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SECTION ONE

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MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936.

SUNNING BREAKING

UP NEAR H.K.

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the force of the gule, and braaiches were strewn all along the road.

At the Valley, the large tree a few feet away from the Monument, which provides a fine shelter, was uprooted, ind branches torn away from the parent tree were strewn half-way up the hill and Gap Road,

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Four People Saved

A hut at Pak Shiu Yeung village, Shamshlupo, collapsed and the four, occupants, three women had a man, were injured. As soon as the turm was given, the Fire Brigade, under the charge of Mr. Brand, assistant #lution ofleer, rushed to the scene and extricated the victims.

Kowloon Dock Suffers

The full force of the gale was feli

Kwangsi Air

Force Chief In Canton

Canton, Aug. 17. The Chief of the Kwangsi

Tested Every Stitch ...that's why it's so clear and lovely

at Kowlem Decks where heavy sons Air Force, General Ling Wel-HOLEPROOF

caused heavy damage to sen-craft and buildings in the docks.

chen, has escaped from Nanning

The Murray Barracks was 'strewn with debris, the damage to trees there being extensive, while the lovely palins outside the Queen's flood en- trance of the Hongkong and Shanghaipounded by heavy seas. She is radually breaking up; at the time Banking Corporation presented a sad of writing the crew are still aboard suit the Generalissimo, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.—United Press, sight. Two of them were Jeanilut at

The motor launch Sam Mee went and has arrived here by aero- ashore off the Docks, and is being plane.

General Ling intends to con-

were

a precarious angle, while a third was

Terrifle havoc has been catased all completely broken in half.

along the water-front and in the Leighton Store, Happy Valley, was vicinity of the Docks. The entire also damaged, but only slightly. The conerele roadway around the Docks Shell Oil Company's Station adjoin-d disappeared, having been wash- ing It had the glass top of the elec-ed away by the heavy seas, and one tric light shattered, while branches of the buildings is partially unroof- from the trees around the store were ed.

Branches scattered in all directions. and partly uprooted trees were also seen all along Won Nel Chong Road and in the race-course.

Several of the matsheds at Taiwan A sinalt land-slide occurred at the Bay have disappeared. entrance to Stubbs Road opposite the

Considerable damage has been Sikh temple, partly blocking the done to the Kowloon Docks Bowling Green, in which locality telephone Plaster from the root of the War-hand electric wires have been lorn rant Officers' Mess, Queen's Road down, presenting a striking scene Enst, was torn off by the force of the of the havoc caused by the gale,

road.

gule.

WAS

The football stand af Happy Valley wrecked, and the partly surrounding grounds flooded.

Sign-boards lay scattered every where, and others partly hanging to their supports were a menuce to pedestrians.

The No. 2 Docit, in which two Chinese customs cruisers and a torpedo boal, was flooded by the henvy sean.

N.Y. STOCKS ON UPWARD TREND

LIGHT VOLUME OF TRADING

New York, Aug, 15. Prices were upward on the New York Stock Exchange to-day, on light volume of trading, 4

Raffroad inmates were dull while automobile issues were showing gains on the wallenk of an early resumption; [of henvy production.

Copper Mures, niecis and 1401- cantile shares advanced on general buying,

Near the Seafront There was scenes of ruin and de- solation along the Praya and its vi- cinlty early this

morning. Across Pedder Street Jay the splintered rules of a Canadian Pacille Steamship Co.. Hundreds of Chinese took the op-

kame board, while debris of broken portunity of collecting tree-wood,glass, concrete and wood was strewn Industrinis but the task of clearing the streets around the principal streets of the Ends of trees and follage win take some city.

The west face of the Star Ferry clock had been blown in, although the hands remained intact. The Star

time.

Extensive Damage

The Football Clubhouse lost its pretty tiled roof and the public stands were completely demolished.

The Young Wo Hospital garden lost most of its trees.

