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TO-DAY'S

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

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12.763

TYPHOON.

A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

INDO-CHINA STEAMER SUNK.

Feared Loss of All Lives.

SUBMARINE FOUNDERS.

SATURDAY, AUGUST

18..

1923.

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It appears that the Leongsang, of the disasters that bofell ship- which had a full crew aboard, and ping in the barbour..

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DAMAGE ON SHORE.

A Scene of Widespread Wreckage.

-Central 3950.-

An alarm of fire alio os through, but the firemen have not yot ascertained where the out break was..

was in command of Capt. Jowitt The Ginko Maru had been came out of dock yostorday. She driven against the V.R.C., and was had no steam u and was towed to be seen riding out the stormi It is difficult to describe the Every where throughout the city to shelter, in view of the fact there.

damage on shore except as almost traffic has been or moreloss block that the typhoon signal was up Another Japanese steamer, the universal wreckage wed by falling trees, debris, viz. During the storm this mora Sekipo TAYU, Was forced inshore A representative of the Tele The military were on out ink she evidently broke from her and came up stern first alongside graph who toured the city from during the height of the storm, moorir ge and was, seen 3rifling Statue Pier, without suffering West to Eset had to negotiate rendering what help they could down the barbour; wth some. of damage,

bricks, mortar, abeets of corrugat-Some of them were equipped with

man

;ubmarine. Sinks,

water,

her plates ripped up. She had But dramatic events were tak-ed iron, emaehed signboards, win life lines, and were seen on the apparently been in collision some-ing place elsewhere. Torn from dow abultors and other debris Prays ready to

to rescue, anyone where,, but with what is not her moorings. Dear Eat Point, torn by the high wind from roofs who might be in distress in the known. At the m mont we are the Jardine steamer Loongsang and cornicer unable to obtain the names of the was swept down the harbour, end, At West Point, the Police were officers who were aboard the boat, was observed to be in dire straits, placing an injured Chinese in the

AT KOWLOON. There is still a faint hope that An. Admiralty tug ant out to her ambulance He had been struck some of the crew who got way it rescue, but was carried by the by flying wreckage, and badly loon indicato that the blue fez, Telephone messages-from Kow- the raft may be safe, and a naval force of wind and tide right burt. tux. has been despatched to down the harbour, and, Traes, and branches of fair size, was waponded.. was hoisted at showing that the ferry service. proceed to Green Island and fare

.can be

made, out absolutely littered the city wher-19.30 am. Very shortly afterwards, beyond in a search for the missing at present, in ashore on ever treea were growing. Gon the storm reached its height. It amigalet opposite Green Island. grave danger was the numbers of became absolutely dangerous to Hanke Loongsang soon com-over-head tram and telephono five move about. Trees were uproot- metto settle in the water, and wiree that had been torn down. ad everyhers, blocking all the The second calamity witness-when Lear the Yaumati ferry Many experienced severe electric roads, and debris appeared to be ed by a Telegraph representative pier at West Point she dipped shocks this ways and later the flying through the air kt All was the sinking of a submarine eff bows first, those aboard being Transay Company turned off its angles. Telephone wires and the Naval Dockyard at eleven discernible crowding to the etern. current everywhere o'clock, an hour after, the wreck, she rapidly settled, her decks

poles were blown down, matsheds Numerous vehicles came ing of the Loongsung. The incide being awash in a few minutie, grief. Rick has and chairs were Water was waist-deep in many to and houses were badly damaged. ent was marked by die rescue. Would-be rescuers ran along the smashed, many of the latter being places, and everywhere the ty Before the eyes of a number of pier, with lifebelts and lifelines, rendered into matchwood Trame phoon left a track of destruction... prople gathered on the Praya, the but their efforts were of no avail, were stopping all along the routes. No details are yet obtainable of SEVERAL VESSELS ASHORE.

submarine sank with only her Several of those on the Loong with their canvas roofs ripped off the damage done, but it must be perisicopa showing. She had also sang were deen to put off in a Opposite the Naval Yard, tram very considerable. been blown off her mooringeraft, and others are reported to Noi 25 had the whole top wrecked Hongkong's long immunity from serious typhoons was now; in course of constuction. The rescue referred to was have jumped off with Jifobelte, by the falling of a big branch broken the morning, when the Colony suffered an exper-She was signalling for help, but effected by a sailor from H... besides about six persons who are across it A Hongkong Hotel ience reminiscent of the 1906 disaster. In the short space could secure none.

