No.
DATE.
TIME.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1889,-Continued.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
No. OF
BUILDING
REMARKS.
DESTROYED. DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
Wholly. Partly.
None
Unknown.
Slight
Do.
Do.
Accidental.
Do.
Accidental while worshipping
joss.
Do.
$10
$5,000
Do.,
: +
4
None
Accidental.
$20,000 Unknown,
Burning of joss stick and paper.
Unknown.
Insured in Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $6,000.
Insured in the Northern Insurance Com- pany for $20,000.
90
91
92
93
**** *** 85 8
89 Dec.
17,
8.20 p.m.
Chimney of house No. 10, Wyndham Street,
18,
12 noon
Grass on hillside near Stanley,
"
20,
""
1.15 p.m.
20,
"
1 p.m.
House No. 312, Queen's Road West, House No. 27, New Street,..
21,
10 a.m.
77
94
21,
"
95
23,
7.20 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
House No. 122, Queen's Road West, House No. 37, Station Street, Yaumati, House No. 334, Queen's Road Central,
1
96
24,
5 a.m.
""
97
30,
3.25 a.m.
House No. 16, Jervois Street, House No. 17, Bonham Strand Central,.
""
98
30,
"}
:
5.45 p.m.
House No. 365, Queen's Road West,
:
...
Fire Brigade Department, Hongkong, 28th February, 1890.
None
Breaking of a kerosine lamp.
+
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Superintendent, Fire Brigade.
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