Table 1,-Continued.
Fires during the year 1919.
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. Damage. Cause. Remarks. Wholly. Partly. $ 11 28.10.19. 3.00 p.m. S.S. Hai Yang............. Unknown. 12 29. 10. 19. 6.30 a.m. No. 87, Sai Kung Market. 1 450 Do. 13 31. 10. 19. 9.15 a.m. No. 13, Un Long New Market, Au Tau, N.T................... 1 1 1,900 14 3. 11. 19. 2.45 a.m. Nos. 233 and 235, Shanghai Street 2 12,500 Blanket catching fire from a cigarette end. 15 11. 11. 19. 10.40 a.m. S.S. Cheong Shing Unknown. 15 15.11.19. 4.15 p.m. No. 22, Ta Tit Street, Kowloon City Dried grass catching fire from an overheated stove. 300 16 16. 11. 19. Fire supposed to have been originated through the overheating of the drying kiln used for drying medicine. 18. 11. 19. 2.45 a.m. Matsheds at the Government Quarries, Nathau Road 11 matsheds 3,850 Matshed catching fire through spark in blasting. 18 18. 11.19. Unnumbered matshed at Cheung Sha Wan 1 matshed 480 Matshed catching fire through a lighted cigarette end. 19 18. 11.19. 2 persons lost their lives through falling and 4 persons burnt to death. 20 24, 11. 19. 3.36 a.m. Pig sties at Shek Shan, Hung Hom 4 pig sties 250 Upsetting of a kerosine lamp. 3 pigs burnt. 21 26.11.19. 6.30 a.m. Matsheds Nos. 1 and 5, Tin Liu Village, Sham Shui Po 2 matsheds 600 Grass catching fire through a spark from the fire-place. 22 26.11.19. 2.45 a.m. No. 126, Queen's Road Central 1 6,000 Fusing of electric light wire. 5.45 a.m. Cheung Chau Village 300 Unknown.K 31