FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1887.
No. OF BUILDING DESTROYED,
No. DATE.
TIME.
12 Midnight. | A wooden hut in Garden Lane,
1 Jan.
2
3, 43
די
3
4,
4
8.
37
5
9,
94.m.
>>
6
12,
1a.m.
སཾསྭ
7
12,
12.15 a.m.
8
13,
4.50 a.m.
9
13,
9.30 p.m.
10
14,
9.30 a.m.
14,
4 p.m.
12
15,
5 a.m.
ד
9 p.m.
A partition on the ground floor of house No. 199, Holly-
wood Road.
CAUSE.
REMARKS,
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DAMAGE.
Wholly Partly.
Grass ou the hill-side at Mount Davis,
Grass on the hill-side above Kennedy Road,
A stack of grass at No. 207, Shaukiwán,
Trifting Do. $10
Unknown.
Do.
$100
Trifling
1
2
$1,400
Trifling Do. $14,000
Incendiary.
Ignited by the burning husks. Accidental while cooking.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp on
a quantity of hemp bags.
Unknown.
Do.
Do.
Trifling None.
Accidental.
୯୩
4
House No. 16, Sai Woo Lane, top floor,...........
Some clothing in No. 39, Tank Lane,
A straw shed at the back of No. 146, Third Street,
No. 142, Second Street, ground floor,
The verandah of No, 115, Queen's Road West,......... Gallery of the Ko Shing Theatre,
No. 48, Queen's Road West, cock-loft, ground floor,...........................
A quantity of mattings at the back entrance of No. 215,
Queen's Road East.
A mosquito curtain at No. 172, Wellington Street,
Some papers and old baskets at No. 230, Queen's Rd. Central,
A kerosine lamp at No. 117, Queen's Road Central,.. Grass on the hill-side at Deep Water's Bay,
A number of mat bags saturated with kerosine on the roof
of No. 5, Bonbam Strand.
$23,000 | Capsizing of a kerosine lamp on a quantity of paper, straw
None
$2 Trifting
and shavings. Incendiary.
Accidental.
Unknown.
None Accidental, Unknown Incendiary,
$30
Do.,
$5
Unknown.
None
Do.
Trifling
None
Do. Incendiary,
18
14
15,
15
16,
73
15
16,
3
16
16,
:>
17
27
9900
9 a.m.
4 p..
11.30 p.m.
18,
4.30 p.m.
18
20,
23
6.30 p.m.
19
20,
8.15 p.m.
20
21.
11 a.m.
21
22
RAA
22.
5.8 a.m.
22,
11.20 p.m.
Some papers and a wooden box at Man Mo Temple, House No. 103, First Street,
A stack of grass on the hill above Man Ming Lane,... The chimney of No. 31, Lyndhurst Terrace,
23
*
25,
2.45 a.m.
21
24
26,
1 p.nl.
Ground floor of house No. 59, Queen's Road West,
Some papers stored on the second floor of house No. 63,
Wellington Street. A Printing Office.
$25
Unknown,
$3,000
25 Feb.
3,
8 p.m.
Ground floor of house No. 3, Boubam Strand,
Do..
$12,000 Dropping of a kerosiue lamp,
26
13,
53
27
17.
5.40 a..
17
28
22.
The grass on the hill-side at Kai Lung Wan, Ground floor of No. 129, Queen's Road West, Grass on the hill-sido near Stanley,
Trifling Unknown.
$2,900 Accidental,
Trifling Unknown,
גי
This was a false alarm and greatly excited
the audience for a short time.
Was insured in Messrs. Siessen & Co.'s
Office for $8,000.
A large number of young trees were des-
troyed,
The man who sat fire to the bags on the
roof was seen running away by a boy.
A small quantity of paper and shavings saturated with kerosine with a cracker and a lighted incense stick attached were found at the foot of the staircase. Was insured in Messrs. Adamson, Bell &
Co.'s Office for $5,000.
Was insured in Messrs. Schellhass & Co.'s
Office for $3,200.
The contents were insured in Messrs. Meyer
& Co.'s Office for $12,000.
