Table I.
Fires during the year 1914.
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. No. of Buildings Destroyed. Damage. Cause. Remarks. Wholly. Partly. 1 Jan. 14th 11.30 a.m. Grass stack behind Shaukiwan Market, $393 Unknown, A spark from the kitchen. 2 15th 2 boat building sheds 1 10,600 Unknown. Caused by firing crackers. 3 22nd 3.45 p.m. 3 houses, 1 13,000 7.10 a.m. House No. 16 Cochrane Street, 1 6,350 Unknown. 4 " 6.00 a.m. 7 stacks. 1 5 29th 2.02 a.m. 3 stacks. 30 Do. 6 Feb. 3rd 1 stack. 1 25,000 Do. Bed caught fire from a paper torch used by one of the coolies to search under the bed. 7 9th 1 filar. 1 1,000 Unknown. 8 27th 1 matshed and 1 house. 1 9,600 Do. 9 Mar. 6th 9.45 p.m. 25 matshed 1,500 Do. 10 " 1 house. 1 40 Do. 11 19th 29 houses. 14 200 Do. 12 April 7th 9.30 p.m. Grass stack on the hillside near Shaukiwan Market, 300 Arson. 13 " 9.30 p.m. House No. 293 Queen's Road Central, 1 11.30 p.m. Do. 119 & 121 Queen's Road Central. 2 29,000 Do. 14 10th 3.00 a.m. Pigsty at Tai Po, 1 15 11th 1.50 a.m. On board Cargo Boat No. 2763V, 16 12th 3.00 p.m. Matshed in Government House Ground, 1 19th 3.00 a.m. Matshed(Sham Shui Po Market) at Sham Shui Po, 1 17 28th 11.00 a.m. A Barn at No. 165 Lo Shu Ling, Sheung Shui, 1 3.55 p.m. House No. 182 Shanghai Street, 1 Petroleum Tanks of Standard Oil Co.. at Lai Chi Kok....... 1 oil tank. 331,000 Unknown.J 22 -