HKO - Under the Same Sky 130 Years - Display Area 6: Exhibit 1
Display Area 6 : Natural Disasters in Hong Kong before WWII
Exhibit 1
The Illustrated London News, published on 21 November 1874, with illustrations of ship damage brought about by the typhoon of September that year in Hong Kong. The death toll of this typhoon exceeded 2,000. This disaster might be one of the episodes prompting the government to establish the Hong Kong Observatory.
Courtesy of Mr Shun Chi-ming
