table situated near the one and only door leading into the property, as two of the children were found underneath the bed. indicating that the fire occurred between them and the doorway.
Luen Wo New Village, Fanling, New Territories
56. On 27th December, 1963 at 9 a.m., falling hot embers from an unattended chatty stove on to split bamboo and rubbish kept on the floor of the kitchen caused a fire which spread rapidly to 10 other buildings causing damage estimated at $200,000. The building was used for minor industries including plastics, the latter accounting for the high degree of destruction. Three persons were burnt in this fire.
60, Tsun Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
57. A somewhat expensive fire broke out in the second floor of an R.C.C. building just after 8 o'clock at night on 24th February, 1964 at Tsun Yip Street, Kowloon. The building was used for the manufacture of furniture and contained a considerable amount of woodwork machinery. The cause of the fire was determined as being the discarding of lighted smoking materials on to wood shavings. On arrival the ground floor was well alight and the water mains were empty, necessitating an extensive relay from the seafront. The financial loss ran into $300,000.
Kimberley Road, Kowloon
58. Six persons were rescued by Fire Service personnel from the upper floors of an R.C.C. tenement building with a single staircase, when a fire broke out on 13th February, 1964 in a tailor shop below. The fire was brought under control in 15 minutes.
SPECIAL SERVICES
59. A terminology used in the Fire Service to denote an incident not involving fire. As will be seen from Appendix III, the list of causes is almost endless. During the year under review, Fire Service personnel ‘rescued' 488 members of the public at Special Services.
Ma Tau Wei, Kowloon
60. During the morning of 25th June, 1963, a workman climbed on to the top of a cement hopper to free a blockage without securing himself with harness or lines. As the loose stones collapsed under him, he was carried into the base of the hopper under some 300 tons of falling
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