The Hong Kong Super Typhoo of 1906 Photographed

On the 18 September 1906 Hong Kong was walloped by a tropical cyclone . The natural disaster caused property damage exceeding a million pounds sterling, affected international trade, and took the lives of around 15,000 people: about 5% of the then Hong Kong population (a total of 320,000 people).

Early days of photography but one keen amateur took some photos (sadly not great quality in these images) time stamped at 9:15am, 9:30am and 9:45am…