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FIRES, LOSS OF LIFE AND Rescues.
8. Fatalities at fires amounted to thirty-one in all. Thirteen persons were burned, and three fatally injured, at a fire which occurred in a four-storeyed building in Staunton Street. Eight persons were trapped on the upper floor of a carpenter's shop and tenement dwelling in Pottinger Street, the bodies of six of the victims being found in the ruins of the kitchen in the rear of the upper floor, while two others succumbed to their injuries. Four persons perished as a result of a fire which occurred in a small improvised cockloft in a salt-dealer's shop in Chinese Street, Central. At this fire three persons were rescued by means of Brigade appliances. The remaining fatalities occurred at two fires in Kowloon; two persons being burned to death in a matshed fire in the remote district of Kau Lung Tsai, the third resulting from a man's clothing becoming ignited while handling methylated spirits with a naked light.
9. Twenty-five persons lost their lives as a result of collapses and landslides, while fifteen persons were extricated alive. Of the above the most serious landslides occurred at Shek Li Pui (New Territories) on the 9th March and the Railway disaster near Shatin on the 20th April when the loss of life was six and eleven persons respectively.
CALLS.
10. The number of calls received during the year totalled 199, actual fires 133, chimney fires 30, collapses 7, landslides 3 and false alarms 26. Compared with the previous year (1930) there was an increase of thirteen calls. Fifty-one were received by fire alarm, one hundred and four by telephone, nineteen by the Police and twenty-five from messengers.
11. Of the false alarms, eight were maliciously given, five were given with good intent, and thirteen were due to electrical faults.
FIRE INSPECTION WORK.
12. The following inspections were made by the Brigade and reported upon during the year:-
Theatres and Cinemas 210 Hotels and Restaurants 78 Garages 211 Petrol Stores and Installations 137 Dangerous Trades and Special risks 226 Inflammable structures 41- K 31
FIRES, LOSS OF LIFE AND Rescues.
8. Fatalities at fires amounted to thirty-one in all. Thirteen persons were burned, and three fatally injured, at a fire which occurred in a four-storeyed building in Staunton Street. Eight persons were trapped on the upper floor of a carpenter's shop and tenement dwelling in Pottinger Street, the bodies of six of the victims being found in the ruins of the kitchen in the rear of the upper floor, while two others succumbed to their injuries. Four persons perished as a result of a fire which occurred in a small improvised cockloft in a salt-dealer's shop in Chinese Street, Central. At this fire three persons were rescued by means of Brigade appliances. The remaining fatalities occurred at two fires in Kowloon; two persons being burned to death in a matshed fire in the remote district of Kau Lung Tsai, the third resulting from a man's clothing becoming ignited while handling methylated spirits with a naked light.
9. Twenty-five persons lost their lives as a result of collapses and landslides, while fifteen persons were extricated alive. Of the above the most serious landslides occurred at Shek Li Puí (New Territories) on the 9th March and the Railway disaster near Shatin on the 20th April when the loss of life was six and eleven persons respectively.
CALLS.
10. The number of calls received during the year totalled 199, actual fires 133, chinney fires 30, collapses 7, landslides 3 and false alarms 26. Compared with the previous year (1930) there was an increase of thirteen calls. Fifty-one were received by fire alarm, one hundred and four by telephone, nineteen by the Police and twenty-five from messengers.
11. Of the false alarms, eight were maliciously given, five were given with good intent, and thirteen were due to electrical faults.
FIRE INSPECTION WORK,
12. The following inspections were made by the Brigade and reported upon during the year:-
Theatres and Cinemas
210
Hotels and Restaurants
78
Garages
211
Petrol Stores and Installations......
137
Dangerous Trades and Special risks
226
Inflammable structures
41
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