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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JUNE 24. 1932.

WUCHOW HIT BY CYCLONE

THE SHING MUN SCHEME

EXCITING SCENES ON MR. CREASY OUTLINES

RIVER

(Our Own Correspondent).

FEATURES

BIG ADDITION

ILLEGAL ENTRY.

MRS. KEITH MILLER UNDER ARREST IN AMERICA

Miami, Juno 23.

The airwoman Mrs. Keith Mil- ler, has been arrested on a charge of having enlored the United States contrary to law-Reuter's American Service,

Wuchow, June 22.

"It is estimated that this new What proved to be one of the reservoir will yield a supply of 9 most any existing dam in England, worst windstorms ever experienced 250,000 gallons per day over our the Secretary by the city struck Wuchow yesterdricat known period, which means Calonies befors of State for the day afternoon, just before o'clock an addition of 6,260,000 gallons

approving the With little or no warning, the skies per day to the Colony's supply, the scheme advised that it should be Auddenly darkened and down from difference of 3,000,000 gallons be

examined by the Consulting En- velocity. Big junks and motor boats the existing intake and first section site was visited by representatives the west descented a wind of high ing the supply now available from Kineers, Messrs. Alex. Binnie Son

11 Deacon. Consequently, were helplesly swept before the works," said the Hon. Mr. II. T. raging wind like listless corks, and Creasy, Director of Public Works, of the Consulting Engineers in sumpans were turned over by the in a statement to the Legislative January 1931 and October 1931.

Council.yesterday on the present

REOTUR,

anchorage.

werk

Favourable Report,

the

prove favourable. A series of core

Several large junks were wrench-position of the Shing Mun scheme.

The Consulting Engineers report. ed from their moorings and were Hon. Mr. Creasy said:

On Your Excelleney's instructions ed favourably on the whole scheme sent zig-zagging down the West

works trendy com- | River at a terrific pace. One lond-reply to the telegram from the and on the ed with charcoal and another with Secretary of State for the Colonies pleted but suggested that the dam has been sent, pointing out that it should be raised a further twenty- a cargo of pigs hul narrow escape is the urgent wish of this Govern- five feet should horings on the alte when they were moved from their ment to take advantage of the next drill brings on the site have since dry season to make a commence- Branches from large trees were ment with the second section of the been completed and the cores have snapped off like pipe stems and sent Shing Mun Scheme and enquiringen shipped home to the Consult hurling through the air. Bambo as to the amount of the expenditure)

ing Engineers,

The site chosen for the dam is. feners and masheds

turn which Messrs. Binnie Sons and i away, and shutters were ripped Deacon estimate will be beirred that originally selected by the From their hinges.

during the current year. The tele. W. D. the centre line being pul gram' also asked that they be reed some Gifty feet upstream to allow quested to state the date hy which for the extra width at the base,

The actual second section of the Shing Mun Scheme as now project- dis the con Arnetion of a masonry dam plving an approximate depth of water of 200 foot on a site im mediately upstream of the Shing Man Gorge, giving a storage "apacity of approximately 2.000,- 900,000 gallons, and also of a sub- Pineapple Pass approximately 60 | sidiary ent off Masonry Dam at

1 Faigh.

LOSS OF LIFE.

It is reported that quife a few their Chief Resident Engineer may people lost their lives in the storme expected to arrive in Hongkong, but it will take a day or two before j and instructions were asked for as this report end

be substantiated. to what preliminary works might The value of property destroyed, be carried out departimentally auch fonts unk, and cargo lost will un-as the approach road, pending his doubtedly amount to several Thou- arrival. sand dollars.

A contralating agent to the 200 Torlon caused by the storm is the floud ad condition of the two' riversi which ment of Wuchow. The water has continued to rise until many of the streets in the lower section of the elty are under water, and the Wiehow nirfield is more than half covered with water. There is no immediate relief in sight be-

RIVER STILL RISING,

On receipt of this information it will be possible to usis this Council for a supplementary, vote to cover, the expenditure during 1932,

The direct catchment area of this

With your permission, Sir. I shall give a brief statement of the pre-Reservoir is 2,000 neres which in- went position of the Shing Mani Scheme, Secund Section, and ofdes the 2,100 acres now partially the work

undertaken to br

Rapped by the existing Shing Mun by Messrs. Bianic Sons and Deacon.

intake.

The Second Section.

Big Addition.

driest

It is estimated that this reservoir eanse the debris being washed down - The second section of the Shing will yield a supply of 9,250,000 | shows that flood conditions also Mun Scheme as first proposed in allons per dag over our prevail In Northern Kwangsi, 1922 consisted of three Reservoirs known period, which means an ad-j from which the Foo River drains, known as the Gorge Dam, Shinedition of 6,250,000 gallons per day Mun Village Dam and Middle Hill to the Colony's supply, the dif- Dam with an approximate total fernnee of 3,000,000 gallons per day capacity of 2,000,000,000 gallons, being the supply now available from On later Investigation at the site the existing intake and 1st Section it was found that the foundations Works. of the Shing Mun Village Dam The Dam is estimated to take were not favourable and it was die five years to construct nt an in- cided to abandon this site and raive clusive cost of $9,300,000, but it will ditional storage. Tho the Gorge Dam to give the ad- of course be possible to utilize the

rataing of water from the the Gorge Dam will food out portion of the Middle Hill Dam site

a work proceeds.

This does not exhaust the gravity making it uneconomical and it hus sections of the Shing Mun Scheme, therefore also been abandoned,

The swollen waters have risen over four feet more, flooding many more streets and entirely submerg- ing the Wuchow aeroplane field on the south bank of the West River, nerosa from the city.

The rivers are a scene of great nctivity to-day as wharves, junks and motor boats adjust themselves to their

flow locations. Small boats are out salvaging jetsam and other debris floating on the river.

regervoir as the

as by means of catchwaters along The Gorge Dam therefore after the slopes of the surrounding hills further investigation was moved at least another 6,000 acres can be slightly upstream and raised to give tapped producing a further 9,000,- | A twelve-year-old girl of Chuka depth of water of 175 feet and the 1000 gallons approximately per day Yuen village received fatal Injuries project was submitted to Govern-without further reservoirs. yesterday evening when she fell from ment. la tree which she had been climbing. She was rushed to the Kwong Wah

The entchwaters constitute what la As this structure would have known as the third section of the been of Hospital but died nearly three hours magnitude, exceeding in bolght al carried out when found recessary, very considerable Shbig Mun Scheme, and will be after admission.

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