CAUSE.
INCIPIENT Fires durinG THE YEAR 1896,--Continued.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
REMARKS.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1897.
34 Oct.
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35
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24
5.30 p.m.
House No. 5, Tsui Yune Lane,
25
4 a.m.
House No. 9, Elgin Street,
$12
Some charcoal caught fire, Trifling Burning incense sticks,.
36
37
385
27
10.45 p.m.
29
6 p.m.
House No. 103, Queen's Road West, House No. 116, Jervois Street,
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38
Nov.
89
16
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40
22
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1 p.m.
Hillside near Observatory,
2 p.m.
Hillside near Wong Ma Kok,
3.10 p.m.
House No. 7, Possession Street,
$8
41
27
77
10.10 p.m.
At the Hongkong Observatory, Kowloon,
Trifling
42
43
44
45
46
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Dec.
4.45 a.m.
House No. 83, Aberdeen,....
9.40 p.m.
House No. 121, Wellington Street,...
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12 Midt.
Matshod, Praya Reclamation,
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11
Opposite Tai Tam Tuk,
>7
11
House No. 151, Hollywood Road,
47
15
Stanley Road on the hillside,
48
49
51
Den int
21
10.35 p.m.
Wellington Barracks,
24
Hillside between Shck Ó and Cape Collinson,
50
25
11.15 a.m.
House No. 166, Queen's Road East,
27
House No. 8, D'Aguilar Street,
52
28
House No. 14, Jubilee Street,.
53
28
7.45 a.m.
54
29
4.50 p.m.
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Overheating of a tea-drying furnace,
A basket of joss sticks accidentally caught fire,
Grass on fire,
Do.,
Mosquito curtain caught fire,
Bursting of a kerosine lamp in the dining
room,
Unknown,
Bursting of a kerosine lamp,
Grass on fire,.
Do.,
Bursting of a kerosine lamp,
Grass on fire,....
77
Chimney on fire,
Trifling
Grass on fire,...
$5
Chimney on fire, Unknown,
Chinese Constable's Cookhouse, Yaumati P. Station,. No damage
Matsheds at Tung Lo Wan,
Attempted arson, Chimney on fire,
$500
Upsetting of an oil lamp,
Put out by the inmates, and property insured for $600 in the Office of Schellhas & Co.
P.C. 152, Lo Man, discovered some firewood on verandah had caught fire and burning joss sticks were close to the firewood. Extinguished by the people in the house. Not insured.
The fire was put out by the occupants. Shop insured for $7,000 in the Office of Siemssen & Co.
A lighted lamp placed too near a basket of joss sticks. Extinguished by inmates. Property in- sured $8,000 in the Office of Schellhas & Co. Extinguished by Police.
Do.
Fire originated through the mosquito curtain falling on to a lighted lamp on a table near the bed. Premises not insured.
Fire discovered by Lo Shui, Watchman, who called
out others to assist him to extinguish it.
Put out by Police.
Put out by occupants.
Put out by Police.
Do.
Put out by occupants.
A man named Abdool Rader,
34, and his son Abdool Hossein, 10, both suffer- ed from severe burns about the face, arms, and hands.
Burnt itself out before the arrival of the Police. Put out by Military.
Put out by Police.
Put out by Police and occupants.
Untraceable.
Do.
Put out by Police.
Extinguished by Fire Brigade.
F. H. MAY,
Superintendent, Fire Brigade.
No.
DATE.
TIME.
XIXX