Magnificent rescue work was accomplished by a group of British police and revenue officers, who, tied together with ropes, rescued the crews of scuppered ships and saved numbers of Chinese children wh anded at various danger The group rescued altogether over seventy persons.
All the piers along the waterfront were completely wrecked by the typhoon, while the downtown area was converted into a table shambles, Numerous wrecked motorcars and trucks were seerly' and shattered shop-fronts and general wreckage littered the district Fifteen bodies were recovered from a fire at West Point, which was used by the hurricane, but it is believed that many bodies still lie buried beneath the debris of col lapsed houses, Shipping suffered severely be the harbour was crowded sels of all description, including liners and steamers sheltering in Hongkong owing to the/Japanese blockade.
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