Bluebol. He saw one of the sub-raid to bave got away in one of motor omnibus was very nearly of about an hour, great damage was done, shipping suffer that trees have been uprooted and buoy, and, despite the heavy seas been can only be conjectured for Armament Depot. Fortunately

From all districts, come reports marine's crew clinging to a naval the boats. What their fate has swept into the ses, near the R. N, LIFE IN THE ARCTIC. ing especially, and it is feared that many lives have been telephone and other wires blown running, he jumped overboard the present, as raft, boat, and the frost fetched up against some fost. In view of yesterday's warning, most of the steamers down. In several instatices, "live" with a life line, awam out to the all were swept along down iron railngs. In Douglas Street.. in port went to shelter last night, but several remained at wires were dying across the bouy and bath rescuer and rescued the harbour towards

streets, and this increased the were pulled safely ashore, This Island. It is to be feared that wrecked by falling beats from The Hongkong cinema-going.

Green motor car No.517 was absolutely anchor and came to grief.

dangers of moving about. The was a fins Act, thoroughly in there has been serious loss of life nearby house.. dome of the King Edward Hotel accord with the highest British The Loongaeng now lies on During the height of the blow of seeing some of the motion- public have had an opportualty was badly damaged, the fagstaff caval traditions.

even keel; with funnel and toasts matabeds blown down into the street below, tim during the morning that two

were wrecked like picture industry's finest produc and much of the woodwork being There were reportain circula above water..

houses of cards, and Chinese tions at the Coronat recentis," submarines had fondered and

Rescue Off a Submarine.

were to b observed ling on their hands and knees wonderful picture, Hunting Big of the last film of ante being that that another was aug Also Meanwhile, one of the British along the Prays to avoid belog Game in Africa The Coronet that the crows of thebmarines submarines, L9, was eoen labour-swept away.' all lost their lives..

ing off the V.RO., with hor start We are able, however, to give dipping and bows right out of the an official assurance that no bava! water. "She'is finished," every-

The biggest disaster is that of the sinking of the Indo-China steamer Loongsang, which foundered near the Yaumati ferry wharf on the Hongkong side, with, it 19 feared, beavy loss of life.

The British sumbarine L. 9 also stuk near the Naval Yard, but happily without loss of life."

ience near Green Island....

WAS

"Nanook of the North."

TERRIFIC WIND World's Record Broken. The British naval oiler Karki went ashore near the A Telegraph representative who

bas now socured another remark- Outbreak of Fire. able photoplay. "Nanook of the Naval Arsenal, and a naval tug met with a similar exper-called on the Director of the Ob-

servatory this

morning

North. While the Owing to the fueing of an eat, success showed life and Coronet's informed that the wind velocity lives were lost, whatever. Only one exclaimed, as the vessel electric cable in house No. 8.dventure, in tropical Africa, The former Norwegian stermer, Haldis, now Chinese- experienced here this morning one submarine the T. 9-was laboured, and sank deeper, while, Connaught Road, owned, weat aground near the Standard Oil Company's the world. At 9 40 a.m. it was 123

en Pray their latest big fi'm portrays the was the highest ever recorded in sunk, but all aboard wore saved.

Waves washed right over the after Westfire broke out, about Arctic Regions. The" naval aifer Karki was end. Eventually she sank peaz, noon, and the Fire Brigade depot at West Point.......

sakino Maru, about turned up; but the flames had taken by Mr. Robert J. Flattery, Nanook of the North was miles per hour and at 10.13 a driven ahoro near the Navel the Two Japanese steamers, the 'Sekino Maru and the squall of 130 miles was registered, Arsenal whilst H.M.S. Bluebell, hundred yards from shore, and sready been got under control five times leader of Bir William Gink Maru, were also driven ashore on the Praya, near These squally were registered by concerning which some anxiety many onlookers expressed com with chemical extinguishere.

Along the whole seafront, ples North Hudson to the new Statue Pier. Other steamers also drifted from the Dinea anemometer. The high was felt, suffered considerable miseration for those who might be

Mackenzie'e expeditions into Bay regions. their moorings, these including the Empress of Australia previous record in the Colony erectural damage, and look wire aboard. However, the news 3000 and wharves have been seriously North

years Mr Flattery and the Andre Lebon, but they managed to avert disaster. August 1913

105 miles per hour. io lese apparatus was carried away got abroad that there was only damaged in some cases entirely lived in

An Admiralty ug was also one man on her when she broke wrecked by wind and wave with the small

intimate araociation Ramours are current that the newly-launched river The barometer reading was the driveni ashore near Green Island. adrift from the Naval Yard Boards were lifted up and hurled Eskimos who inhabit the upper tribe of steamer Hang Cheong went ashore at Taikoo, and that a lowest ever recorded in

The navel signal station at the Suddenly he was discerned, shore. and the superstructure the Chinese steamer named the Nanyang sank with heavy loss Colony, being 28 66 at 10m. Yard was badly damaged, much clinging to a bany, and then the simply "aint there in several east coast of Hudson Bay and the of life, but these reports are unconfirmed.

