622559-1908-Supplementary-Report-of-the-Captain-Superintendent-of-Police-and-of-the-Superintendent-of-Fire-Brigade — Page 22

- 92 -

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

January 2

1.30 a.m.

Wooden Huts at Ho Man Tin,.

wooden

huts 5

~

2.10

"}

""

House No. 45, Kowloon City Road,..

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS

Wholly. Partly.

500.00

Unknown,

13,000.00

Sparks from the kitchen stove,

3

1.30

وو

">

"

2.15 p.m.

A small matshed at Au Pui Leung, Railway Depôt, Tai Kok Tsui,..

1

5.00

Unknown,

50,000.00

C

18

4.20

House No. 38, Ship Street,.

Sparks from the Engine - Room,

3,000,00 Unknown,

"

"3

6

21

2.00 a.mi.

House No. 72, Jervois Street,.

>>

February

1

8.40 p.m.

Matsheds at Ho Man Tin,

matshed

1,500.00

2

8

5.00 a.ni.

House No. 3, Tung Loi Lane,

1

4,000.00

Nine persons were burnt to death.

>>

9

9.40 "}

On board S.S. Monmouthshire on the high seas.

3,000.00

Spontaneous Combustion,

10

8.20

House No. 21, Hing Lang Street,

1

1,200.00

Unknown,

>>

11

"

11

8.45

House No. 2, Bullock Lane,

200.00

>>

12

>>

Sparks from the 1st floor cook-house falling down and igniting rattan on the ground floor,

Sparks from cook-house

falling on the roof of a matshed,

Carried forward,

77,405.00

17

4.00 p.m.

Matsheds used as a Hospital on the Rail- matsheds

way Works, Sha Tin,

1,000,00