FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1887.
No. of
A small quantity of paper and shavings saturated with kerosine with a cracker and a lighted incense stick attached were found at the foot of the staircase. Was insured in Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co.'s Office for $5,000.
Was insured in Messrs. Schellhass & Co.'s Office for $3,200.
The contents were insured in Messrs. Meyer & Co.'s Office for $12,000.
The buildings were not insured.
BUILDING
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED.
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Wholly. Partly.
2
CT IN CO 10 H
1 Jan.
Grass on the hill-side at Mount Davis,
Trifling
Unknown.
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Grass on the hill-side above Kennedy Road, A stack of grass at No. 207, Shaukiwán,
Do.
Do.
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$10
12
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9,
9 a.m.
""
6
12,
1 a.m.
8,12 Midnight. A wooden hut in Garden Lane,
A partition on the ground floor of house No. 199, Holly- wood Road.
House No. 16, Sai Woo Lane, top floor,..
$100
...
Trifling
•
1
2
$1,400
37
12,
12.15 a.m.
Some clothing in No. 39, Tauk Lane,
...
Trifling
Incendiary.
Ignited by the burning husks.
Accidental while cooking.
Upsetting of a kerosine lamp on a quantity of hemp bags.
Unknown.
77
13,
4.30 a.m.
A straw shed at the back of No. 146, Third Street,.
1
Do.
Do.
13,
9.30 p.m.
10
11
12
14,
9.30 a.in.
"
14,
??
4 p.m.
15,
13
15,
55
14
15
16
17
LBOK
16,
16,
55
16,
11.30 p.m.
77
18,
35
18
"
20,
5 a.m.
9 p.m.
9 a.m.
4 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
19
20
21
22
2222
20,
8.15 p.m.
ל,
21,
11 a.m.
22,
5.8 a.m.
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22,
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11.20 p.m.
The verandah of No. 115, Queen's Road West,. Gallery of the Ko Shing Theatre,
No. 48, Queen's Road West, cock-loft, ground floor,..
A quantity of mattings at the back entrance of No. 215, Queen's Road East.
A mosquito curtain at No. 172, Wellington Street, Some papers and old baskets at No. 230, Queen's Rd. Central, A kerosine lamp at No. 117, Queen's Road Central,. Grass on the hill-side at Deep Water's Bay,
A number of mat bags saturated with kerosine on the roof of No. 5, Bonham Strand.
A stack of grass on the hill above Man Ming Lane,...
The chimney of No. 31, Lyndhurst Terrace,
Some and papers a wooden box at Man Mo Temple, House No. 103, First Street,
No. 142, Second Street, ground floor,
2
3
$14,000
Do.
Trifling
Accidental.
None.
ON
:
4
$2
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Incendiary.
Accidental.
Trifling None Accidental, Unknown Incendiary,
Unknown.
$30
Do.,
...
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$5
None
Trifling
None
Unknown.
Do.
Do.
Incendiary,
$23,000 Capsizing of a kerosine lamp on a quantity of paper, straw and shavings.
None
This was a false alarm and greatly excited the audience for a short time.
Was insured in Messrs. Siemssen & Co.'s Office for $3,000.
A large number of young trees were des- troyed.
The man who sat fire to the bags on the roof was seen running away by a boy.
...
$25
:..
Unknown,
1
1
$3,000
1
$12,000
Do..
Dropping of a kerosine lamp,
...
...
Trifling
Unknown.
$2,900 Accidental,
Trifling
Unknown.
23
25,
2.45 a.m.
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24
26,
1 p.m.
25 Feb.
3,
8 p.m.
Some papers stored on the second floor of house No. 63, Wellington Street. A Printing Office.
Ground floor of house No. 59, Queen's Road West,
Ground floor of house No. 3, Bonham Strand, .....
26
27
13,
17,
5.40 a.m.
28 "
AU
The grass on the hill-side at Kai Lung Wan, Ground floor of No. 129, Queen's Road West, Grass on the hill-side near Stanley,
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