The lowest record previously was of the debris being blown down watchers saw a gallant rescue oases, 28.73 in 1900.

on to the road near the V.R.O. fant performed. A. British

The force of the wind may be bluejacket The typhoon originated south

sprang into

748

the

HOUSES COLLAPSE. Number of Fatalities.

norrbern puist of Labrador. This region is ode of the least Accessible ra white men on the North American continent, and its score or so of native families

The storm, which began at about 9.30 am.. did much damage ashore as well. Several houses collapsed, with of Gaum on the 11th instant. It imagined from the fact that the forming waters, with a life-line loss of life, whilst the East Point Garage fell in, and was not of large dimensions, but Empress of Australia was blown round his waist, and swam out to already two dead bodies have been recovered.

it moved very rapidly, and at 30 from her mooring in midstream the boy; there be fastened As was to be expected, with constitute a tribe of Eskimos o'clock this morning it appeared within perilous distance of the birgself to the man who was in such a heavy fall of rain and high peculiarly isolated and therefore The highest wind velocity at the Observatory was 130 to be going a little south of Praya. By keeping up steam and difficulties, and both were drawn wind, there have been many faithful to their racial traditions miles per hour, which is said to be the greatest ever Hongkong, the wind veering

continuously keeping her head ashore. It Wie thrilling house collapses, attended with and mode of life, recorded anywhere, whilst the barometer reading, 28.66, R. N. E.

against the wind she managed to spectacle.. was the lowest in the history of the Colony.

ride out the storm without mest- ing disaster.

storied

nt

THE SHIPPING.. CASUALTIES.

Loss of the Loongsang.”

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Another raport was that a Bri- of the wind, Then they were

availing against the terrific/force

borrified to see the ship begin to

Ferry Boat's Experience...

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fatalities in several cases. Ir is. The photo.play," "Nanook oftba |difficult to obtain details at pre. North," contains all the obvious. Other Mishaps. sent, the Police being still out authority as to fidelity in detail. The typhoon, of which warning falling dobris, tiles and al zoboards.

Other Steamers, Experience. the skin by rain and spray, cases have been reported.

Our representative, soaked to investigating, but at least a dozen of honest realism and startlin had been given for some days, flying about in the air, and treeg

thrills, going with the acheg The French mall steamer Andre proceeded along Praya West. The roof of Victoria Gaol was ments and reputation of was known yesterday to be becoming uprooted Confusion The most disastrous feature of Lebon, which met with a similar Right out to sea, could be discern seriously damaged, and right Flattery, its explorer T "moving very rapidis. In the reigned everywhere, and is was the typhoon was the wrecking of experience sought the safety of ed the Admiralty tug, ashore opposite the Central Police Station No details of crime, im morning, the No. I warning signal not long before all the ordinary the Indo-Coins Steam Navigation the open and steemed out of the sa already reported.

a house bad the whole front plements, hanting domestic was hoisted, and the Observatory means of communication were Company's steamer Loongsang central fairway, Teport issued early in the after suspended.

customs have en omitted.. Appoille the far end of West blown in. which sank off the Osaka Shoron moon stated that conditions in-1

In Wyndham Street, a house Binging true inary muone, its A collision was narrowly avert-Point, near the Standard Cl Karelia wharf with the total loss. ed. when the Sekioo Miru was Company's depot, lay the dicated that the typhoon was

Startling Rumours

8.8. collapsed and one raan, a Chinese, interest la foced lie she likely to strike the coast between to circulate. One way to the midstream.

Startling rumours 6000 began anchored at her usual berth" in Statue Fior. Adroit manoeuvring even keel. This vessel a for

it is feared. of her crew. She was being forced against the new Haldis, aground, but resting on an had nasty wound in the bead.

fascination da hovelty, and in The most serious. Hongkong and Amoy this moro-effect

casualty its spects of & fragment of the before tbo blow, that the ing The No. 2 signal was hoisted

on the part of her skipper, brought merly under Norwegian registry, ashore reported so far, however, human face waging ita Jih-long building

new seven but she gradually drifted until her snugly alongside the wharf. but now, we understand, is owned was at the East Point Garage, battle with the mist fesolste yesterday afternoon, but last

tube got into shallow water off the and she is now in comparative by the Chinese firm of Woh Fat where a building collepeed and forcee of cure, facing bards night conditions were by no means Queen's Road (on the old Post and ship's officers endeavoured to the Ginko Maru now lies, having

corner of Pedder. Street and whart. Revenue mea, pressinen safety. Near to the same spot Sing.

buried a number of people. At incredible to the min abnormal

Early this morning, the wind the time of writing this has not wharf, but their efforts were un-bour from her usual mooring.

