No.
DATE.
TIME.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1887.
No. OF
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Incendiary.
Ignited by the burning husks.
Accidental while cooking.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp on
a quantity of hemp bags.
BUILDING
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
Wholly. Partly.
Trifling
Unknown.
Do.
Do.
1
Jan.
Grass on the hill-side at Mount Davis,
Grass on the bill-side above Kennedy Road,
A stack of grass at No. 207, Shaukiwán,
12 Midnight.
A wooden hut in Garden Lane,
9 a.m.
6
10
12,
1a.m.
A partition on the ground floor of house No. 199, Holly- wood Road.
House No. 16, Sai Woo Lane, top floor,....
12,
12.15 a.m.
Some clothing in No. 39, Tank Lane,
13,
4.30 a.m.
A straw shed at the back of No. 146, Third Street,
13,
9.30 p.m.
No. 142, Second Street, ground floor,
10
14,
9.30 a.m.
11
14,
4 p.m.
The verandah of No. 115, Queen's Road West,. Gallery of the Ko Shing Theatre,
12
15,
5 a.m.
$10
$100
586 SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE OF 9TH JUNE, 1888.
$23,000
None
Capsizing of a kerosine lamp
on a quantity of paper, straw and shavings. Incendiary.
This was a false alarm and greatly excited the audience for a short time.
Was insured in Messrs. Siemssen & Co.'s Office for $3,000.
Trifling
$1,400
Trifling
Do.
Unknown.
Do.
$14.000
Do.
Trifling
None.
Accidental.
:
Trifling Unknown.
None Accidental. Unknown Incendiary,
$30
Do.,
$5
Unknown.
None
Trifling
None
Do.
Do.
Incendiary,
A large number of young trees were des- troyed.
The man who sat fire to the bags on the roof was seen running away by a boy.
$2
Accidental.
$25 Unknown,
1
$3,000
Do.,
1
$12,000 Dropping of a kerosine lamp,
$2,900
A small quantity of paper and shavings saturated with kerosine with a cracker and a lighted incense stick attached were found at the foot of the staircase. Was insured in Messrs. Adamson, Bell & · Co.'s Office for $5,000.
Was insured in Messrs. Schellhass & Co.'s Office for $3,200.
The contents were insured in Messrs. Meyer & Co.'s Office for $12,000.
The buildings were not insured,
9 p.m.
13
15,
ગ
14
16,
9 a.m.
15
16,
4 p.m.
16
16,
11.30 p.m.
17
18,
4.30 p.m.
18
20,
6.30 p.m.
19
20,
8.15 p.m.
21
ོསྶ
20
21,
11 a.m.
22,
5.8 a.m.
22
11.20 p.m.
No. 48, Queen's Road West, cock-loft, ground floor,
A quantity of mattings at the back entrance of No. 215, Queen's Road East.
A mosquito curtain at No. 172, Wellington Street, Some papers and old baskets at No. 230, Queen's Rd. Central, A kerosine lamp at No. 117, Queen's Road Central,. Grass on the hill-side at Deep Water's Bay,
A number of mat bags saturated with kerosine on the roof of No. 5, Bonham Strand.
A stack of grass on the hill above Man Ming Lane,.... The chimney of No. 31, Lyndhurst Terrace,
Some papers and a wooden box at Man Mo Temple, House No. 103, First Street,
Some papers stored on the second floor of house No. 63, Wellington Street. A Printing Office.
Ground floor of house No. 59, Queen's Road West,
:
23
25,
2.45 a.m.
24
*
*
26,
1 p.m.
25 Feb.
3,
p.m.
Ground floor of house No. 3, Bonham Strand,
13,
27
17,
5.40 a.m.
22,
The grass on the hill-side at Kai Lung Wan, Ground floor of No. 129, Queen's Road West, Grass on the hill-side near Stanley,
Trifling
Unknown.
1
Accidental,
Trifling
Unknown.
1