Table I.
Fires during the year 1920.
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. No. of Buildings Destroyed. Damage. Cause. Remarks. Wholly. Partly. $ 1 3. 1. 20. 2.00 hrs. No. 127, Sha Po, Kowloon City, 1 200 A 2 12. 1. 20. 13.45 No, 56, Kowloon Tong Village, Shamshuipo 1 320 L 3 15. 1. 20. 4.00 No. 40, Queen's Road East...... 1 5,500 4 15. 1. 20. 10.15 No. 59, Connaught Road Central 1 8,000 5 15. 1. 20. 28.45 No. 1, Kwai Chung Street 1 580 6 21. 1. 20. 7.00 Matsheds on the hillside above Conduit Road 3 matsheds 1,090 Dried grass catching fire from an overheated stove. 7 22. 1. 20. 17.00 A Matshed at the side of Stanley Road, between Chai Wan Gap and Tai Tam Gap.............. 1 matshed Matshed catching fire from some burning joss sticks. 8 23. 1. 20. 1.05 No. 188, Queen's Road West 1 3,000 Unknown. 9 25. 1. 20. 20.36 The basement of house No. 15 Circular Pathway 1 3,000 Unknown. 10 29. 1. 20. 6.25 No. 99, Connaught Road West 1 45,000 Unknown. 11 3. 2. 20. 23.10 Nos. 26-32A, Praya, Kennedy Town......... 1 760,000 Unknown. 12 15. 2. 20. 13.25 Sam Yick Godown, Soy Street, Mongkok 1 45,000 Unknown. 13 17. 2. 20. 4.00 Nos. 1 & 3 Graham Street 2 7,500 Charcoal fire overheating the wooden partitions.Remarks.