No.
DATE.
TIME.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1888,-Continued.
SITUATION OF FIRE
REMARKS.
The contents of shop No. 18 were insured in Messrs. Russell & Co. for $800.
No. of
BUILDING
DESTROYED. DAMAGE.
CAUSE
Wholly. Partly.
:
...
Trifling
Carelessness with charcoal fire
used for drying shoes.
None
Accidental.
12
4
$80,000
Unknown,
None
Bursting of a kerosine lamp.
Trifling
Carelessness with
a lighted
candle.
None
Do.
Bursting of a kerosine lamp. Accidental.
Do.
Unknowu.
$5,500
Carelessness with charcoal fire,..
2
$7,500
89
90
82 Aug. 26,
83
84
85 Sept.
86
88** **** *
87
"}
1.40 a.m.
House No. 3, Gilman's Bazaar,
27,
1.45 a.m.
>>
28,
6.45 p.m.
""
3,
1.50 a.m.
9,
11.15 p.m.
House No. 3, Taipingshan Street (ground floor), Papers at house No. 321, Queen's Road Central,
Saw Dust in a new lane at Pokfulam Road, House No. 18, Lyndhurst Terrace,..
10,
12.45 a.m.
37
13,
"9
1.45 p.m.
15,
11.30 p.m.
26,
10.40 p.m.
House No. 71, Wellington Street (top floor), Paper at house No. 3, Taipingshan Street, House No. 16, Second Street,.......... House No. 388, Queen's Road Central,
"
91
30,
3.30 a.m.
House No. 110, Queen's Road Central,
"
92
"
30,
8.30 a.m.
House No. 112, Queen's Road Central,
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH MARCH, 1889.
Insured in Messrs. Schellhass & Co. for $5,500.
Carelessness with a lighted candle, The contents of ground and first floor were
$27,000
Unknown,
insured in, Messrs. Sander & Co. for
$5,000, and those of 2nd floor in Messrs. Meyer & Co. for $2,500.
The contents of this shop were insured in Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $27,500. This fire took place in the house adjoin- ing the one mentioned in No. 91, but to the best of the knowledge of the Brigade Officers who thoroughly inspected the premises before leaving the other fire, it is impossible, it could have been caused by that. Insured in Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $2,400. An old woman aged 79 years burnt to death in her room.
$500 Accidental. $10,000 Unknown,
Do.
Fall of a kerosine lamp. Accidental.
Accidental, while worshipping. Falling of a piece of burning firewood into some baskets.
Unknown.
Insured in the Lubeck Fire Insurance Office for $9,000.
94
95
96
97
98
100
101
102
103
** **588 870 3
93 Oct.
4,
"
4,
5.45 p.m.
12.25 p.m.
House No. 2, Chung Sau Lane, West, House No. 171, Queen's Road, West,..
1
...
3
-
6,
8.30 a.m.
""
6,
5.30 a.m.
Mr. Bateman's house at the "Sunnyside," House No. 111, Second Street, ......
"
""
11,
>>
11 p.m.
13,
2 a.m.
Clothes in house No. 193, Hollywood Road (first floor), Firewood at house No. 15, Albany Street, Wanchai,
...
་་་
None
Do.
Trifling
None
Do.
99
14,
10.30 a.m.
House No. 37, High Street,
14,
11.20 a.m.
Chimney of house No. 39, Pottinger Street,.
Do.
77
15,
>>
5.30 p.m.
22,
3.45 a.m.
A beam of cook-house of house No. 41, Hing Lung Street, House No. 114, Queen's Road Central,
Do.
Do.
1
$8,000
Do.,
19
29,
2.45 a.m.
"
An old basket containing wood shavings at No. 113, Third Street.
None
Accidental.
104
29,
>>
105
"
**
7.04 p.m.
30,
12 noon.
A stack of grass on the hill-side above St. Francis Street, House No. 217, Queen's Road West (first floor),
None
1
$3,000
Accidental.
Do.,
The contents of this house were insured in Messrs. Stemssen & Co. for $2,200.
289