FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1903,—Continued.
NO. OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
— 89 —
40
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Wholly. Partly.
May
9
21
23
24
25
26
27
29
30
31
2222 ANAR SE 233
"
10 11.45 p.m.
13
2.10 a.m.
8.30 p.m.
Brought forward,
House No. 127, Connaught Road Central, House No. 11a, Aberden Street,
•
$ 120,180,00
A matshed at Kennedy Town near the Plague Hospital,
3 motaheds 1 matshet
5,000.00
Accident,
1
1
12,000.00
Unknown,
1
300.00
Do.
33
19
2.15 a.m.
House No. 208, Queen's Road West,
1
200.00
Do.
27
21
12.40 a.m.
House No. 38, Second Street,
1
1,300.00
"
June
1.40 a.m.
House No. 10, Circular Pathway,
1
200.00
¡Overheating some of charcoal
chatties,
Unknown,.
A large timber yard was burnt. Dam- age partly covered by insurance. Insured. One boy burned to death. Not insured.
Do.
Insured.
79
1.20 a.m.
House No. 9, Hillier Street,.
1
28
2 a.m.
19
5
לל
p.n.
A large matshed on Korn Hill, Quarry Bay, 1 matslivl A large matshed on Harleck Road, between
11,000.00
200.00
Overheating of a drying stove, Upsetting of a Kerosine lamp,
Not insured.
Insured.
Not insured.
Victoria Gap and Green Mount,
1 matalınd
400.00
Carelessness while smoking,
Do.
9
"}
2.15 p.in.
10
A matshed in the Ship Yard at Quarry Bay, 2 matsheus 3.20 a.m. | House No. 108, Jervois Street,
500.00
Accident,
Do.
1
1,000.00
Overheating of a drying stove,
Insured.
77
A large matshed in the Ship Yard at Quarry
10
"}
;
4 p.m.
Bay..........
1 matched
300.00
Accident,
Not insured.
12
99
2 p.m.
A matshed in the Ship Yard at Quarry Bay,
2
600.00
Do.
Do.
34 July
28
7.20 p.in.
House No. 32, Gough Street,
1.
2,000.00
Unknown,
Insured.
35 August
5.45
p..
House No. 80A, Queen's Road West,
1
W
1,000.00
Do.
36 September 2
5.15
p.m.
House No. 4, Yu Hing Lane,
1
1,200.00
Unknown,
Do.
37
91
23
12.15 p.m.
38
October 7
6.10 p.m.
A boat-building matshed at Cheung Sha Wan, 4; matsheds House No. 1, Lung On Street,
2,000.00
Do.
Not insured.
1
250.00
Sparks from a chimney,
Do.
39*
25
3.30 a.m.
55
A matshed at Cheung Sha Wan,
1 matsheet
400.00
Unknown,
Do.
...
40
31
8.30 a.mn.
A stack of grass on the foreshore at Hung-
Hom West,
3 Brass
300.00
Do.
Do.
utacks
Carried forward,
163,330.00