FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896.
332
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
No. OF
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
ESTIMATED DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
Wholly. Partly.
1 Jan.
15
7.45 p.m.
House No. 30, Wing Lok Street,
2
$9,000
2
16
8.20 p.m.
House No. 63, Queen's Road Central,
$30
Unknown,
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25
10.30 p.m.
House No. 205, Queen's Road West,
1
$1,000
Unknown,
4 Feb.
1 12.30 a.m.
House No. 302, Queen's Road Central,
1
$2,600
сл
1.00 a.m.
House No. 56, Jervois Street..............................
2.45 a.m.
House No. 57, Queen's Road West,
REMARKS.
Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Messrs. Schellhas & Sanders lamp. for $12,000, and in the Jardine's for $4,000.
Insured in the Office of Messrs. Turner & Co. for $30,000.
Chan Kun, 34, married woman, and her two daughters Su Fuk Oi, aged 7 years, and Su Fuk Loi, aged 2 years, who resided in the second floor, were burned to death during the fire. Ground floor insured in the Office of Northern Assurance Coy. for $1,500.
Accidentally upsetting a Ground floor insured in the Office of China Fire In- surance and Messrs. Shewan & Co. for $2,400.
kerosine lamp. 1st and 2nd floors were family houses not insured. The 1st and 2nd floors insured in the Office of Trans- atlantic Fire Insurance Coy, for $13,000. Fire spread to No. 231, Queen's Road Central, insured for $2,000 in the China Fire Insurance Coy.
1
1
$6,000
Unknown,
$16,000
Overheating of a quantity of tobacco left drying on a furnace.
A kerosine lamp accidental- ly knocked down.
12
1
$6,000
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11.05 p.m.
House No. 133, Praya West,
6
26
4.25 a.m.
House No. 309, Queen's Road Central,
1
1
$5,000
Unknown,
9 Mar.
9
4.00 a.in.
House No. 367, Queen's Road Central,
1
$5,000
10 April
1
5.10 a.m.
House No. 3, Wing Lok Street,
Insured in the Office of Sauders & Co. for $2,000. Reuter, Bröcklemann & Co. for $2,400, and Miji Fire Insurance for $1,500.
Insured in the Office of the Fire Insurance Coy, of Hamburg for 6,500.
Insured in the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. for $2,000. With Schellhas & Co. for $2,400 and in the Chun On Fire Insurance Coy. for $1,000.
Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Miji Fire Insurance for lamp. $2,200 and in the Hongkong Fire Insurance for $1,500.
1
$8,000
Unknown,
Insured in the Office of Sun On Fire Insurance for
$10,000.
1