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SCMP Headquarters during the 1906 typhoon

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Klaus
Sun, 06/06/2021 - 23:04
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SCMP Headquarters during the 1906 typhoon

Heavy weather, the matshed above Blake Pier has already vanished.

The piers are Blake Pier, P&O Pier, Douglas Steamship Wharf and Pottinger Street Pier. 

Date picture taken
18 Sep 1906
Tags
praya
1906 Typhoon
connaught road
Author(s)
SCMP
Gallery
1906 Typhoon
Shows place(s)
Blake Pier (1st generation, 1st location) [1900-1965]
P & O Pier [c.1900-c.1965]
Douglas Steamship Co. Ltd. Wharf [????-????]
Pottinger Street Pier (1898) [1898-c.1965]
Nine Arches Buildings 15-23, Connaught Road [1903-c.1962]
Douglas Building, 24 & 24A Connaught Road Central [1900-1952]
25-33 Connaught Road Central [c.1905-c.1967]
34, 35, 36, 37 Connaught Road Central [????-c.1965]
Urinal on Connaught Road, opposite the end of Douglas Street [1906-c.1952]
Shows event(s)
1906 Typhoon
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