Heavy Rainfall August 1923 | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Heavy Rainfall August 1923

Heavy Rainfall August 1923
Submitted by lizchater

Heavy rainfall 28 August 1923

Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, August 1, 1923
Gallery: 
1920s Hong Kong
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Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2014-04-26 08:46.

HK Telegaph 8 September 1923

The same photo (Ming Yuen) appears showing a 'view of the waterfall created at Happy Valley' as a result of the heavy deluge on 28 August 1923.

Submitted by lizchater on Sat, 2014-04-26 20:07.

Many thanks for this moddsey, as you say waterfall image shows in the papers after the rains rather than a typhoon.  Looks like the images I'm sharing have "typhoon" on all of them, so I will have to go back and double check whether its the typhoon incident or the heavy rainfall incident. will change the image narrative accordingly too.

All the images I have appear to be by Ming Yuen. 

Thanks also for pointing out the car race images in the papers, good to have the occasion confirmed.

 

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2014-04-26 21:09.

The torrential rains that fell on Hong Kong on Hong Kong on 28 August 1923 were related to another typhoon that bypassed Hong Kong.

Submitted by cmshun on Sat, 2014-04-26 23:38.
Please also refer to my post at: http://gwulo.com/node/19688#comment-28100

Submitted by moddsey on Sun, 2014-04-27 07:11.

Please see also here