FIRES AND ALARMS, 1892,—Continued.
No. of
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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MARCH, 1893.
163
BUILDINGS
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Wholly. Partly.
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40 April 11,
9.20 p.m.
41
15,
House No. 104, Queen's Road West,. House No. 37, Kennedy Street, Yaumati,
1
$1,500
Unknown.
$60
Carelessness with lighted match.
42
23,
9.45 p..
A matshed in Tung Lo Wan,
$300
Mosquito curtain accidentally caught
fire.
43
47
50
51
53
55
56
57
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27,
3.30 a.m.
House No. 26, West Street,.
Trifling
Burning of Joss paper.
19
44 May
2,
6.30 p.m.
House No. 8, Fuk Tsun Heung,
1
$100
Bursting of a kerosine lamp,
3,
2.15 a.m.
House No. 148, Third Street,
Trifling
Supposed arson,
5,
10 p.m.
A Fishing Junk lying in Aberdeen Harbour,
$5
Unknown.
One man was burnt to death and 2 others injured.
Papers saturated with kerosine oil were found in different parts of the house.
9,
11.45 p.m.
House No. 16, Station Street,.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp.
>>
18,
11 p.m.
A stack of grass at Shaukiwan,
$30
Unknown.
>>
18,
10 a.m.
A stack of grass at Hung Hom,
$10.
Do.
$250
Do.,
Not insured.
22,
8.50 p.m.
House No. 17, Tank Lane,
23,
Chimney of House No. 29, Graham Street,
Trifling
Do.
June
21,
1.30 p.m.
House No. 29, Centre Street,
1
$100
Do.,
Not insured.
Do.
28,
6 p.m.
House No. 15, Station Street, Yaumati,.
54 July
3,
2.15 a.m.
House No. 91, Wing Lok Street,
$5,000
Grass on hillside at Magazine Gap,
6,
11.30 p.m.
House No. 324, Queen's Road Central,
57
17,
9.45 p.m.
House No. 31, Praya, Kennedy Town,
$10
58 Aug.
6,
1.45 a.m.
Messrs. Marinburk & Co's Furniture Store, at Wanchai,
59
10,
9 a.m.
House No. 874, Praya East,
60
18.
10.40 p.m.
House No. 49, Queen's Road West,
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61
21,
12.05 a..
House No. 48, Queen's Road West,
62
31,
House No. 76, Praya East,
"
63 Sept. 15,
1.05 a.m.
House No. 80, Queen's Road West,
64
15,
11.10 a.m.
A matshed at Kun Chung, British Kowloon,.
65
18,
11.30 a.m.
66
23,
2 a.m.
A wooden hut No. 86, Ma Ti, British Kowloon, British S.S. Tai On in Victoria Harbour,.
67
28,
8 p.m.
68 Oct.
6,
69
11,
>>
7 p.m.
70
11,
House No. 80, Praya East,
"
6.30 a.m.
5.20 p.m.
House No. 43, West Street,.
House No. 325, Queen's Road Central,
A stack of straw at Tin Wan, Aberdeen,
Unknown.
Trifling
Do.
$300
Unknown,
$3,000
4
2
$4,000
$475
$5
Trifling
Carelessness while baking cakes, Playing with burnt grass by a child. Accidental with lighted candle while
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searching for opium.
Do.
Breaking of a kerosine lamp.
Do.
Overheating of a stove for drying tobacco,
Unknown.
Bursting of a kerosine lamp. Unknown.
Do.
Spontaneous combustion of coal.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp, Spontaneous combustion of coal. Unknown,
Insured in Messrs. Reuter, Bröckelmann & Co. for $5,000.
Insured in Messrs. Kruse & Co. for $1,200. Insured in the Commercial Union Fire In- surance Office for $3,000.
Insured in the Economie Fire Insurance Company for $4,000.
girl of 4 years of age and 13 pigs were burnt to death. 11 huts and 11 pigsties were destroyed.
Do.
71
13,
7 p.m.
House No. 48, Stanley Street,.
72
30,
6.30 p.m.
House No. 150, Shaukiwan,
73 Nov. 2,
2.45 p.m.
House No. 41, Praya Central,.
74
10,
3 a.m.
House No. 71, Queen's Road Central,
""
75
14,
1 a.m.
Chimney of House No. 25, Possession Street,
Trifling
....
$10
Do.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp. Unknown.
Accidental with lighted candle.
Unknown.
....
Do.
Do.
33
76
Midnight.
Grass on hillside at Aberdeen,..
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