Table I.
Fires during the year 1916.
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. No. of Buildings Destroyed. Damage. Cause. Remarks. Wholly. Partly. $ 1 Jan. 17th 2.12 a.m. House No. 2, Elgin Street, 1 2 24th 12.12 p.m. Houses Nos. 11 and 13. Whitfield, 2 33 Unknown. 3 Feb. 2nd 9.35 p.m. Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co's. Godown, Tsim-sha-tsui, 4 40,000 Spontaneous Combustion. 4 30th 9.00 a.m. On board S.S. "Hai Mun" lying alongside Douglas' Wharf, 5 Feb. 4th 1.15 a.m. On board a 60-ton lighter lying alongside the Kowloon Wharf, Kowloon, Caused by a cigarette end or match being carelessly dropped on the stores. 6 4th 9.42 p.m. House No 31, Bowrington Road, 1 3,500 Upsetting of a lamp. 7 4th 12.30 p.m. Unnumbered matsheds, Kat Hing Street, Tai O, House No. 50, Whitfield, 1,300 matsheds. Throwing crackers in the air. 8 16th 11.40 a.m. 9 Mar. 10th 12.30 a.m. House No. 34, Gage Street, 1 4,920 10 11 11 22nd 8.15 p.m. House No. 97A, Wellington Street, 1 1,200 12 ** 13 Apr. 21st 6.00 p.m. Houses Nos. 9 and 8, Nga Tsim Wai. 2 300 Suspected Arson. 14 29th 5.30 a.m. Cow house, Shek Kui Tau, Shataukok, Unnumbered house, Ma Ku Lam Village, Sai Kung District, 1 150 Fire originated on the top floor cook-house through some firewood accidentally catching fire. 3rd 7.00 a.m. 15 May 9th 3.30 p.m. Lighter No. 1230 lying off the Praya, Kennedy Town, near the Pacific Mail Godown, Unknown. 16 June 5th 9.25 p.m. House No. 90, Wing Lok Street, 1 9,000--- -- ד ז י
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