FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1898.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
No. of
BUILDINGS DESTROYED.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
Wholly. Partly.
Jan.
26 4.40 p.m.
3 Feb.
5
3.10 a.m.
00 3.55 p.m.
House No. 21, Lyndhurst Terrace,........
Government Asylum, Eastern Street, House No. 46, Praya Central,
11
9.00 p.m.
House No. 125, Wanchai Road,
No.
DATE.
TIME.
REMARKS,
388
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH MARCH, 1899.
1
$ 500.00 Throwing of burning crack- Insured for $1,200 in the Union Insurance Coy.
ers.
150.00. Patient playing with fire.
200.00 | Unknown,
4,000.00 | Unknown,
Unknown Unknown,
$1,000.00 | Unknown,
Insured for $1,700 with Messrs. Shewan, Tomes & Co.
Insured with the North British Fire Insurance for $30,000, with the Aachen & Munich Fire Insur- ance for $25,000 and in the South British Fire Insurance Office for $10,000.
The sheds were occupied as Barracks by men of the King's Own Lancaster Regiment. Several Sol- diers' Kits and their Arms, &c. were burnt. Not insured.
600.00 | Overheating of a quantity | Not insured.
of tobacco leaf near a
stove.
700.00 Overheating of medicine Insured for $1,000 in the Chun On Office. `leaves and branches over
a stove.
100.00 | Overheating of a flue,
1 7,000.00 | Unknown,
200.00 | Unknown,
11,628.74 | Accident while boiling wax,
200.00 Spontaneous combustion,... 2,500.00 | Unknown,
800.00 | Unknown,
5,423.00 | Burning of joss paper,
.$ 35,001.74
Insured with the North British Marine Insurance Coy. for $5,000. Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co. are the Local Agents.
Insured with the North German Fire Insurance Coy. for $20,000.
Extinguished by Police.
Insured with Messrs. Reuter, Brockelmann & Co. for $13,000.
Not insured.
Not insured.
Insured for $12,000 in the Hongkong Fire Insur- ance Coy.
In addition 14 huts were burnt.
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25
3.35 p.m.
Matshed at British Kowloon,
March 12
7 April 11
12.40 a.m.
8.00 a.m.
8 May
10 11.10 p.m.
House No. 2. Graham Street, House No. 288, Queen's Road West,..
House No. 295, Queen's Road West,...
9 June 1
7.05 p.m.
House No. 67, Praya Central,..
10 August 10
11 Sept. 10 12 Oct.
2.00 p.m.
3.00 a.m.
House No. 22, Belchers Street,
Matshed at the Peak,
10
5.30 p.m.
House No. 2, West Street,
18 Nov.
18
7.30 a.m.
House No. 76, Praya East,
14 Dec.
9
5.50 p.m.
House No. 56, Jardine's Bazaar,
15
12
6.15 p.m.
House No. 136, Queen's Road East,
16
13 10.00 a.m.
Hut at Shaukiwan,
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7
TOTAL,
1
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F. H. MAY,
Superintendent of Fire Brigade.
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