FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1908,-Continued.
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No. DATE. TIME. SITUATION OF FIRE. No. of BUILDINGS DESTROYED. DAMAGE. Cause. REMARKS. Brought forward, 12 March 25 4.45 p.m. A matshed at Kang Han in Sha Tin, $96,512.00 Unknown, 13 April 8 8.30 House No. 397 Queen's Road West, 1 40.00 14 May 7 7.30 A matshed belonging to the Kowloon and Canton Railway at Fu Ti Au, 1 300.00 matshed 15 14 8.00 House No. 3 Hung Uk Tsun, Ping Shan, 1 74.00 16 June 6 2.00 a.m. House No. 9 Hillier Street, 1 20,000.00 Exploding and upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp, 17 18 8.00 p.m. 18 July 30 1.35 House No. 109 Des Voeux Road Central, 1 10,000.00 Carelessly throwing a lighted match, 19 September 9 2.30 A matshed on the Railway Reclamation Works, Hunghom West, 1 800.00 Unknown, 20 9.23 Boat-building shed at Cheung Sha Wan, 1 500.00 Unknown, 21 12 3.00 p.m. House No. 160 Queen's Road Central, 1 30 November 10 2.00 House No. 12 Bulkeley Street, Hunghom, 1 3,000.00 Falling of a lighted kerosine lamp, 22 House No. 69 Bonham Strand, 1 6,000.00 Exploding of a kerosine lamp, Three persons lost their lives. 23 8 8.00 p.m. House Boat May caught fire behind Stone-cutters' Island, 1 12,000.00 Unknown, One man was charged for arson, and discharged by the Police Magistrate. 1.30 A small boat on the foreshore at Shaukiwan, 7,000.00 An old blind woman was burnt to death, Carried forward, ......... $157,129.00 Shaukiwan