Table III.
SUMMARY OF MOST SERIOUS FIRES DURING YEAR, 1932.
Date Time of Call Address. Business. 1932 Hyd-rants Eng-ines Fire Floats Damage. Jan. 9 20.34 188 Shanghai Street, Yaumati. Cotton Quilt Manufacturer. 2 2 A building of four floors about 45 x 15 ft. (used as Workshop, store, and tenement dwelling) and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water. One male and three females burned to death. Jan. 12 03.40 134 Bonham Strand West, Chinese Medicine dealers. 4 1 Jan. 14 00.14 Main Street, Aplichau. Chinese Medicine dealer. 1 1 Mar. 30 23.12 45 & 46 Main Street, Aberdeen. Rice and Grocery Merchant. 1 1 A building of four floors about 65 x 17 ft. (used as shop, offices, store and dwelling). Rear half of building gutted and roof off, rest of building and contents severely damaged by fire, water, dirt and breakage. A range of fourteen buildings of two and three floors and a number of timber and matshed buildings covering an area of about 350 x 250 ft. (used as shops, offices, stores and dwellings) and contents severely damaged by fire and mostly fallen down. Two buildings each of two floors covering an area of about 30 x 30 ft. (used as shops and dwellings), and contents destroyed by fire and roofs off. (adjoining and communicating).- K 37
Table III.
SUMMARY OF MOST SERIOUS FIRES DURING YEAR, 1932.
Fire extinguished by
Dato
Time of Call
Address.
Business.
1932
(Hours)
Hyd-
Eng-
rants
ines
Fire Floats
Damage.
Jan. 9 20.34 188 Shanghai Street,
Yaumati.
Cotton Quilt
Manufacturer.
2
2
A building of four floors about 45 x 15 ft. (used as Workshop, store, and tenement dwelling) and
and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water.
One male and three females burned to death.
Jan. 12 03.40 134 Bonham Strand
West,
Chinese Medicine
dealers.
4
1
Jan. 14
00.14 Main Street, Aplichan. Chinese Medicine
dealer.
1
1
Mar. 30
23.12 45 & 46 Main Street, Rice and Grocery
Aberdeen.
Merchant.
1
1
A building of four floors about 65 x 17 ft. (used as shop, offices, store and dwelling). Rear half of building gutted and roof off, rest of building and contents severely damaged by fire, water, dirt and breakage.
A range of fourteen buildings of two and three floors and a number of timber and matshed buildings covering an area of about 350 x 250 ft. (used as shops, offices, stores and dwellings) and contents severely damaged by fire and mostly fallen down.
Two buildings each of two floors covering and area of about 30 x 30 ft. (used as shops and dwellings), and contents destroyed by fire and roofs off. (adjoining and communicating).
- K 37
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