No.
DATE.
Trik.
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1887,-Continued.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
NO. OF BUILDING
DESTROYED. DAMAGE.
Wholly Partly.
None
Incendiary,
58
April 27,
No. 17, Graham Street,
59
30,
7.10 p.m.
60 May
1,
9 a.m.
No. 273, Queen's Road Central, No. 4, Wai Tak Lane,
3 332232
61
62
63
64
65
66
ལ:
2
$8,000 Trifling
Unknown, Incendiary,
CAUSE.
1,
APRA * =
6 p.m.
3,
Chimney of No. 107, Wellington Street, Matshed at Sandy Bay, Pokfulam,
None Unknown.
$120
+
6.45 p.m.
First floor of No. 7, Station Street,.
Trifling $60
Accidental. Unknown,
4:
7.25 p.m.
No. 35, Battery Road,
7.
Chimney of No. 28, Wing Lok Street,
Trifling
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp, Unknown.
13,
11 a.m.
16.
*
7.30 p.m.
Cock-lofs of No. 61, Market Street, Hunghòm,.
Taimshátsui,
83
Accidental while burning incense
paper.
None
Messrs. Blackhead & Co. were
trying a new patent lamp ut Tsimshatsui, and an alarm of fire was raised.
REMARKS.
Chan A-woo who formerly lived in the same house as tho woman Ching Hi, and had been charged at the Police Court for assaulting her, poured kerosine oil ou the stairs and attempted to set it on fire, when observed by inmates he ran away. Insured for $10,000 at Messrs. Pustau & Co. Kan Hung placed a basket of shavings satu- rated with kerosine and set fire to it. He was arrested by P.C. 236 and charged with arson.
Some oakum caught fire.
The house was not insured.
68
30.
++
69
31,
70
31,
13
71
31.
72
31,
26
73 June 3,
74
13,
75
76 July
ཁྱ བ ལ མ ཡ | ས
6.40 p.m.
5.45 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
Chimney of No. 47, Lower Lascar Row,
Grass on the hill-side near Aberdeen......................
Do.
Unknown.
Do.
Do.
No. 142, Queen's Road West,....
$9
Accidental,
Chimney of No. 2, Hollywood Road,
Noue
Unknown.
Insured for $3,000 at Messrs. Siemssen &
Co.
Grass on the hill-sido above Aberdeen Docks,
Do..
Do.
2.30 p.m.
Chimney of No. 180, Hollywood Road,
Do.
Do.
8 p.m.
19,
7 p.m.
The chimney of house No. 99, Wántsai Road,
A mosquito curtain in house No. 362, Queen's Road West,
Trifling
Accidental.
None
Do.
6.45 p.m.
77
3,
9.5 p.m.
A mosquito curtain in house No. 56, Caine Road, House No. 28, Tank Lane,
Do.
Do.
$300
78
25,
79
80
Ang,
81
82
*
ན སྶ་
8.30 p.m.
House No. 185, Queen's Road West, ..........
15
27,
2.20 a..
In the ruins of house No. 187, Queen's Road West,...
3,
10.55 p.m.
Room No. 14, College Chamber,...
Grass on the hills near Stanley,
23,
9 p.m.
House No. 311, Queen's Road Central,
83
29,
A thatched but at Aplichuu,
53
84
30,
Chimney of house No. 135, Wellington Street................
Nove
Very little
2
Slight $2,000
Dropping of a kerosine lamp,
Trifling Unknowu.
None
Do.
Dropping of a light on some
shavings. $26,000 Breaking of a kerosine lamp,
INAPTE
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp. Uuknown.
Insured for $1,500 at Messrs. Melchers &
Co.
...Insured for $1,350 at Messrs. Carlowitz &
Co.
37
FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1987, Continued.
523
No. of
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
BUILDING DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Wholly Partly.
86
83
85 Sept.
45
12,
13
88
15,
89
G ONOA
7 p.m.
8 a.m.
3 a.m. 5.5 a..
Chimney of house No. 137, Queen's Road Central, Messrs. Russell & Co.'s coal godown, Praya East, A basket of charcoal at No. 2, Tak Hing Lane, No. 39, Wing Lok Street,
Unknown Unknown.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
$1,200
Unknown,
15,
"3
**
No. 37, Wing Lok Street,
None
Incendiary, *.
90
92
100
102
8 7*** * ***88683
18,
Some papers in cook house on first floor of No. 15, Mor-
rison Street.
Trifling
Unknown.
21,
པ ©
17
10 p.m.
No. 76, Queen's Road West,
$4,000
Do..
25,
2.30 p.u
Oct.
4.
4.45 ..
5,
5 a.m.
A small quantity of hay at No. 52. Hing Long Street, The chimney of house No. 254, Queen's Rowl West, House No. 9. In Ku Lane,
None
Do.
Do.
Du.
$1,500
Do..
7.
37
5.25 p.m.
House No. 5, Gage Street,
1
$3,000
Dropping of a lighted kerosine
Both houses were insured for $1,600 at
Messrs. Schellkass & Co.
* A paper torch was found in a clothes press and partly burnt along with soone papers and à Chinese jacket.
Insured for $1,500 at Messrs. Carlowitz & Co.
The contents were insured for $25,000 at
Messrs. Meyer & Co.
3,
11.40 2.0.
9,
2 p.m.
10,
8 p.m.
Some clothing ou first floor of No. 2, Wing Fung Lane,
Some clothing on second floor of house No. 7, Station St., A wooden hut at Mongkoktsui,
Huts
Very little $250
lany. Unknown.
Accidental.
$1
26,
Grass on bills at Stanley,......
13
31,
4.45 a.m.
A marshed at Kennedy Town,
Shade
19
101 Nov. 2,
8.45 p.u.
The cook house chinney of Star Hotel,
Cook house No. 7, Pokfúlum Road,
None Do.
Slight
Carelessness with matches.
Unknown,
Unknown | Burning of joss paper.
Unknown.
Accidental.
12
103
5,
11.42 a.m.
House No. 9, Shaung Fung Lane,
Do.
Shavings caught fire,
The house was not insured.
部
104
7,
5
++
p..
First floor of house No. 12, Gilmau Street,
Slight
Unknown.
105
9,
Some grass on Victoria Peak,
106
10,
107
14,
6.30 p.m.
Some grass near Magazine Gap,..
Some empty packing cases ou first floor of house No. 5,
Noue Do.
Discharging of rockets.
Unknown,
Slight
Accidental.
Cochrane Street.
108
16,
7.20 p.m.
House No. 253, Queen's Road Central,
24
10
$90,000
109
16,
"
112
"
7.30 p.m.
110
8,
10 p.m.
111
18,
****
19,
*
11 p.m.
A quantity of mat bags on hill-side at Shekt'ongteni,
Ko Shing Theatre,
House No. 115, Wellington Street,......
Staircase of house No. 55, Square Street,
:
Slight
88
None
Slight
Bursting of a kerosine lamp, .... Fireman Fox was killed at this fire while
Incendiary,............
Unknown.
Incendiary,
engaged in its suppression.
A rag soaked with kerosine and a lighted joss stick were found at the foot of the staircase.
This was a false alarma and greatly excited the audience who made general rush for the doors.
A quantity of joes paper saturated with nut oil was found burning just inside the street door.