INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1893.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
No. OF
BUILDINGS
DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
Wholly. Partly.
CAUSE.
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REMARKS.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH MARCH, 1894.
213
1 2 3 4 5 CO E-
Jan.
8 p.m.
5
2.10 p.m.
>>
"
དྷ བ རྨངའམ
5
5.45 p.m.
8
11
2 p.m.
18
9 a.m.
1.30 p.m.
A Stack of Grass at Quarry Bay,
House No. 77, Praya East,
House No. 13, Hillier Street,
Grass on Hillside at Deep Water Bay,
A Stack of Grass above Ship Street,... Matshed at Coffee Plantation,....................
...
18
Grass on Hillside near Mountain Lodge,
19
"}
2.30 p.m.
Grass on Hillside at Tsimshatsui,
9 Feb.
2
3 p.m.
Matshed at Tanglungchau,
$150
10
5
11
7
11.45 a.m.
Grass on Hillside near North Point Battery, House No. 12, Li Un Street, West,
$5
Unknown.
Trifling
Do.
Chimney on fire.
Unknown,
A number of trees destroyed.
$2
Do.
$30
Burning of Joss paper.
Unknown.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Trifling
12
1.30 a.m.
House No. 33, Praya, Yaumati,
Do.
13
11
55
3 p.m.
Tang Man Hing's Coal Godown at Yaumati,
14 March 4
7.45 p.m.
Matshed at Wongueichung,
$175
15
11
16
12
"
17
12
A Stack of Grass on the Hillside at Shaukiwan, Grass on Hillside at the Rifle Range, British Kowloon, House No. 70, Stanley Street,
$4
Wooden partition close to a lighted Unknown. [lamp caught fire. Spontaneous combustion of coal.
Carelessness with lighted match.
Unknown.
6 matsheds destroyed and 15 pigs burnt.
Trifling
Do.
Capsizing of a kerosine lamp.
18 April
10
9.40 p.m.
House No. 42, Lyndhurst Terrace,
19
13
""
1 p.m.
Grass on the Hillside at Stanley,
20
15
Grase on the Hillside at Deep Water Bay,
??
21
16
9.30 a.m.
House No. 134, Third Street,..
$1
97
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20
>"
8 p.m.
House No. 93, Wing Lok Street,
23
23
4.30 a.m.
House No. 12, Upper Lascar Row,
Bursting of a kerosine lamp.
Unknown.
Do.
A coat hanging above a lighted lamp
caught fire.
Chimney caught fire.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp.
39
24 May
12
10.30 p.m.
House No. 62, First Street,
25
13
5.55 a.m.
26
19
2.25 a.m.
27 June
4 a.m.
28
12.30 p.m.
House No. 93, Station Street, Yaumati,
A certain House (unnumbered) in Chuk Hing Lane,
House No. 123, Second Street,
House No. 93, First Street,
"
29
"S
3 p.m.
House No. 9, Bouham Strand, West,
30
10.45 a.mi.
House No. 24, Praya, Kennedy Town,
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31
23
1 a.m.
13
32
27
"
33 July 30 34 Aug. 4
10.30 p.m.
House No. 32, Stanley,
House No. 4, Holland Street,..
12.15 a.m.
House No. 310, Queen's Road Central,..
11 p.m.
House No. 5, Cleverly Street,
35
10
12 Noon.
House No. 6, George Lane,
"
36
12
4 a.m.
House No. 30, Taipingshan Street,
"
37
13
"
38
29
39 | Sept.
7
40
11
"
6.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
House No. 9, Duddell Street,
House No. 40, Lyndhurst Terrace,
House No. 74, Aberdeen,
House No. 27, Mosque Junction,
Trifling
Unknown.
Do.
...
Do.
$100
A mosquito curtain caught fire. Unknown.
Incendiarism,
Trifling
$5
[charcoal furnace.
A wooden partition caught fire from a lamp.
A bamboo screen caught fire from a
Unknown.
Supposed to have been set on fire by one Li Yau.
$2
Do.
Trifling
$100
Do.
Carelessness with lighted Joss-sticks.
Chimney caught fire.
$4
Unknown.
***
Trifling
Upsetting of a lamp.
$100
Incendiarism,
Unknown.
Upsetting of a lamp.
Chimney caught fire.
Set on fire by one Chan Chau who was insane.
No.
DATE.
TIME.
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