THE HONGKONG TYPHOON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13306, 12 October 1906, Page 5

THE HONGKONG TYPHOON.

. DJETAILS BY MAIL. AN APPALLING DISAEiTEB. SEVERAL EUROPEANS LOST, MANY VESSELS WRECKED. By Telegraph.— Association.— Brisbane, October 11. Details received by mail of the typhoon at Hongkong on September 18 show that, it; was the most appalling and destructive visitation of the kind ever experienced in the colony. It is estimated . ths,t fully 6 per centum of the Chinese craft employed in the harbour were lost. , >v The official records give the losses as follows:1206 fishing boats .other local. craft were lost, 1147 persons were missing, nine steamers and sailing ships sank, ,48 others were driven ashore, including the German steamer -Praia Waldemar and the • French torpedo-boat Fronde, and three of- . ficers and two men of the latter were drowned. ; Captain Patrick and Engineer Wallace (o) the steamer Albatross), Captain Mead and Engineer Morgan (of the steamer Kwong- s chow). Captain Maxfield and Engineer Williamson (of the steamer Hongkong), and nine other Europeans, were drowned. Kowloon'was harder hit than any othei part of the colony. The wharves completely disappeared, the sea, walls were broken down, # and the railway and beds of massive concrete were crumpled up. Junks and sampans were tossed on to high quays* A big ship dragged her moorings, and was driven on to the walls; others suddenly,, sank. The peninsula for miles was'enveloped in desolation. .'