Jand opposite the Kow-Joon Hotel, collapsed.
'A humorous feature of the storm was the spectacle of a large number of Europeans, barefooted, wading ankle-deep in mud and water.
In the business quarter at one time this morning the water was waist-deep.
Later.
Mr. F. Sutton of the P.W.D,, siding at the Hongkong Club, suf feyed a serious accident and was sent to the hospit At the height of the storm there were at least four inches of rain in a single hour yesterday morning Hongkong record.
One Million Dollars Damage Dono The P. & 0, Mess at the Peak Suly 21. was struck by lightning and the! south-west.corner coping carried} The damage done by the storm away. Electric lighting and tele-sted at a $1,000,000, phone installations were damaged! covers an extensive art Dut there have been no casualties.
Public roadways principally were The total rainfall from ten o'clock, affected. Private property also yesterday morning to ten this morn. suffered. Industrially and commering was 21.43 inches, tally, however, the Colony escaped comparatively scatheless, Shipping Fall of Four Inches in One Hour was entirely un ceted.
July 20.
The Government departments are It is possible to-day to form a energetically restoring matters to better idea of the havoc wrought by
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