Office site) bad collapsed, but at get a line off to the boat from the been blong right across the har-stus was noticed up against the bodies have been recovered.

The Blue Funnel tug Hephae. the time of writing, two dead silitatou. began to rise, but there was no been confirmed. Te

Awatobman's house in Happy F Wing Lock Street wharf of the rain until about 8 o'clock, when it set in steadily. As the morning tish ganboat had blown sahure,

Lanton Macao Steamboat Co. Valley, near Yeung Won Netize

There is an unconfirmed report Home, also collapsed, one oW ZEALAND RAI WAY wore on, the wind increased to but on enquiring from the Com sink First her bows submerged, from Kowloon got into distress day at the Taikan yard, the

One of the "Star" ferry boats that the vessel launched on Thurs. being seriously injured. gale force, and at 9.20 sm. the modero's Secretary at the Naval then leaning over at a sharp angle whilst crossing at about 9. m. Hang Cheong, has been badly other damage, of wicth detaile

AIDENT... The tally of landeligk, and dreaded bombs were fired, indicat Yard at 10 20 am., we wore ip-she finally sank altogether.

The Forst failway dieaster that ing that the typhoon might strike formed that apart from sub-

She bad some nine or ten first damaged by the typhoon. In have yet to be gatherd, is also has occurred in No * Zealand aes the Colony at any moment, The marines the only naval bost to rigging were washed into the as others below. The storm was taken into account the numbers

A few survivors who clung on class passengers aboard, as well addition to all the above must be considerable preparked. As the Aucaland barometer was rapidly falling. which was in port was the Blue-see, but before this others had so great that she could not make of junks and other small oreft on the Od Post fuce site hain aumaranui before dawn i The repoft of the new building Wellington express was nearing At 920, it registered 29.09 at bell, which had been lying off the succeeded in launching a raft. the pier, and instead she headed that roust have been ausk or collapsed for fostery turns out ca planged into a landslide. The Messrs. Falconers, whilst at 9.40 camber and it was frapossible, To this about half-a-dozen clung, for the Naval Yard, and came otherwise damaged. It is to be be unfounded. What appers to engine and mail van were derail- it had rebeded to -28,80 and owing to the blinding rain, to but, unhappily, it drifted past into the camber, where the pas feared that there may have been have, haphoned, i torm; od próg ed, narrowly escaping falling into was still rapidy falling. A.10.20 tell what had happened to her. the wharf where the rescuers sangers were all safely landed, a.m. the reading was 28.65, but Her position certainly gave were" thereafter it began to ries. Native canse for much anxiety, the and lines, and disappeared in Vessels Meet with Disaster, bosts had long since gone to Secretary stated. The informs the driving rain and sprey, Another representative of the shelter, as well as many steamers, tion was added that several big-in a westerly direction. The Telegraph, in the intervals of Andre Lebon, dragged her anchors but there were still one of two ateamers in harbour agemed to rescuers endeavoured to catch up dodging flying wreckige gathered at the height of the storm, big boat riding out the storm, be drifting and it appeared from with the raft along the Prays, but the following record of shipping very nearly collided with the a including tre Empress of Austral- the Naval Yard that a Glen Line their efforts were futile,

casualties. Empress of Australia, which H in and the French mail steamery vessel was hard up against the The raft eventually disappeared Andre Lebon...

VRC. premises.

Quito a crowd shortly before julso seen to be la dificultie The conditions certainly looked

from view, driven along at ten o'clock had gathered on the Andre Lebon, with steam up. Later a report came through terrific speed in the direction of more, sheltered portions of the then swung round to meet ominous, and so fierce wars the from another source to the Stonegutters. Of the Loongesag sea front to view the enormous typhoon, and steamed into gusts of wind that it soon became effect that a Japanese steamer there is now only to be seen warce washing over the Prays test of the stoc positively dangerous for pedes had been driven on to the the funnel and masts which and flooding the shops in many what arians to move about, owing to piar apposite Statue Square show shove the car.

i

waiting with life-bolta

large Chinese loss of life.

French Mail Adrift.

deal of the scaffolding wood work at the western the building dame down.

and the river, and two of the pianger of coaches were telescopet, Four- ring teen passengers were killed and

ried fire, but the flames were speedily

The French mail steamer, the ope of the heavy gusts of wind thirty injured. The wreck caught

extinguished.

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