TIME.
FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1898.
No. of
REMARKS.
172
$ 500.00 Throwing of burning crack- Insured for $1,200 in the Union Insurance Coy.
ers.
150.00 Patient playing with fire.
200.00 | Unknown,
4,000.00 Unknown,
Unknown Unknown,
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$ 1,000.00 | Unknown,
of tobacco leaf near stove.
Insured for $1,700 with Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.
Insured with the North British Fire Insurance for $30,000, with the Aachen & Munich Fire Insur- ance for $25,000 and in the South British Fire Insurance Office for $10,000.
The sheds were occupied as Barracks by men of the King's Own Lancaster Regiment. Several Sol- diers' Kits and their Arms, &c. were burnt. Not insured.
.BUILDINGS
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
Wholly. Partly.
1 Jan.
3 Feb.
5 3.10 a.m.
22
3.55 p.m.
28 4.40 p.m.
220
House No. 21, Lyndhurst Terrace,...................
Government Asyluin, Eastern Street, House No. 46, Praya Central,
11
A
9.00 p.m.
House No. 125, Wanchai Road,
No.
DATE.
600.00 | Overheating of a quantity
a
Not insured.
700.00 | Overheating of medicine Insured for $1,000 in the Chun On Office.
leaves and branches over
a stove.
100.00 Overheating of a flue,
7,000.00 Unknown,
200.00 Unknown,
11,628.74 | Accident while boiling wax,
200.00 Spontaneous combustion,... 2,500.00 Unknown,
800.00 | Unknown,
5,423.00 Burning of joss paper,
Insured with the North British Marine Insurance
Coy. for $5,000. Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co. are the Local Agents.
Insured with the North German Fire Insurance Coy, for $20,000.
Extinguished by Police.
Insured with Messrs. Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. for $13,000.
Not insured.
Not insured.
Insured for $12,000 in the Hongkong Fire Insur- ance Coy.
In addition 14 huts were burnt.
5
25
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3.35 p.m.
Matshed at British Kowloon,
6 March 12 | 12.40 a.m. 7 April 11
House No. 2, Graham Street,
3.00 a.m.
House No. 288, Queen's Road West,.
8 May 10 11.10 p.m.
House No. 295, Queen's Road West,.....................................
9 June
1 7.05 p.m.
House No. 67, Praya Central,....
10 August 10
11 Sept. 10 12 Oct. 10
13 Nov. 18 14 Dec. 9
3.00 a.m.
2.00 p.m.
House No. 22, Belchers Street, Matshed at the Peak,
1
7
5.30 p.m.
House No. 2, West Street,
to:
7.30 a.m.
House No. 76, Praya East,
5.50 p.in.
House No. 56, Jardine's Bazaar,
1
1
15
10
12
13 10.00 a..
6.15 p.m.
House No. 136, Queen's Road East,
1
1
Hut at Shaukiwan,
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TOTAL,.
35,001.74
F. H. MAY,
Superintendent of Fire Brigade.