave. ground, Chatham Road, and the Baseball length had to be restored to. This is stand at Happy Valley were completely used for deep-sen werk, and this meant wrecked. The Police Sub-station "in

The suitry atmosphere which continued Criminal Sessions which should have been Wongneichong Gap had its roof blown that messages had to be sent and received

all day on Sunday foretold the coming of the typhoon. The heat was intense; it hang over the whole island like a pail, ominous and weird. There was scarcely a breath of wind, and what existed was

Courts Adjourned. There were scarcely any Europeans in the Law Courts until the afternoon. The continued before the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gallas, were adjourned until to day. In the absence of Mr. R. E. Lind sell, the Senior Magistrate, Major C. Wilson took all the cases at the Central Magistracy in the morning. There wa Kowloon Court was unable to sit until late in the afternoon. Many of the cases at the Central Magistracy had to be post- poned owing to witnesses being prevented from attending, while at the Kowloon Court, a case (reported clsewhere) in which the master of a local steamer is concerned was also adjourned as he could not leave his ship.

completely off, and the wreckage was Radio." There was often mucu carried away a distance of about a hun- delay in the sending and receiving of annoyance. In one case a message was dred feet. A big tree near the Bay View messages, which caused considerable Police Station was blown down and delayed for 1 hours, much to the con- blocked the roadway.

Owing to the comparatively emall rain. cern of those attempting to keep in cour stant communication with the hat Sing. usual deposit of silt across the tracks, ed very well, and all concerned. except in the Happy Valley district, where the lines were again blocked at to be congratulated on their efforts

to do that was possible to render aid. Wongreichong.

heated as if it emanated from a cauldron 10 sitting of the Court in the afternoon. fall there was a welcome absence of the On the whole, however, every thing work-

of moved from a burning desert. During the day the temperature was 92 degrees and at 11 p.m. it was 8. Now and again a few drops of warm rain spluttered from the leaden sky, and the wind rose, but it was parched as it had been previously during the day..

away,

Staircase Blows In,

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The staircase leading to the first focri of No. 50, the Central Praya, was biowa: in and wrecked by the wind. None of the inmates were injured..

HARBOUR SCENES.

THE DISTRESSED VESSELS.

SHIPPING DISORGANISED,

Breaking the weird silence of the night the warning call of hooters shricked OF

The Ferries.

Near the Yaumati Ferry Wharf, on the the sea-the hooters of tugs calling on

Kowloon was totally isolated from Central Praya, a heavy gangway plank the occupants of sampans and junks to harry to the typhoon shelters. The quiet Hongkong until about 2 o'clock when the was lifted by the waves and deposited

A heavy, tossing and swift running sea, harbour was transformed into a scene of ferries were put on Throughout the some distance from the edge of the sea hurrying and scurrying; strident voices morning the seas were running high, and wall. The waterfront at this spot was dashing ita white capped wares over rose on the air, furious and exciting it would have been suicidal to attempt a littered with jetsam and refuse thrown wharves and to the top of the Prays

Two huge concrete wall, was the scene in the Harbour, struggle had begun. Ever and anon the crossing. Crowds of Kowloonites, how-up by the waves. hooters shrieked sending the warning farver, arrived at the wharf, and the blocks were Boating alongside Queen's yesterday morning.

As in the case of the previous typhoon Verily, they reached the little majority of them retired until such time Pier and another at Blake Pier

Wreckage In The Sea.

this year, the Harbour presented a de- bays far away from the Hongkong ber- as the tempest abated." The first ferry bour. It was a ught worth watching. carrying only employees of the Star

No reports were forthcoming as to solate appearance. There were about a The yuloha were

or junks and dozen mercantile marine vessels in port never manipulated Ferry Company left Kowloon Wharf at faster, the cars were never plied with about 1.30 p.m. In spite of the hazard whether any sampans

ous sea and the strong current an excel foundered but wreckage seen near the at buoys, and also H.M.S. Vindictive greater vim, the race was a great race.

Praya valle had the appearance of being and HM.S. Carlisle at their respective All through the night the hooters lent crossing was made...

remnants of small sea-craft. Several buoys Otherwise, the waterfront ap- shrieked, all through the night the tugs*

Scuffling Newsboya.

