Table I,-Continued.
Fires during the year 1918.
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. No. of Buildings Destroyed. Damage. Cause. Remarks. Wholly. Partly. 12 23.3.18.9.4.18. 12.40 a.m.
10.07 p.m. No. 5, Hollywood Road 1 $ 8,500 13 10.4.18. 3.00 p.m. Shing Hop Matshed Builders' Store Yard at the junction of Pennington Street and Yee Wo Street near house No. 43, Yee Wo Street A lighted candle coming in contact with loose cotton waste. 5 persons admitted to Hospital suffering from burns. 14 26.5.18. 2.10 p.m. Nos. 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, and 33 Belcher's Street... 6 100,000 Unknown. Spontaneous combustion of the palm leaves. 15 28.5.18. 2.45 a.m. Ex H.M.S. Otto at the Kwong Sang Lung Ship Yard, Wong Kok 1 350 { Unknown. 16 1.6.18. 12.45 a.m. No. 29, Belcher's Street 1 17 15.6.18. 11.00 p.m. Kwong Hang Cheong Timber Yard at the corner of Shan Tung and Reclamation Streets... 1 6,000 Do. 18 17.6.18. 9.20 a.m. S.S. Vitim, lying at No. B8 Buoy.... Do. 19 16.7.18. 6.00 a.m. Nos. 12, 13, and 14, Beaconsfield Arcade 1 245,130 Unknown. Herbs on the stoves catching fire. 20 1.8.18. 4.10 a.m. No. 79, Hollywood Road.... 1 1,000 21 17.8.18. 10.40 p.m. Nos. 39D, 39A, 39B, 39C, 39E, and 39F Belcher's Street, and 28, Praya, Kennedy Town........... 1 39,500 Do. 22 12.9.18. 1.50 p.m. No. 338, Queen's Road West 1 2,000 Do. No. 259, Des Voeux Road Central... 1 1,000