No.
DATE.
TIME.
Jan.
ON
FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896.
NO. OF
BUILDINGS
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
Wholly Partly.
15
7.45 p.m.
House No. 30, Wing Lok Street,
16
8.20 p.m.
House No. 63, Queen's Road Central,
25
10.30 p.m.
House No. 205, Queen's Road West,
4 Feb.
12.30 a.m.
House No. 302, Queen's Road Central,
5
1.00 a.m.
House No. 56, Jervois Street,,
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2
REMARKS.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1897.
$9,000
$30
$1,000
$2,600
Upsetting of 8 lamp.
Unknown,
kerosine
Unknown,
Insured in the Office of Messrs. Schellhas & Sanders for $12,000, and in the Jardine's for $4,000.
Insured in the Office of Messrs. Turner & Co. for $30,000.
Chan Kun, 34, married woman, and her two daughters Sn Fuk Oi, aged 7 years, and Su Fuk Loi, aged 2 years, who resided in the second floor, were burned to death during the fire. Ground floor insured in the Office of Northern Assurance Coy. for $1.500.
Accidentally upsetting a Ground floor insured in the Office of China Fire In- kerosine lamp.
$6,000
Unknown,
$16,000
$6,000
$5,000
Overheating of a quantity of tobacco left drying on a furnace.
A kerosine lamp accidental- ly knocked down.
Unknown,
surance and Messrs. Showan & Co. for $2,400. 1st and 2nd floors were family houses not insured. The 1st and 2nd floors insured in the Office of Trans- atlantic Fire Insurance Coy. for $13,000. Fire spread to No. 231, Queen's Road Central, insured for $2,000 in the China Fire Insurance Coy. Insured in the Office of Sanders & Co. for $2,000. Reuter, Bröcklemann & Co. for $2,400, and Miji Fire Insurance for $1,500.
Insured in the Office of the Fire Insurance Coy. of Hamburg for 6,500.
Insured in the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. for $2,000. With Schellbas & Co. for $2,400 and in the Chuu On Fire Insurance Coy. for $1,000.
Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Miji Fire Insurance for lamp. $2,200 and in the Hongkong Fire Insurance for $1,500.
$8,000
Unknown,
Insured in the Office of Sun On Fire Insurance for
$10,000.
6
2.45 a.m.
House No. 57, Queen's Road West,
2
I
8
11.05 p.m.
House No. 133, Praya West, ..............................
26
4.25 a.m.
House No. 309, Queen's Road Central,
9 Mar.
4.00 a.m.
House No. 367, Queen's Road Central,
$5,000
10 April
5.10 a.m.
House No. 3, Wing Lok Street,
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