TRAIL Ol- DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THE TYPHOON WHICH STRUCK HONGKONG EARLY THIS MONTH Pictures received by air mail yesterday showing some of the havoc wrought by the typhoon which struck Hongkong on September 2. Over one hundred people were killed and drowned, buildings were wrecked, and shipping suffered severely. Top Left: A wrecked warehouse and pier on the waterfront. Top Right: The liner Conte Verde thrown ashore at Sai Wan Bay. Lower Left: The Tymeric, another vessel driven ashore at North Point. Lower Right: The steamer An Lee hurled stern first on to the waterfront after careering down the harbour and colliding with three British warships.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22839, 21 September 1937, Page 11
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111TRAIL Ol- DEATH AND DESTRUCTION LEFT IN THE WAKE OF THE TYPHOON WHICH STRUCK HONGKONG EARLY THIS MONTH Pictures received by air mail yesterday showing some of the havoc wrought by the typhoon which struck Hongkong on September 2. Over one hundred people were killed and drowned, buildings were wrecked, and shipping suffered severely. Top Left: A wrecked warehouse and pier on the waterfront. Top Right: The liner Conte Verde thrown ashore at Sai Wan Bay. Lower Left: The Tymeric, another vessel driven ashore at North Point. Lower Right: The steamer An Lee hurled stern first on to the waterfront after careering down the harbour and colliding with three British warships. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22839, 21 September 1937, Page 11
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