The buildings were not insured.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1887,-Continued.
No. DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
29 Feb. 22,
7.20 p.m.
30
24,
71
31
#15
3.45 p.m.
8.20 p.m.
32 | March 4,
23
7,
12.30 a.m.
77
3-1
9,
5 a.m.
Some clothing on the ground Boor of No. 81, Hollywood Rd., A shed on the roof of No. 17, Salt Fish Street, The shrubbery under one of the matsheds at the Race Course, Chimney of No. 68, Bonham Strand East,......
A wooden partition in house No. 22, Queen's Road West,. No. 15, Sz Mi Lane, ground floor,
35
12,
15
36
15,
"
8.50 pan.
A cooking stall in Chinese Recreation Ground,.............. No. 76, Jervois Street, ground floor,
No. of
BUILDING DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
Wholly. Partly.
Trifling Do.
Unknown.
Do.
None
Incendiary.
Do.
Unknown.
De.
Do.
$19,000
None
Unknown.
Triting Incendiary,
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
37
16,
**
38
39
22,
40
23,
41
23.
42
24,
43
44
45
46
8288656 66
11
47
+
48
25
49
50 April
51
D IN 2339d
5.50 p.m.
Chimney of No. 276, Queen's Road Central,....
None
Unknown.
22, 10 a.m.
Matsheds at Taitúm Water-Works,
14
$550
Unknown,
4.25 p.m.
Two matsheds at Tsimshatsui,
$10
Careless use of fire,
3.50 a..
No. 17, Wing Kut Street,
$2,500
Upsetting a kerosine lamp,
5.20 p.m.
Chimney of No. 135, Queen's Road West,...
None
Unknown.
9 p.m.
No. 84, Bonham Strand West,
$1,800
Falling of a kerosinc lamp,
Carelessness with joss papers,... losured for $2,000 at Mossrs. Schellbass
& Co.
A large quantity of paper, a number of books saturated with kerosine were found, and also a chatty and a tin containing some kerosine.
Property of Government.
Three small pigs roasted alive. Insured for $2,000.
Tusured for $20,000 in Messrs. Meyer & Co.,
and $20,000 in Mossrs. Pustan & Co.
26,
Wood-work in the cook house of No. 36, Bonhatu Strand
West.
Slight
Accidental while cooking.
27, 10 a.m.
Grass on the hills between Stanley and Táir'ámtuk,
Do.
Incendiary.
27,
12 a.m.
| No. 143, Queen's Road Central,
None
Attempted arson,
A quantity of kerosine was found poured
over the staircase.
1a.m.
A kerosine lamp at No. 111, West Street...
Do.
Accidental.
Do.
6 p.m.
Slight
9 p.m.
$70
31,
4.30 p.m.
3, 11.15 a.m.
5.
Grass on the hill-side at Monut Davie,
17
5.
53
54
ات الشاي
35
2 pm.
56
5.30 p.m.
57
4.30 a.m.
The chimney of No. 4, Wellington Street,.
No. 13, Tauk Lane, ground floor, ...
No. 8, Táitátuk,
Grass on the hill-side at No. 2 Bridge, Pokfúlam Road,
Grass on the hill-side near Whitfield,...
Grass on the hill-side near Shaukiwáu Village,..
Grass on the bill-side at Stanley,
Messrs. Blackhead & Co.'s coal shed at Tsimshatsui,
No. 37, Market Street,......
A quantity of firewood on the ground floor of No. 19,
Sheung Fung Lane.
Upsetting a kerosine lamp. Accidental. Unknown Unknown,
Unknown Do.
Do., Do.
$125,000
Combustion of accumulated coal Trifling Burning of joss paper. [gas.
None
Do.
A uumber of young trees were destroyed. Some young trees were destroyed. Caught fire while some Chinese were wor-
shipping at the graves,
Three men were arrested and ordered by the Magis trate to pay the damage. Caught fire while worshipping at graves. Caught fire while worshipping at tombs. A number of trees and shrubs were burned.
Unknown.
Do,
Do., $7 Accidental,
522