Sunken ship in foreground, damage to buildings on waterfront
Typhoon 1923 - Hong Kong Habour Damage + Sunken Ship
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Date picture taken (may be approximate):
Thursday, August 23, 1923
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1923 Typhoon - 'Loongsang' Sunk
The empty lot on the Praya on the left is where the former Central Fire Station would be built and behind it, is Central Market (2nd generation) with the arches and its slightly visible circular window above.
The sunken vessel is the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company's steamer 'Loongsang' which sank off the Osaka Shosen Kaisha Wharf with heavy loss of life.
HK Telegraph 18 August 1923
Of the Loongsang, there is now only to be seen the funnel and masts above the water.