No.
Date.
Time.
RETURN-OF FIRES AND ALARMS OCCURRED DURING THE YEAR 1886,--Continued.
Situation of Fire.
No. of Build-
ing destroyed.
Damage.
Wholly.
Partly.
260
Cause.
REMARKS.
45
46
""
47
7,
4.45 p.m.
48
24,
10,30 a.m.
49
30,
35
50 August 3,
12.45 a.m.
51
13,
"
9.45 p.m.
52
13,
35
5 p.m.
53
14,
Noon.
56
57
60
61
62
63
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17,
"
20,
10 a.m.
"
26,
9.30 p.m.
Soldering shed at Bowrington,
Mat-bags at No. 4, First Street,
41 May
30,
11.30 a.m.
42
31,
8.30 a.m.
43 June 30,
2.30 p.m.
44 July
7.30 a.m.
Midnight
5.30 p.m.
8.30 p.m.
Third Street,.
Mosquito curtain at No. 10, Jardine Bazaar,.
Firewood in cook-house of No. 3, Hin Lung Lane,
No. 50, Jardine Bazaar,
No. 4, Square Street,
Chimney at No. 224, Queen's Road West,.
Chimney of Medical Hall,
Firewood in the kitchen of No. 31, Gough Street,.
A piece of cloth at No. 9, Wellington Street, Chimney of No. 21, Ladder Street,..
No. 24, Circular Pathway,
A Hut above Kennedy Road,
Roof of No. 17, Praya East,
Chimney at No. 27, Hollywood Road,
Slight
Do.
Do.
None
Do.
Very little
$5
Unknown.
Children playing with candles, Unknown.
Kerosene Lamp.
Rags and Paper.
Unknown.
None
Do.
Trifling
Do.
None
Do..
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Incendiary,
Trifling
Unknown.
$300
Trifling
Accidental.
Do.
Unknown.
>>
30,
Noon.
Chimney at Tung Wa Hospital,
Do.
Kerosene Lamp.
Overheating a soldering iron.
While Chun-fat was prosecuting 3 men for larceny at the Police Court a gang of their friends set fire to his hut.
"
58 | September 5,
8,
7.30 p.m. 11.30 a.m.
No. 41, Cochrane Street,
Matsheds above Kennedy Road,
$500
Unknown.
Trifling
Do.
9,
Grass on hillside near Aberdeen,..
Do.
Do.
++
113
31
11 p.m.
No. 3, Ezra Lane,....
Do.
Mat Screen.
12,
4.20 a.m.
No. 324, Queen's Road West,
Do.
Unknown.
15,
4 p.m.
Grass on hill near Cape D'Aguilar and Stanley Road,.
1
$3,500
Do.
64
17,
??
7 p.m.
No. 41, Salt-fish Lane,....
65
17,
6.30 p.m.
A Kerosene Lamp No. 47, Hollywood Road,.
None
Lamp burst.
Trifling
Unknown.
"
66
19,
4 p.m.
Grass on hillside near Chai Wan,
Do.
Do.
67
27,
10 a.m.
68
29,
69 October
2,
5.45 p.m.
70
6,
71
11,
6 a.m.
ގ
72
11,
9 p.m.
73
12,
No. 3, Kau Ü Fong,
39
74
21,
10.45 p.m.
6.80 p.m.
Chimney of No. 10, Queen's Road Central,
Chimney of No. 18, Hollywood Road, ................................... Carpet in Hongkong Hotel,......
Grass on Mount Davis,
A matshed at Stone Cutters' Island,
No. 3, Tuk Hing Lane,
Do.
Do.
None
Do.
Do.
***
A mosquito curtain in No. 5, Third Street,
Trifling
1
$50
None
2
$12,000
+
75
76
77
78 | November 2,
79
22,
Grass on hill near Tai-tam-tuk,
55
22,
12.30 p.m.
Some mats on No. 51, Caine Road,...................
>>
29,
5.50 p.m.
Some wood in No. 225, Queen's Road West,.
12.50 p.m.
Chimney of Tsimshatsui Station,
2,
7.20 p.m.
Chimney of No. 95, Second Street,..
None
Trifling
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Set on fire while worshipping graves. Unknown.
Do.
Upsetting of a lighted lamp.
Upsetting of a Kerosene Lamp by a cat.[ Unknown.
80
Grass on hillside near r Stanley,
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