No.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
Table I.
FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1905.
No. OF BUILDINGS.
DESTROYED.
DAMAGE,
Wholly
Partly.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Ten persons were burnt to death. Two men were arrested and convicted at the Criminal Sessions for arson and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 18, 1906.
Jamary 3
3.45 a.m.
House No. 48, Elgin Road, Kowloon,
50.000.00
Unknown.
12
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2.15 a.m.
House No. 168, Hollywood Road,
2
4,000,00 Arson,
March
April
685 30
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16
3.30 p.m.
18
25
3.35 a.m. House No. 10, New Market Street, 6.00 p.m. · A family house at Sai Kung,
A matshed at Quarry Bay Ship Yard, 7.55 p.m. | House No. 20, New Market Street,
I matshed
1,750.00
10,000.00
Unknown.
Do.
22,000.00
Do.
100.00
Do.
February 2
6
9.30 a.m.
6.55 p.m.¦ Houses Nos. 97 & 99, Queen's Road Central, A grass stack in Hang Hai Village, New
15,000,00
Do.
Territory,
2 stacks
150.00
Do.
10
20
10
16
21
19
May
19
20 July
21
August
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1.00 p.m.
House No. 145, Aberdeen Village,.
560.00
Do.
10.35 p.m.
House No. 89, Queen's Road West,
13,000,00
Do.
7.05 p.m.
House No. 9, Tung Loi Lane,
20,100.00
Do.
5.20 a.m.
8.20 a.m.
House No. 21, Suidter Street, Tai Kok Tsui, House No. 43, Bonham Strand East,
1,800.00
Do.
200.00
300.00
1.10 p.m.
House No. 27, Chinese Street,
2.35 n.m.
House No. 109, Winglok Street,
8,000.00
12.40 a.m.
House No. 76, Des Voeux Road Central,
3,800,00
Unknown.
5.00
p.m.
House No. 127, Wellington Street,
1,000.00
Du.
10
1.10a.m.
12 Midnight.
A matshed at Kowloon Godown, Tsim Sha Tsui, House No. 248, Des Voeux Road Central,..
matshed
300.00
Accidental dropping of burning
Charcoal..
Upsetting of a Kerosine Lamp. Exploding of a Kerosine Lamp.
Spontaneons Combustion.
2.20 a.m.
House No. 90, Winglok Street,
10.000.00
25,000.00
Unknown.
Do.
8.30
p.m.
On board S. S. "Yik Sang' in Victoria Harbour,
22
26
8.15 a.m.
A marshed at Blackhead's Point,
12 matsheds
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23
$5
September 9
21
10
2.40 a.m.
11.05 p.m.
Houses Nos. 29 & 31, Des Voeux Road Central, House No. 133, Winglok Street,
2
300.00
14,715.00
55,000.00
10,000.00
Do.
Supposed dropping of
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Lighted Match or Cigarette..
Unknown.
Do.
DATE.
TIME.
Carried forward,
267,075.00
851
FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1905,—Continued.
No. of BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DATE.
TIME
DAMAGE.
Wholly. Partly.