Happy Valley Racecourse Flooding - heavy rainfall 1923

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Happy Valley Racecourse flooded after heavy rainfall 28 August 1923.

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Thursday, August 23, 1923

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Permalink Submitted by 80sKid on Wed, 2014-04-23 07:52.

exactly the location they're currently building a huge underground water tank in case of just this kind of event

Permalink Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2014-04-26 08:09.

HK Telegraph 29 August 1923

The racecourse at the height of the floods was under 4 feet of water in parts and the rails were submerged at the lower end of the course.

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