FIRES AND ALARMS, 1891.
103
1 Jan.
3,
71.50 8.m.
*
7 p.m.
8,
"
11,
7 a.m.
15,
7 a.m.
28,
5.50 p.m.
30,
8.45 p.m.
10
30,
9 p.m.
11 Feb.
8,
5.15 a.m.
House No. 353, Queen's Road West,.
12
8,
4 8.11.
""
13
9,
House No. 8, Ice House Street,.
14
11,
5.30 p.m.
97
15
12,
7.40 p.m.
16
13,
2.30 p.m.
17
16,
1 p.m.
No.
DATE.
TIME.
7.30 p.m.
11 p.m.
2 p.m.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
Grass on hillside near Lyeemun Fort,
Godowns of Jardine, Matheson & Co., East Point, House No. 145, Queen's Road East,............ Chimney of the Hongkong Dispensary, Houses Nos. 170 and 172, Third Street,
Chimney of House No. 10, Pokfulam Road, Chimney of the Stag Hotel,.
House No. 6, Fuk Sau Lane, .
A stack of grass at Tai Hang Village,
A quantity of rubbish lying in Tank Lane,
Victoria Barracks,
Grass on the hillside above Wong Nei Chung,
House No. 20, Hollywood Road,
Lo Tsz Hing's Coal Godowns, No. 13, Praya East,...
Grass on hillside at Deep Water Bay,
No. of
BUILDINGS
DESTROYED. DAMAGE.
Wholly. Partly.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Nil
Unknown.
$12
Do.
18
22,
7 p.m.
A Hut at Aplichau,................
***
19
24,
11.45 a.m.
Grass on North side of Mount Davis,
Nil
Do.,
77
20
24,
1.30 p.m.
21
22
37
26,
L
23
24
25
26
March 1,
"
"
}}
13,
15,
18,
27 April 5,
5 p.m.
3 p.m.
7.45 p.m.
Grass on hillside above Bowen Road, House No. 39, East Street,
Nil
Do.,
Nil
Do.
***
11,
4.30 p.m.
British S.S. Arratoon Apcar,
Unknown
Do.
4.50 p.m.
House No. 9, Queen's Road Central,.
Slight
Breaking of a kerosine lamp.
Unknown Spontaneous combustion of coal.
Overheating of a stove pipe.
A great number of trees burnt.
A number of young trees destroyed.
Nil
Unknown.
Slight
Do.
Do.
Incendiarism,
Nil
Unknown.
...
$3,000
Do.,
Nil
Do.
A bottle of kerosine was found burning on the staircase.
Insured in Messrs. Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. for $3,000.
Slight
Do.
Trifling
Do.
Do.
Do.
Nil
Do.
...
2
$700
Accidental upsetting of a lamp,
No Insurance.
$20
Unknown.
$10
Do.
Nil
Do,
Trifling
Chimney of House No. 43, Elgin Street,
Nil
Unknown.
House No. 57, East Street, •••****
Trifling
Do.
Grass on hillside near Tai Tam Tuk,
Nil
Do.
2.50 a.m.
House No. 41, Hillier Strect,...
$1,500
Do.
28
5.10 a.m.
The Hongkong & China Bakery, Morrison Hill Road,
$1,000
Overheating of a flue,
ל,
29
17,
4 a.m.
A Boiler-house in Hung Hom Dock,.
+
Trifling
Unknown.
Insured in the China Fire Insurance Com- pany.
Nil
Do.
30
19,
"
5.40 p.m.
House No. 19, Kan U Fong,
31
26,
6 p.m.
House No. 38, Lower Lascar Row,
***
Trifling
Do.
32
29,
Midnight.
House No. 18A, Tai Kok Tsui, British Kowloon,
Do.
Do.
***
33
29,
29
2.15 p.m.
House No. 117, Second Street,
Do.
Do.
34
Grass on hillside at Kai Lung Wan,
Nil
Do.
Nil
"
35
Grass on hillside at Aberdeen,
Do.
...
>>
36 May
37
38
39
40
41
>>
"
2,
11 a.m.
5,
"
7 p.m.
3.50 a.m.
"
}}
42
19,
4 a.m.
12.30 a.m.
House No. 4, Arsenal Street,
>>
4.30 a.m.
1.20 a.m.
House No. 14, Jubilee Street,
A stack of Grass at Tai Tam, House No. 331, Queen's Road Central, House No. 35, Queen's Road West, House No. 280, Queen's Road Central,. House No. 73, Jervois Street,
**
...
...
2
Trifling
$6
$11,500
Burning of joss paper.
Unknown.
Do.,
***
2
Nil
$12,000
Burning of joss paper.
Unknown.
Nil
Do.
Nil
Supposed attempted arson,
Insured in Messrs. Schellhass & Co. for $10,500,
Insured in Messrs. Sander & Co. for $10,000.
Kerosine was found on the stairs.
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