The Report on the Typhoon of 27-28 July 1908 can be read here
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1908
1908
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The Report on the Typhoon of 27-28 July 1908 can be read here
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Max. wind speed: 75 mph (120 km/h) [*likely higher, but the anemometer for measuring the air velocity didn't work properly at high wind speeds]
Casualties: >1.000
There is a long article here :1908 Hong Kong typhoon - Wikipedia
There is also referred that due to the high numbers of damaged boats a second typhoon shelter (Yau Ma Tei) would be constructed.
Max. wind speed
Looking at the observatory's report in https://webb-site.com/codocs/typhoon19080727.pdf, they recorded a maximum wind speed of 81 mph at 2am on 28 July.