INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1900.
300
No.
DATE.
TIME.
Jan.
2
2
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5
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6.10 p.m.
9.00 p.m.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
House No. 6, Ah Chung Lane,
DAMAGE.
Trifling
Cook Donse at Seymour Road,
$20
Some firewood accidentally caught fire.
3
12 6.30 p.m.
House No. 3, Stauntou Street,
$3
12
8.00 p.m.
House No. 11, Kwong Un Street East,
Bed curtains accidentally caught fire. Chimney on fire.
14
>>
5.30 p.m.
House No. 30, Stanley Street,..
77
3.30 p.m.
House No. 36, West Street,..
$0.50
15
>>
4.30 p.m.
Roadside between Kun Chung and Yau-Ma-Ti,
17
6.00 p.m.
House No. 157, Hollywood Road,
18
5.43 a.m.
House No. 11, Upper Lascar Row,
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10
18
>>
6.30 p.m.
House No. 42, Queen's Road West,
11
20
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4.00 p.m.
Hillside near the Tung Tan Chau Cemetery,
12
21
6.30 p.m.
Hillside at the Junction of Valley and Leighton Roads,
Do.
>>
13
30
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12.20 p.m.
Cook-house of Messrs. D. Sassoon & Co.'s Office,
Chimney on fire.
14 Feb. I
3.00 a..
Some wood on Praya Central,
Trifling
Unknown.
15
16
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17
>>
3
House No. 14, Albany Road,
$100
6.00 p.in.
Small Matshed at Hung Hom Cement Works,
85
19
20
21
24
26
27
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10
11
19
8.00 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
6.00 p.m.
8.45 p.m.
A Stack of Grass at Hung Hom West,
$20
Cook-house at the Ko Shing Theatre, House No. 52, Staunton Street, Hillside at Liu Pok near San Tin,
$5
House No. 6, Ice House Street,
Chimney on fire.
27
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23 Mar.
4
8.00 p.m.
10
4.30 p.m.
House No. 48, Stanley Street,.. House No. 133, Praya Central, Hillside at Ku La Wan Mount Kellet,
Grass on fire..
Apr.
10
7.30 p.m.
House No. 28, Upper Lascar Row,
Trifling
Flue on fire.
18
15
8.00 p.m.
House No. 8, Jubilee Street,
29
10,00 a m.
House No. 153, Des Voeux Road,
>>
28 May
9
12.15 am.
House No. 17, Eastern Street,.
Trifling
29
25
2.15 a.m.
House No. 71, Second Street,
>>
30 | June
2
8.30 p.m.
House No. 343, Queen's Road Central,
6
10.30 p.m.
House No. 145, Third Street,
>>
32 July
12
8.30 p.m.
House No. 481, Queen's Road West,
33
21
6.23 p.m.
House No. 103, Queen's Road Central,
34
31
7.40 p.m.
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35 Aug.
10
10.05 p.m.
No. 9 Store Arsenal Yard,
36
15
>>
3.00 p.m.
House No. 349, Queen's Road West,
Small Matshed adjoining Yuk Hu Temple Leung
On Street, Wanchai,
37 Sept.
38
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39
8
40
»
41
19
+6*90
House No. 126, Praya East,
$20
Trifling
Sparks from joss candles.
Upsetting of a kerosine.
8.30 p.m.
House No. 287, Des Voeux Road,
4.20 p.m.
House No. 150, Hollywood Road,
$40
$10
Overheating of an oven.
Unknown.
3.18 a.m.
House No. 20, Bridges Street,..
Chimney on fire.
House No. 30, Gage Street,..
Trifling
Chimney on fire.
CAUSE.
Flue of cook-house caught fire.
Venetians of a window canght fire.. Grass on fire.
Accident with burning joss sticks. Chimney on fire.
Do.
Grass on fire..
Chimney on fire.
Some firewood caught fire. Accident.
Overheating of the cooking stove Chimney on fire.
Grass on fire..
Do.
Accident.
Explosion of a kerosine tin.
Carelessness with lighted joss sticks. Do. do.
Falling of a kerosine lamp. Unknown.
Falling of a kerosine lamp. Do.
Chimney on fire.
Falling of a kerosine lamp. Unknown.
REMARKS.
Put out by inmates and Fire Brigade.
Put out by Police.
Put out by Police and inmates.
Do.
Do.
Put out by inmates and a Sanitary Inspector. Extinguished by Police.
Put out by the inmates.
Do.
Put out by inmates and Police.
Extinguished by the Police and hired Coolies. Extinguished by Police.
Extinguished by inmates.
Put out by Police and Coolies.
Extinguished by Firemen.
Extinguished by the employees.
Put out by the Coolies with a Manual Engine from the Match Factory.
Put out by Police assisted by Coolics.
Pat out by occupants.
Put out by villagers.
Put out by Fire Brigade.
Put out by inmates.
Do.
Put out by Police. Twenty young trees were burnt.
Put out by inmates.
Do.
Pat out by occupants.
Do.
Do.
Put out by Police and occupants. Put out by Police and inmates.
Put out by inmates.
Put out by Firemen, Put out by inmates.
Put out by Police and Firemen,
Put out by a Fireman on duty, Put out by inmates.
Do.
Put out by Police and inmates. I'nt out by Firemen,
Mosquito curtain accidentally caught fire. . Put out by inmates.
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Carried forward,
$226.50