Along the Wanchai waterfront the tide was very high, coming over the Praya. The wind force in the later atages of the typhoon was very strong at Wongnelelong and many houses Just their windows.

waves

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The bond market and issues on the Curl Exchange were irregular and dull,

DOW JONES AVERAGES

Aug. Aug. * 14. 15. Change 105.75 165,86 Up 11 -1.23 3.98 Up 75 Uvilities

34.73 34.70 Up 03 Bonds

103.87 109.88 Up .01 Volume 266,000 shares-United Prena,

COUNT DIES IN PLANE CRASH

Ferry wharf revealed evidence of the terrife force of the harbour waves. At least half a dozen floor boards had been uprooted, with the high- running harbour, splashing through the large gaps.

Trees in Statute Square were not only uprooted but in some cases split its two. One Auch

tree opposite Queen's Pler had the appearance of having been struck by lightning. At- tnost every other tree and shrub in

London, Aug. 16. this vicinity was damaged, even the The Fokker acroplure which iron railings guarding the young trees crashed at Biarritz yesterday has being iiffed bodily from their founda-been Klentined as one of four tions.

machines from Gatwick alrpart. The

APPARENTLY BOUND FOR POLAND

At Causeway Bay, only one sampan could be seen sunk in the shelter, apparently having been bumped on the Praya wall. A very large tree came down at that corner and half The same scenes of desolation were plane was apparently bound for a dozen other trees were sprawled visible along Chater Road, while not Poland.

across

the tram-ime, but were quick-even the

cumparatively sheltered Papers found on the body of the ly removed for the trams to start Battery Path, with its grove of trees only victim of the crash bore the running at o'c

o'clock.

and shrubbery, escaped.

name of a Polish Count--Renter, The South China Football stand- The contructors working at Caroline Hill were demolished and cavation of the old site on ne cere

the corner

a large hoarding along the wall of the of Ice House Street and Queen's East Point Garage disintegrated into Road, arrived this morning to find sheets of tin and was completely three parts of the wooden fencing blown away.

the excavations blown

surrounding

At North Point, all the bathing down. Only the fencing in Queen's pavillons lost their bamboo piers Road remained untouched. That in which are muss of floating poles. Jee House Strect was splintered and The Banks bathing shed and the torn from end to end. Chinese Civil Servants shed were badly damaged. The overhead tele- phone wires to Taikoo were all down.

Transport Delays

Land transport was held up for several hours. The "Star" ferry

Many overhead street lights were. demolished during the storm, their remains of disintegrated glass being blown from one end of a street to the other.

Repulse Bay

BOMB THROWN FROM TRAIN

JEWISH GIRL DEAD AT TEL AVIV

Jerusaleni, Aug. 10. A bomb, believed to have been thrown from a train passing a level crossing, exploded in the main street nt Tel Aviv to-day.

A Jewish girl was fatally injured and one woman and six men Jess

service did not start operating untit Considerable havoc was crented at seriously hurt.-Reuter, 9.30 a.m., whilst the Peak trams and Repulse Bay, many sheds on the the lower level trams were also de-bathing layed until about a.m.

Motor Car Wrecked

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A motor car parked alongside house in Belcher Street, West Point, was completely wrecked when the house collapsed during the height of the storm. The roof was lifted from the walls, which soon collapsed and fell outwards on the vehiele, smashing it beyond repair.

Finest Club

being

beach

completely to the other with uprooted trees and wrecked. Amongst those which auf masses of branches.

fered badly were the matsheds owned: The "Lido Lady successfully rade by H.E. The Governor and Mr. R. out the storm.

M. Henderson, Director of Public On the Repulse Bay Road from Works, besides many others; whilst Wonguelchong Gap, and at many Mr. E. Raymond's big wooden shed spats on the lower part of Stubbs number el had Its roof blown on to the Beach Road, there were any

These for, R Road, some of the tiles being carried trees uprooted. up on to the main road in front of blocked trattle on the road, but at About o'clock sufficient of the de- the Hotel.

Beach Road itself is absolutely im-bris had been cleared to permit of passable, being blocked from one end cars thiending their way through.

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