Table I.
Fires during the year 1919.
No. of Buildings Destroyed.
No.
Date.
Time.
Situation of Fire.
Damage.
Cause.
Remarks.
Wholly.
Partly.
1
2.20 a.m.
No. 23. Wing Lok Street....
$9,200
1
Upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp.
2
10.45 p.m.
No. 41, Ha Wang Street, Sham Shui Po
$4,000
1
Defective chimney flue.
The adjoining house No. 39 was damaged by water.
24
1.10 a.m.
No. 67, Queen's Road West.....:.
$7,500
A spark from a drying stove ignited some matting. Shark's fins were being dried there.
26.3. 19.
10 a.m.
A matshed on the Kowloon Bay Reclamation, Kowloon City
$1,000
Matshed catching fire through a spark from an engine on the temporary railway.
26.3. 19.
9.10 p.m..
No. 12, Gough Street
$7,400
I
Upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp.
6
9.6. 19.
11 p.m.
No. 71, Wanchai Road
$1,800
1
Unknown.
7
26.6. 19.
2 a.m.
Nos. 121-125 Jervois Street.....
$81,000
1
2
Unknown.
$
6.30 p.m.
No. 5, Shaukiwan Road
$38,456
|| 22 wooden huts.
9
1.45 p.m.
No. 10, Main Street, Aplichau
$3,090
Upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp. Coolies may have been smoking there.
10
7.10.19.12.15 a.m.
No. 362, Queen's Road Central
$23,000
1
Unknown.
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Table I.
Fires during the year 1919.
No. of Buildings Destroyed.
No.
Date.
Time.
Situation of Fire.
Damage.
Cause.
Remarks.
Wholly. Partly.
1 11. 1. 19.
2.20 a.m.
No. 23. Wing Lok Street....
1
$
9.200
Upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp.
2 27. 1. 19. |10.45 p.m. No. 41, Ha Wang Street, Sham Shui Po
1
1
4,000
Defective chimney flue.
The adjoining house No. 39 was damaged by wa-
24
7. 3. 19.
1.10 a.m.
No. 67, Queen's Road West.....:.
7.500
A spark from a drying stove ignited some matting. Shark's fins were being dried there.
Matshed catching fire through a
ter.
26.3. 19.
10 a.m.
A matshed on the Kowloon Bay Reclamation,
Kowloon City
1,000
spark from an engine on the tem- porary railway.
26.3. 19.
9.10 p.m..
No. 12, Gough Street
I
7,400
Upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp.
6
9.6. 19.
11 p.m.
No. 71, Wanchai Road
1
1,800
Unknown.
7
26.6. 19.
2 a..
Nos. 121-125 Jervois Street.....
1
2
81,000
Unknown.
$
30. 6. 19.
6.30 p.m.
No. 5, Shaukiwan Road
38,456 ||
| | 22 wooden|}
9
16. 9. 19.
10
1.45 p.m.
7.10.19.12.15 a.m.
No. 10, Main Street, Aplichan
3,090
Upsetting of a kerosine oil lamp.
Coolies may have been Į
smoking there.
Unknown.
huts.
No. 362, Queen's Road Central
1
23,000
Unknown.
K 30
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