No.
Date.
Time.
Situation.
Table I.
Fires during the Year 1909.
No. of Buildings Destroyed.
Damage.
Cause.
Wholly. Partly
Jan. 2nd 4th 4th 25th 28th 5.45 p.m. [House No. 1, Sutherland Street 4.20 a.m. 4.30 p.m. 10.00 a.m 11.45 p.m. noon. 1.05 p.m. 11 106, Des Voeux Road West A matshed, Reclamation, Hunghom House No. 6, Nam Hong, K'loon City Junk No. 1159, Victoria Harbour... Cement Works, Hunghom $12,000 A lighted candle setting fire to a bale of medicine, 1 1 1,400 Some medical herbs caught fire........... 6 matsheds. 10,000 Carelessly throwing a lighted match 300 Sparks from a furnace 4,430 Unknown 300 Overheating of drying room.. 10,000 Sparks from cook-house fire igniting some papers and candles. 1,560 Sparks from cook-house fire igniting a quantity of firewood.... 585 Dropping of a lighted end of a cigarette amongst the matting... 2 700 Explosion of a kerosine lamp. 450 Overheating of the stove drying chambers. House No. 1, Pottinger Street 8 11 21st 11.40 p.m. 43, Gough Street....... 1 9 April 7th 3.00 p.m. A matshed at Ma Ti.... 2 matsheds. 10 11 9th 15th 1.00 a.m. * 1.15 a.m. House No. 109, Queen's Rd, Central Hunghom Cement Works ......... I 12 May 1st 5.20 a.m. House No. 130, Des Voeux Road Central 8,000 Unknown 13 4th 3.00 a.m. A matshed at Tai Po Tau 3 matsheds 4,000 " 14 " 29th 12.45 a.m. 16 June 4th 5.15 p.m. A matshed at Cheung Sha Wan House No. 20, Tsat Tze Mui... 1 matshed 150 I *5 $1Remarks.
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