From Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
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Thirteen loose images showing the devastation wrought by the Hong Kong typhoon of 1906. The photos are 3 x 4 ¼ inches. The typhoon of September 18, 1906 was a major natural disaster, causing widespread damage with an estimated loss of life of 4,000-10,000 in Hong Kong. Many vessels were broken up or sunk and the wharf, warehouses and other structures along the harbor severely damaged. This archive shows damage to shipping in the harbour, piers and wharves and the waterfront. The images are of the West Kowloon and Yau Ma Tei area. The German steamer shown is the Petrarch, which was pushed onto the steamers Emma Luykin and Monteagle, then onto the Kowloon Wharf. The HMS Phoenix was a sloop, (launched in 1895) that had seen action during the Boxer Rebellion; it capsized onto Yau Ma Tei. The French gun boat is the French destroyer Fronde, which collided with another vessel, killing several French sailors. A large 1908 memorial in Happy Valley cemetery to French victims from the Fronde was recently restored; it is one of the few remaining physical reminders in Hong Kong of this typhoon. The American sailing ship is the S.P. Hitchcock (launched in 1883). Each image is marked on the back with a description, reproduced below, with cataloguer s comments in square brackets: 1) American sailing ship wrecked [S.P. Hitchcock, at Kowloon Wharf]; 2) German steamer ashore [Petrach, at Kowloon Wharf]; 3) German steamer ashore [Petrach, from a different angle]; 4) One of B&S's lighters wrecked [in the foreground, with Petrach behind]; 5) HMS Phoenix wrecked [Royal Navy sloop at Yau Ma Tei]; 6) Wreck of a French gun boat [French destroyer, Fronde at West Kowloon]; 7) Another snap of French gun boat [Fronde]; 8) River boat sunk in the harbor; 9) The Chinese are walking on the wreckage | about 200 bodies were recovered when this small place was cleared; 10) Remains of the Ferry Wharf; 11) Wreckage; 12) Wreckage [another image of the same wharf]; 13) Houses wrecked. Seller Inventory # B2734
Bibliographic Details
Title: 10. ARCHIVE COLLECTION OF 13 PHOTOGRAPHS ...
Publication Date: 1906
Binding: No Binding
Condition: Very Good
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