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THE typhoon at Hong Kong of September 1874 is the greatest calamity that has visited the crown colony since its establishment in 1841. In each of the years 1859 and 1865 one of these desolating storms occasioned a great deal of damage to shipping in the harbour and vicinity; in 1867 two occurred, the second of which raged with great violence during the day, and was consequently observed with considerable interest; on Sept. 2, 1871, a still more striking instance is recorded;* but the whole of these phenomena sink into utter insignificance when compared with the furious typhoon which swept over the island during the night of the 22nd and the morning of the 23rd of September last. Without speaking of the dire effects produced by the latter, tenfold more terrible than any hitherto experienced, one far more crucial test may be adduced as evidence of the truth of our assertion.
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The Last Typhoon at Hong Kong . Nature 11, 168–169 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/011168a0
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