Table I.—Continued.
Fires during the year 1918.
No. Date. Time. Situation of Fire. Damage. Cause. Remarks. No. of Buildings Destroyed. $ Wholly. Partly. 23 22. 9. 18. 1.50 p.m. S.S. Banjei Maru No. 9 225 Unknown. 24 27. 9. 18. 5.03 a.m. No. 111, Wing Lok Street 20,340 Do. 25 7. 10. 18. 6.15 p.m. Unnumbered matshed, Repulse Bay, Stanley 6 Do. 26 19. 10. 18. 4.30 a.m. Licensed Cargo Boat No. 2988V 1 Do. 27 12. 11. 18. 1.11 a.m. No. 8, Queen Victoria Street 10,000 Do. 1 28 18. 11. 18. 4.00 a.m. S.S. Shinkoku Maru at Kowloon Bay. Do. 29 19. 11. 18. 2.45 a.m. No. 161, Queen's Road Central 4,985 Do. 30 10. 12. 18. 7.15 p.m. No. 46, New Market Street. 3,000 Upsetting of a kerosene lamp. 1 31 11. 12. 18. 5.15 p.m. Man Woo Stonecutters' Matshed, Aberdeen 1,070 Matshed catching fire through a spark from some burning joss papers. 1 Total Damage, $638,415Two men jumped from an upper window of the house at the time of the fire. One of them died in hospital and the other was injured.
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Table I,-Continued.
Fires during the year 1918.
No. of Buildings Destroyed.
No.
Date.
Time.
Situation of Fire.
Damage.
Cause.
Remarks.
Wholly. Partly.
$
23 | 22, 9, 18.
1.50 p.m.
S.S. Banjei Maru No. 9
Unknown.
225
24 | 27.9. 18.
5.03 a.m.
No. 111, Wing Lok Street
20,340
Do.
25
7. 10. 18.
6.15 p.m.
Unnumbered matshed, Repulse Bay, Stanley
6
Do.
26 19. 10. 18.
4.30 a.m.
Licensed Cargo Boat No. 2988V
1
Do.
27 12.11. 18.
1.11a.m.
No. 8, Queen Victoria Street
I
10,000
Do.
28
18. 11. 18.
4.00 a.m.
S.S. Shinkoku Maru at Kowloon Bay..
Do.
29
19. 11. 18.
2.45 a m.
No. 161, Queen's Road Central
4,985
Do.
30 10. 12. 18.
31
11. 12. 18.
7.15 p.m.
5.15 p.m.
No. 46, New Market Street.........
1
3,000
Upsetting of a kerosene lamp.
Man Woo Stonecutters' Matshed, Aberdeen
1
1,070
Matshed catching fire through a
spark from some burning joss papers.
Total Damage,........
.$638,415
Two men jump- ed from an upper window of the house at the time of the fire. One of them died in hospital and the other was in-
jured.
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