FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE YEAR 1888,—Continued.
128
No. or
BUILDING
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED,
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Wholly. Partly.
60
61
62
63
88 788 23
59 June 11,
6.10 p.m.
Chimney of House No. 19, Graham Street,
None
Unknown.
11,
7.05 p.m.
House No. 58, Wing Lok Street (second floor),
$300
Do.,
19,
11.40 p.m.
House No. 7, Graham Street,
Trifling
Do.
19,
Curtain at House No. 49, Hollywood Road,
"
21,
6:40 p.m.
House No. 339, Queen's Road Central,
1
$500
"
1
64
29,
12.15 a.m.
House No. 114, Jervois Street,
$1,000
29
65 July
6,
4.20 p.m.
House No. 42, Queen's Road West,
2
2
$25,000
66
67
68
69
8 5888
5,35 a.m.
Old mats at House No. 15, First Street (Basement floor),..
:
"
10,
6.15 p.m.
Shavings in Cook-house of No. 24, Garden Lane,
Trifling
None
Falling of a kerosine lamp.. Accidental.
Careless use of charcoal fire used for roasting ducks. Unknown,
Careless use of charcoal fire,
Unknown, but very currently re- ported to have been the act of [an incendiarism.
Accidental.
Insured in the China Fire Insurance Com- pany for $28,000.
Insured in Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $18,700.
Insured in Messrs. Sander & Co. for $3,000, A woman and two children burnt to death in attempting to escape.
70
****
13,
6.30 p.m.
Chimney of House No. 11, Beconsfield Arcade,
Do.
Unknown.
55
22, 1 a.m.
Mattings and rattan at.house No. 85, Bonham Strand West,
Do.
Accidental.
23,
6.10 a.m.
House No. 138, Second Street,
1
11
$6,000.
Unknown,
>>
71
24,
3.35 a.m.
Houses Nos. 6 and 8, Peel Street,
$20,000
Do.,
None
72
73
74
76
2222 RE
25,
>>
7.35 p.m.
House No. 273, Queen's Road West,
59
26, 11.25 p.m.
House No. 17, Jervois Street (first floor),
1
$10,000
27,
9.30 a.m.
House No. 19, Tank Lane (first floor),
$200
Falling of a kerosine lamp.
Bursting of a kerosine lamp,
Burning Joss paper,
The contents of this house were not insured. Two coolies burnt to death in a cock-loft. Insured in the China Fire Insurance Com- pany for $36,000,
Insured in Messrs. Sander & Co. for $11,000. The contents of this house were not insured.
75 Aug.
2,
12.45 a.m.
Wood shavings at House No. 27, Aberdeen Street (ground floor),
:
None
Careless use of fire.
3,
12 noon.
ንን
77
9,
4.45 p.m.
Partition of cook-house of House No. 333, Queen's Rd. West, Table cover and curtain at house No. 41, Queen's Road West (first floor),"
Trifling
Do.
Accidental.
Burning Joss paper.
78
79
**
17,
10.30 p.m.
New house in Jubilee Street (second floor),
4
19,
3.40 p.m.
House No. 86, Hollywood Road,.
1
N:
2
$14,000
$2,000
80
81
888
21,
9.25 p.m.
Beams over the fire place in cook-house of house No. 22, Peei Street,
23,
3 a.m.
House No. 149, Queen's Road West,
"
Careless use of fire, Incendiarism,.
...
Trifling
None
Unknown.
Attempted arson,
The contents of this house were not insured. Insured in the Straits Fire Insurance Com-
pany for $1,000. The master of this shop and three of his employés were charged with arson, convicted of conspi- racy to defraud, and each of them sen- tenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour.
Four of the steps of the staircase leading to first floor were found to be saturated with kerosine oil.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.