12. Fires.
K(1)4
SPECIAL EVENTS.
(a) A Chinese male was injured during a fire which involved the petrol tank of a private motor car at No. 223, Nathan Road, Yaumati on 4.3.39
(b) During a fire at a Morrison Hill Road house on 18.9.39 a Chinese male was severely injured and subsequently died.
(c) A Chinese male child, 3 years old, was burned to death during a fire which occurred at No. 13, Pitt Street, Yaumati, on 30.9.39. The child was reported missing on the arrival of the Brigade, but owing to the fierceness of the fire, it was impossible to enter the premises to effect rescue work
(d) A Chinese male child was burned to death during a fire which occurred on 27.10.39 in Island Road, Aberdeen. An aged man was injured
(e) On 27.11.39 at 01.18 hours a fire broke out in a joss paper shop, occupying the ground floor of an old type tenement building at No. 466, Queen's Road West. The fire spread with alarming rapidity and effectively cut off the means of escape of the occupants of the upper floors. Before the arrival of the Brigade, 5 persons had jumped into the street from the rear of the building, with the result that one Chinese female was killed and four persons injured. Several bodies were extricated after the extinction of the fire. The casualties were 7 dead and 6 injured.
(f) On the evening of 3.12.39 the Brigade was called to deal with a serious fire in a cotton quilt shop and store at 480, Shanghai Street, Kowloon, which, spreading rapidly soon involved the whole of the upper floors of No. 482 and the 3rd floor of No. 478. On arrival of the Brigade the occupants of the upper floors were already jumping into the street. Persons were rescued by firemen by means of fire escape and some 20 persons were saved from serious injury by members of the public holding Fire Brigade jumping sheets. Lack of alternative means of
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12. Fires.
K (1) 4
SPECIAL EVENTS.
(a) A Chinese male was injured during a fire which involved the petrol tank of a private motor car at No. 223, Nathan Road, Yaumati on 4.3.39
(b) During a fire at a Morrison Hill Road house on 18.9.39 a Chinese male was severely injured and subsequently died...
(c) A Chinese male child, 3 years old, was burned to death during a fire which occurred at No. 13, Pitt Street, Yaumati, on 30.9.39. The child was reported missing on the arrival of the Brigade, but owing to the fierceness of the fire, it was impossible to enter the premises to effect rescue work
(d) A Chinese male child was burned to death during a fire which occurred on 27.10.39 in Island Road, Aberdeen. An aged man was injured
(e) On 27.11.39 at 01.18 hours a fire broke out in a joss paper shop, occupying the ground floor of an old type tenement building at No. 466, Queen's Road West. The fire spread with alarming rapidity and effectively cut off the means of escape of the occupants of the upper floors. Before the arrival of the Brigade, 5 persons had jumped into the street from the rear of the building, with the result that one Chinese female was killed and four persons injured. Several bodies were extricated after the extinction of the fire. The casualties were 7 dead and 6 injured...
(f) On the evening of 3.12.39 the Brigade was called to deal with a serious fire in a
cotton quilt shop and store at 480, Shanghai Street, Kowloon, which, spreading rapidly soon involved the whole of the upper floors of No. 482 and the 3rd floor of No. 478. On arrival of the Brigade the occupants of the upper floors were already jumping into the street. persons were rescued by firemen by means of fire escape and some 20 persons were saved from serious injury by members of the public holding Fire Brigade jumping sheets. Lack of alternative means of
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