[Update: I originally believed this showed the 1937 typhoon, but as you'll see in the comments below, it actually shows the after-effects of a 1936 typhoon]
When: The big typhoon of 1937 hit Hong Kong early morning on September 2nd.
"Several gusts exceeded 125 m.p.h., and it seems probable that the typhoon was the most violent which has ever visited the Colony." [1]
Things have settled down by the time this photo was taken, likely the following day.
Who: The spectacle has attracted a crowd of onlookers, no doubt relieved to have survived the typhoon unhurt. Many of those living at sea weren't so lucky - initial estimates said 11,000 "in native craft" were killed [2]. Thankfully the final figure was much lower, but still recorded 2,565 deaths.
Of the people we can see, my favourite is the young boy at the bow of the boat. He's wondering whether one sharp push would be enough to send it back into the sea: <Read more ...>
