Table III.
SUMMARY OF MOST SERIOUS FIRES DURING YEAR 1933.
Fire extinguished by
Date 1933
Time of Call (Hours)
Address.
Business.
Hyd- rants
Eng- Fire ines Floats
Jan. 51 22.45
5 Canton Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui.
Dried Meat Merchant. 3
Feb. 18
23.41 43 Tung Street,
Victoria.
Paint dealer.
C
Mar. 11 20.15
Powell's Building,
Des Voeux Rd. C.
Share & General
brokers.
6
3
!
Mar. 30
01.03 320, 322 & 324 Shanghai Tea House.
Street, Yaumati.
2
Remarks,
A building of four floors about 50 x 20 ft. (used as shop, office, store and dwelling) ground and first floors and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water.
A building of three floors about 40 x 15 ft. (used as shop and tenement dwelling) and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water and part of roof off,
area
A building of two and three floors covering an of about 198 x 50 ft. (used as offices, workshop & godown) upper floor of two-storeyed portion and
portion and contents severely damaged by fire and roof off, floor and contents damaged by water and dirt.
area
Three buildings each of four floors covering an of about 50 x 45 ft., upper floors and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water. Shops and contents slightly by water, dirt and breakage (adjoining and com- municating).
K 42
252