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300 ton trawler 'Han Su'. Torrential rain associated with the storm caused many landslides which were responsible for seven deaths and left 1,171 people homeless. A total of 9.19 inches of rain was recorded during this storm.
On the morning of 28th September, typhoon 'Sally' approached the Colony from South Taiwan at the exceptionally high speed of 20 knots. No 1 signal was hoisted at 4.30 p.m. followed by No 3 at 11.30 p.m. The typhoon-greatly weakened-passed close to the north of the Colony at 1 p.m. on 29th September. All signals were lowered at 6.30 a.m. next day. 3.26 inches of rain were recorded during the two days 29th and 30th September and no serious damage or casualties were reported.
October--the warmest since 1915-was brilliantly fine and dry with only one quarter of the normal rainfall.
November and December were also much warmer than usual, the mean temperature for November-72.1°F-being the highest ever recorded in that month. There was a little more rain than normal during November, but in other respects the weather during both November and December was close to the normal pattern.
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