130 M.P.H. !

130 M.P.H.!

The worst typhoon since 1906 struck the British Crown Colony of Hongkong. The wind blew at 130 m.p.h. uprooting huge trees and hurling them like matches hundreds of yards away. Telephone cables were laid low, most of the business signboards were smashed to splinters or blown away, many houses were unroofed. In the harbor the typhoon lashed the waters into a white fury. Many ships, including a British submarine, were sunk and many more driven ashore more or less damaged.

The death toll was heavy.