No.
DATE.
TIME.
Table II.
INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
209 -
January
10
2.15 a.m.
House No. 18, Queen Victoria Street,.
Unknown,
10
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4.45 p.m.
17
3.20
17
5.00
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19, Water Street,
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24, Bonham Strand Central
19
100
51
43
17
10.00
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20 8.35
54 and 56, Lyndhurst Terrace,
Out house at Nga Tsin Long village, Kowloon,
House No. 9, Chancery Lane,
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80
>>
Trifling.
21
1.45
31
1
23
4.57
24, Wellington Street, 30, Bonham Strand Central,
24
Chimney on fire,.
Bed curtain caught fire,.
Chimney on fire,.
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17
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33
13
24
5.30 a.m.
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House No. 37, Circular Pathway,
1
Accident,
71
10 February
4
1.10
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41, Robinson Road,....
100
Throwing a lighted mutch on carpet,
55
11
9
9.30 p.m.
106, Des Voeux Road West,
10
Exploding of a kerosine lump,
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12
9
11.45
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44, Queen's Road Central,.
Trifling.
Lighted candle falling on joss papers,
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13
14
11.26
19
40, Elgin Street,
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
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22
9.00
17
11, Bird Street,
Trifling.
Joss sticks setting fire to some cotton wool,... Accident,..
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27
5.80
51
>>
37
25, Temple Street, Yanmati,
Unknown,
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March
4
12.30
91
6
9,15
>>
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17
6.00 m.in.
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20
59
9.30 p.m.
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22
9.24 a.m.
57
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April
2.10 p.m.
55
Premises of Hongkong Cotton Mill,
Hillside at Mount Kellet near Cameron Villas,
House No. 146, Des Voeux Road Central,
I, Tsui Lung Lane, Wanchai, Hip Looug Bakery,
8, Tit Hong Lane,
50, West Street.........................
Mill Staff.
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Grass on fire,
Lighted match dropping on some papers,
19
Overheating of the oven,
Chimney on fire,
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Put out by occupants.
Police.
Brigade.
Police and occupants.
Villagers.
Occupants and Police.
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Brigade.
Occupants.
Occupants and Police.
Police.
Occupants and Police. Neighbours.
Firemen and Polico.
Police and occupants.
Servaut boys in the employ of
surrounding houses.
Occupants and Police.
Bakers.
Extinguished by occupants,
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10
8.00
28, Queen's Road West,
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11
24
12.40 a.m.
27
7.00 p.m.
25 May
8.00
14
855
26
27
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7.13
23
7.49
33
Mr. Jorge's House, Kennedy Road,.......
House No. 94, Reclamation Street, Yaumati,
Fuse of an electric wire at the junction of Queen's Road and Ice House Street caught fire,
A tree in Battery Path,
House No. 15D, Wellington Street,
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19
Trifing.
30
Unknown,
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40
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Overheating of flue,
Unknown,
Short circuit of electric wires, Chimney on fire,
Put out by Police and occupants.
Extinguished by Firemen.
Put out by Brigade.
Curried forward,
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