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Table II.
Short Report of Serious Fires.
Date 1929 Time of Call (Hours) Address Business Hyd-rants Eng-ines Fire Floats Damage Feb. 5 08.43 224 Hollywood Road, Central. Tailor. A building of 4 floors about 45 x 17 ft. (used as work-rooms and dwelling) 3 upper floors severely damaged by fire and roof off. Shop and contents under damaged by water and breakage. Mar. 9 06.13 78 Jervois Street, Central. Piece Good Merchant. N A building of 3 floors about 60 x 15 ft. ground floor used as shop two upper floors used as stores & dwellings, severely damaged by fire and roof off, Mar. 10 03.43 93 Wing Lok Street, Central. Provision dealers. N A building of 3 floors about 45 x 15 ft. ground floor used as provision shop and two upper floors as godowns and dwellings severely damaged by fire and collapse. Mar. 11 03.06 3 & 5 Des Vœux Road, Central- King Edward Hotel. 10 A building of 7 floors, about 108 x 85 ft., (used as residential hotel) contents severely damaged by fire, heat, water and collapse, and roof off. June 15 22,23 18 Cockrane Street, Central. Paper furniture and Doll makers. 1 3 A building of 4 floors about 45 x 20 ft. (used as shop, store and dwellings) and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water and most part of roof off. 15 Des Vœux Road West & Connaught Road West. A building of 4 floors about 160 x 15 ft. (used as godown and offices) and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water: most part of roof off and floors collapsed. Aug. 7 03.03 Nos. 107, 109 & 111 Belchers Street, Kennedy Town, West. A range of buildings, each of 4 floors, covering an area of about 50 x 45 ft. (used as shops and dwellings) gutted by fire (adjoining & communicating). Nov. 8 01.33 No. 71 Jervois Street. Yan Tak Modicine Shop and Leung King Po Confectioner's Shop. 3 A building of 3 floors about 40 x 15 ft. (used as piece goods shop, store and dwelling). Two upper floors and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water, and part of roof off, ground floor and contents by water and breakage. (adjoining and communicating at rear, with No. 249 Queen's Road, Central). Nov. 26 06.30 Piece Goods Merchant. Dec. 8 09.53 Kowloon Bay (after entering Hong Kong). Stoamship "Hai Ching". Fore bridge and superstructure beneath gutted, fore part of upper deck and fore hold and contents severely damaged by fire and water during piracy on the high seas. Dec. 22 08.06 252 Queen's Road, East. Provision Dealer. A range of buildings of 4 floors covering an area of about 50 x 30 ft. (used shops and dwellings No. 252 & 250 whole house and three upper floors of No. 248 gutted, ground floor of No. 248 and contents damaged by water and breakage.