No.
DATE.
TIME.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVT. GAZETTE OF 9TH JUNE, 1888.
589
$1,200 Unknown,
None
Incendiary,
Trifling
Unknown.
$4,000
Do.,
None
Do.
Do.
Do.
$1,500
Do..
$3,000
Dropping of a lighted kerosine
lamp.
Both houses were insured for $1,600 at Messrs. Schellhass & Co.
* A paper torch was found in a clothes press and partly burnt along with some papers and a Chinese jacket.
Insured for $1,500 at Messrs. Carlowitz & Co.
The contents were insured for $25,000 at Messrs. Meyer & Co.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1887,—Continued.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
NO. OF
BUILDING
DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
Wholly. Partly.
Unknown Unknown.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
:
27
Very little
Unknown.
{
13
Ints
$250
$1
Accidental.
...
Slight
2
{Sheds
Unknown
None
Do.
Accidental.
Do.
Shavings caught fire,
Slight
None
Carelessness with matches.
Unknown.
Burning of joss paper.
Unknown.
Unknown.
Discharging of rockets.
The house was not insured.
Do.
Unknown.
Slight
Accidental.
24
2 53
:
::
10
$90,000
Bursting of a kerosine lamp,
Slight
Incendiary,
$3
None
Unknown.
Slight Incendiary,
Fireman Fox was killed at this fire while engaged in its suppression.
A rag soaked with kerosine and a lighted joss stick were found at the foot of the staircase.
This was a false alarm and greatly excited the audience who made general rush for the doors.
A quantity of joss paper saturated with nut oil was found burning just inside the street door.
96
97
98
99
88
89
85 Sept.
86
3389
87
4,
எல்லும் ம்
7 p.m.
8 a.m.
12,
15,
3 a.m.
5.5 a.m.
15,
90
18,
91
21,
92
94
95
*** * 8588
25,
93 | Oct.
"
5,
5 a.m.
10 p.m.
2.30 p.m.
4.45 a.m.
Chimney of house No. 137, Queen's Road Central, Messrs. Russell & Co.'s coal godown, Praya East, A basket of charcoal at No. 2, Tak Hing Lane, No. 39, Wing Lok Street,
No. 37, Wing Lok Street,
Some papers in cook house on first floor of No. 15, Mor-
rison Street.
No. 76, Queen's Road West,
A small quantity of hay at No. 52, Hing Lung Street, The chimney of house No. 254, Queen's Road West, House No. 9, In Ku Lane,
2 p.m.
10,
8 p.m.
26,
100
31,
4.45 a.m.
A matshed at Kennedy Town,
101
Nov.
8.45 p.m.
5.25 p.m.
11.40 a.m.
House No. 5, Gage Street,
Some clothing on second floor of house No. 7, Station St.,
A wooden hut at Mongkoktsui,
Some clothing on first floor of No. 2, Wing Fung Lane, Grass on hills at Stanley,..
The cook house chimney of Star Hotel,
102
Cook house No. 7, Pokfúlam Road,
་་་
103
11.42 a.m.
House No. 9, Sheung Fung Lane,
104
"
5 p.m.
105
106
10,
107
14,
6.30 p.m.
108
16,
7.20 p.m.
109
16,
7.30 p.m.
110
18,
10 p.m.
111
18,
112
19,
11 p.m.
First floor of house No. 12, Gilman Street,
Some grass on Victoria Peak,
Some grass near Magazine Gap,...................
Some empty packing cases on first floor of house No. 5,
Cochrane Street.
House No. 253, Queen's Road Central,
Staircase of house No. 55, Square Street, .
A quantity of mat bags on hill-side at Shekt'ongtsui, Ko Shing Theatre,
House No. 115, Wellington Street,..