On the 14th October, 1906, Hankow was gutted by fire, whilst alongside the Canton Steamer Wharf at Hong Kong, as a result of a passenger's cooking stove overturning. One hundred and thirty people were killed in C.N.Co.’s worst-ever (non- wartime )disaster. <Read more ...>
The name of the pier can be read, the name of the company is a bit difficult. However, I think it reads: Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company. <Read more ...>
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Text on Flickr: people live on these tiny boats for months and years at a time. Sep 1933
Note the inscription "TO HONGKONG FERRY" and the number 47. My guess for the location are Kowloon Wharves. Confirmed, see comments below. <Read more ...>
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George Fenwick was the owner of a shipyard in the area of Queen’s Road East and Ship Street (Wanchai).
He appears for the first time in the Jury List for 1877 as "Fenwick, George, Assistant, Inglis & Co.", and two years later as "Engineer" of the same company.
In the 1884 Jurors list he appears as Engineer of Fenwick & Co, living in the district Wantsai.
In the 1895/96 Jurors list he appears as Manager of Fenwick & Co, living in the Hongkong Hotel. <Read more ...>
