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Enclosure 2.
REPORT BY HARBOUR MASTER.
Typhoon of 27th-28th July, 1908.
REPORT ON DAMAGE IN AND OUTSIDE THE HARBOUR.
Causeway Bay and Wanchai.
1 steam water boat sunk. 2 European lighters sunk. 3 junks sunk.
5 native cargo boats sunk.
1 coolie boat sunk.
1 person reported missing.
Sea Front, Victoria.
1 European lighter sunk off Blake Pier.
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sunk in front of Harbour Office.
Chinese River steamer "Sun On" sunk alongside her wharf.
24 native cargo boats, 3 junks sunk.
2 junks and 3 cargo boats wrecked.
12 persons reported missing.
Temporary bamboo wharf in front of Telegraph Office wrecked.
Matsheds on Queen's Statue and Blake Piers destroyed.
Canton and Macao Steamboat Pier damaged at shore end by lighters, outer iron
shed destroyed.
Slight damage to several wooden piers.
Standard Oil Co.'s wharf seriously damaged at shore end.
Stonecutters' Island.
1 steam launch the "Lee Ka" badly ashore.
1 European lighter ashore, no loss of life.
1 motor boat sunk at moorings.
8 junks and 2 sampans sunk, 24 persons reported missing.
1 junk damaged.
2 British steamers, "Lai Sang" and "Pocahontas" ashore. No loss of life, “Lai
Sang" towed off in morning of 28th July.
Chung Huế.
British S.S.Schuylkile" badly ashore; towed off in morning of 28th. No loss
of life.
2 night soil junks sunk. No loss of life.
Capsuimun.
U.S. S.S. "Aeolus" dragged from Yaumati, fouled British S.S. "Taiwan" and "Linan", crew deserting and climbing on board those vessels. Cleared and drifted to Capsuimun where she grounded on N.E. point of Lantao Island. No loss of life.
Laichikok.
One new steamer (un-named) ashore on mud, apparently undamaged.
One stean launch "Kwong Hoi" ashore on mud.
One ferry "Morning Star" badly ashore on rocks.
One European lighter ashore.
2 junks sunk and damaged.
Ah King's pile driver boat lost and 2 men missing.
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