Table I.
Fires during the Year 1910,
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. No. of Buildings Destroyed. Damage. Cause. Wholly. Partly. 1 Jan. 13th 12.35 a.m. House No. 1, Connaught Road West. 1 $13,000 Unknown. 2 25th " 331, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, $3,000 Overheating of medicinal roots placed over a charcoal fire to dry. 3 28th 1.00 a.m. 52, Reclamation Street, Yaumati,.. 1 $14,000 Careless use of joss sticks and lamp. 4 Feb. 14th 1.39 a.m. 18, Bowrington Road West,... $63 Unknown. 5 21st 12.20 a.m. 546, Sheungshui, 1 $100 $50 $300 * Lighted candles setting fire to joss papers stored close to the shrine. 6 Mar, 6th $.30 p.m. A stack of grass at Aberdeen, $4,000 Unknown. 7 19th > Shaukiwan, $4,645 | Unknown. 8 25th 9.00 p.m. Unoccupied matshed at Cheungchow, 1 matshed. -2 M 9 23rd 11.30 p.m. Honse No. 248, Shanghai Street, Yaumati,... 1 10 Apr. 6th 4.10 a.m. A matshed outside Un Long Market, 1 matshed. 4 houses. 11 " 9.30 p.m. Kennedy Town Plague Hospital, 2 $300 Overheating of a bean curd drying stove. 12 13th June 1.00 a.m. House No. 39, Shanghai Street. Yaumati,. 1 $40 Unknown, 13 11th 2.15 a.m. Matshed at Chun Lung, Shankiwan, 1 matshed. 1 Carelessness with a lighted match, 14 12th 3.45 p.m. House No. 7, U Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok, 1 $105 Some bundles of grass accidentally caught fire. 15 17th 2.30 p.m. A small matshed on the Kosloon-Canton Railway, Tai Po... 1 matshed. $650 Upsetting of a kerosine lamp. 16 Aug. 8th 2.20 a.m. 128, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, 1 $5,000 Unknown. 17 15th 3.40 a.m. 14 * Two men were charged for arson and discharged at the Criminal Sessions. 18 Sept. 4th 2.45 a.m. 4, Sai On Lane, West Point, $56,000 Careless use of naked oil lamps while taking in bunker coal. 19 14th 1.50 a.m. 100, Jervois Street, $17,000 S.S. Kam Chon, Victoria Harbour,..J 18
Table I.
Fires during the Year 1910,
No.
Date.
Time.
Situation of Fire.
No. of Buildings Destroyed.
Damage.
Wholly. Partly.
Cause.
$13,000! Unknown.
3,000
3,000 Overheating of medicinal roots placed over
a charcoal fire to dry.
14,000 Careless use of joss sticks and lamp.
63 Unknown.
100 50 300
*
4,000 Lighted candles setting fire to joss papers.
stored close to the shrine.
4,645 | Unknown.
-2 M
1
Jan. 13th | 12.35 a.m. House No. 1, Connaught Road West.
1
25th
"
3
28th
1.00 a.m. 1.39 K.m.
*
"
331, Shanghai Street, Yaumati,...... 52, Reclamation Street, Yaumati,..
Feb. 14th
5
21st
12.20 a.m. Midnight.
51
18, Bowrington Road West,... 546, Sheungshui,
1
11
.
6 Mar, 6th
$.30 p.m.
A stack of grass at Aberdeen,
7
19th
>>
9.00 p.m.
Shaukiwan,
་་
11
8
9
25th
11
23rd 11.30 p.m. 4.10 a.m.
Unoccupied matshed at Cheungchow,
I matshed.
Honse No. 248, Shanghai Street, Yaumati,...
10 | Apr. 6th
11
9.30 p.m.
A matshed outside Un Long Market,
1 matsbed.
4 houses.
"
12
13th June 11th
1.00 a.m.
Kennedy Town Plague Hospital,
2.15 a.m.
13
14
11th 12th
3.45 p.m.
House No. 39, Shanghai Street. Yaumati,. Matshed at Chun Lung, Shankiwan,
2
1
!
300
:
1 matshed.
1
2.30 p.m.
15
17th
**
3.00 p.m.
House No.
A small matshed on the Kosloon-Canton
Railway, Tai Po......
7, U Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok,
1 matshed.
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*16 Aug. Sth
2.20 a.m.
19
128, Shanghai Street, Yaumati,
1
17
15th
3.40 a.m.
14
18 Sept. 4th
19
14th
15
2.45 a.. 1.50 a.m.
56,000
4, Sai On Lane, West Point, 100, Jervois Street,
S.S. Kam Chon, Victoria Harbour,..
* Two men were charged for arson and discharged at the Criminal Sessions.
2,000 Overheating of a bean curd drying stove.
40 Unknown,
Carelessness with a lighted match,
105 Some bundles of grass accidentally caught
fire.
650 Upsetting of a kerosine lamp.
5,000 Unknown.
14
17,000 Careless use of naked oil lamps while
taking in bunker coal.
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