junk mast poles were to be seen floating peared deserted. Sampans, motor-boats and ferries, were, of course, in shelter, raced hither and thither, all through the At the Hongkong Wharf, a crowd of on the sea.# aight towing the small craft into the safe newsboys awaited the ferry, and when Some of the wooden structures on the and it was not until late afternoon that anchorage. When the wind rose in the she was tied up against the wharf s Fraya reclamation were badly twisted and the harbour at all began to assume a grey dawa, all the craft in the harbour scramble ensued. So eager were they to the market at Wanchai experienced a more Barmel appearance, and then it was only the steam and motor craft which were safe, huddled together in the bhel-get on board, and so fammed together severe buffeting. ters at Causeway Bay, Taumati and with their bundles of newspapers under

ventured out from shelter to contend Shaukiwao, packed together indiscrimin- their arms, that a free fight almost took

with the heavy swell which did not sub side until the blow had blown more or ately, and the strident voices of their place. They were as eager as freebooters

less itself out. occupants louder than the wild wind hoarding a galleon. Once on board, their Thanks to the warning of the tuga, thanks excitement relaxed, and their anger dis to the efforts of the men who manned appeared. But one could easily imagine them, to-day the mall craft will go out with what eagerness they disembarked again into the baleyon sex.

at the other side, and engaged in another acufile:

THE DESERTED CITY. BUSINESS PRACTICALLY AT A STANDSTILL.

A Good Crossing.

All this time the black cross was stil floating over Kowloon Observatory, and the ferries were flying the Red Flag, signifying that they were likely to stop at any moment. When at about 1.5A

Excepting for minor occurrences no thing serious occurred at Aberdeen, Shaakivan and the outlying villages.

"KAU SING'S EXISTENCE JUSTIFIED.

PULLS SHIP OFF SHORE IN

REIGHT OF STORM

RESCUES 14 PEOPLE FROM

DROWNING. 22

Mails Held Up.

Sailings of several vessels were neces- sarily postponed, several due with mails rad passengers failed to arrive, and are now due today, among them being the President Garfield, the Yan Cloon, Soo- chow and Taiyo Maru. All these were dae from the North. The inability of these vessels to enter port (some of them did not reach as far as Hongkong, owing to the effect of the typhoon) meant that

The City and its enviroua presented a p.m. the Morning Star tied up at the The Government rescue tug, Kau Sing deserted, appearance, throughout the Kowloon Wharf there were hundreds of which was the subject of so much criticism there was no inward mails, and also held of the big Europesu sad Chinese estab-complement of passengers was taken on, proved yesterday that her existence as a vessels. This will mean that to-day the morning, and not only were the majority persons waiting to get across full on the occasion of the last typhoon, fully up the despatch of outward maile for yesterday, some intended for the same lishments closed, but except in sheltered and the ferry boat with her awnings off rescue tug is justified and that she is General Post Office Mails Department streets, little shops kept their doors started away. Rolling beavily, and at worthy of her name "Save Life. She closed and their shutters up. Owing to times sidling perceptibly, buffeted, and was responsible for pulling one ship off will be exceptionally busy making up lost the suspension of all means of convey steaming with all her capacity she crossed the shore at Stonecutters Island, rescu- ground, as they will also have to deal sace except by motor-cars and rickshas in good time. Almost before she was ing no fewer than 34 Chinese boatpeople with mails due to-day by the Angkor business men could not get to their offices tied up the third-class passengers, jumped from capsized and water-logged funks, from the South and the Presulent fack until late in the afternoon when the tram-on to the wharf and those on the upper and also doing much other useful work on from the North, and despatch. several. additional mails to day as well, in ac- way and ferry services were resumed. deck "scrambled' över the rails. The in patrolling the harbour and visiting cordance with the mail list. - It will

Even "garage proprietors were in the landing had, however, been as neatly other distressed vessela,

in its velocity chauffeurs had to drive and thereafter the ferries continued run-

The Kau Sing, which was in charge of depend entirely on the weather whether

early morning reluctant to hire their accomplished as if it were in a quiet ses her recently appointed master, Mr. J. advertised steamers will leave to sebedule. cara out, and even when the wind abated The red flag was lowered at 3.15 p. G. Wyatt, went on duty in the early hoursIt is possible, that owing to the unavoid- with care. The hoods, of all cars were ning throughout the day. When the red of yesterday morning, although she was able delay în arrival they will be late in lowered and getting away from Hongkong, but with a continuous drizzle of rain. Rick also began running. shas" were scares and the coolies had to travel at a walking pace. Often it neces Trains Stopped. sitated two coolies for one ricksha. The trata service on the Kowloon The Peak was isolated from the City Canton Railway was suspended until 3 until about 1.30 p.m. when the tram ser-pan. when the down train from Sumchun vice was begun. At about the same time was put on

and remained on duty until late yester the shpiping Agents and the Post Office: day afternoon, even leaving her buoy on their part will do their best to keep after five o'clock and all danger past, the vessels sailing to time as far as pos to render assistance, in conjunction with she. The Angkor is on the way from the Henry Keswick (the Kowloon Deck Saigon, and was due to day. She is not salvage tug) to two distressed vessels now expected, until. to-morrow.

(Continued on page 6). lashed together off Green Island,