Table I.
FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1908.
No. DATE. TIME. SITUATION OF FIRE. No. of BUILDINGS DESTROYED. DAMAGE. CAUSE. REMARKS. Wholly. Partly. 1 January 19 7.30 a.m. Victoria Barracks, B. Block, 500.00 Unknown. 2 19 2.15 p.m. In a matshed near Kang Han Village at Sha Tin, 10 6,000.00 Sparks from a locomotive. 3 31 1.30 a.m. House No. 97 Yan Tin Village in Au Tau, 2 112.00 Unknown. 4 February 6 6.00 p.m. Wooden Huts, No. 7 Tin Lui Village Sham Shui Po, 1 800.00 5 9 10.45 a.m. On board oil ship Norita, at Hunghom Docks, 600.00 6 March 5 2.00 p.m. House No. 192 Queen's Road Central, 6,000.00 7 10 2.15 a.m. 40 Station Street, Mongkok, 1,500.00 8 12 7.00 p.m. 372 Des Vœux Road West, 80,000.00 9 13 4.45 189 Queen's Road West, 400.00 A roll of matting slipping from a pile, and in falling it knocked down a large kerosine lamp. 10 14 10.30 Boat-builders' Yard at Shaukiwan, 300.00 Sparks from charcoal fire. 11 18 1.05 Cement Works, Hok Un, 1 600.00 Spontaneous combustion caused by saw dust accumulating on the heated pipes. Two Chinese lost their lives and one seriously injured. Four persons were burned to death and two females were injured, caused by jumping from the 1st floor to escape. Carried forward, $ 96,512.00FII -