FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1895,-Continued.
WM. C. H. HASTINGS, Acting Supt., Fire Brigade.
No. DATE.
TIME.
25 Oct. 6
8.20 p.m.
Matshed at Quarry Bay,
26
15
34
11.15 p.m.
House No. 149, Queen's Road Central,
No. of
BUILDINGS
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
Wholly. Partly.
I
$500
Unknown,
1
$100
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REMARKS.
27
30
12.45 a.m.
American ship Wandering Jew, Victoria Harbour,..
$150,000
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28 Nov. 21
7.35 p.m.
House No. 111, Praya West,
1
$6,000
Accident with a lamp,
29
Dec.
18
11.15 p.m.
A matshed at Kun Chung,
1
$200
Ignition of dry grass,
30
13
4.30 p.m.
A squatter's hut on the Hillside at the back of Shaukiwan Station,
1
$25
"
31
16
1 a.m.
House No. 110, Praya West,
$8,000
Unknown,
*1
32
17
1 a.m.
House No. 247, Queen's Road Central,
I
I
33
23
>>
34
24
27
6 p.m.
35
A
1333
30
1,10 a.m.
1.35 a.m.
House No. 295, Queen's Road Central,
Houses Nos. 347 & 349, Queen's Road West,
House No. 40, Queen's Road West,
3
:
$4,000
$5,325
2
2
$15,000 Exploding of a kerosine lamp,
Overheating of a furnace,
Carelessness with a lighted candle,...
$5,000 Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,
Insured in the Chun On Insurance Office for $2,000.
Insured in Boston for $35,000.
Insured for $2,000 with the South British Insurance Company and for $2,200 with Straits Insurance Company.
16 pigs were burnt to death.
A few trees scorched near the hut.
Insured with Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $11,600.
Insured with Messrs. Sander & Co. and Carlowitz & Co. for $14,000 and $1,500 respectively.
Insured at Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $4,000.
Insured in the Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Agents, for $5,000.. Insured with Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $3,000.
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