SITUATION OF FIRE.
FIRES AND ALARMS, 1892.
No, OF
BUILDINGS
DESTROYED. DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
1 Jan.
2
....
7,
....
7,
12.30 p.m.
House No. 78, Queen's Road West,
35
10,
6 a.m.
House No. 9, Queen's Road Central,
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10,
....
House No. 34, Praya Central,.
"
Wholly. Partly.
Trifling
Accidental.
Unknown.
Trifling
Do.
A bed curtain caught fire.
$40,000
Trifling
Do.
10,
8 p.m.
House No. 16, Tsz Mi Lane,
11,
1.30 p.m.
House No. 4, Ezra Lane,.
9
12,
2 p.m.
10
13,
4.30 a.m.
House No. 28, Battery Street, Yaumati, House No. 146, Bonham Strand,
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11
12
15,
15,
7 p.m.
$100
Triffing
11.30 p.m.
13
16,
2.30 a.m.
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15
16
17
18
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16,
3.30 p.m.
House No. 528, Queen's Road West,. House No. 41, Staunton Street,
$6,000
Trifling
16,
3.20 a.m.
A certain house in Western District,
1 +
21,
24,
4.15 p.m.
2.40 p.m.
House No. 81, High Street,
S.S. Haiphong in Victoria Harbour,
28,
5.30 a.m.
House No. 54, Jardine's Bazaar,.
Slight
House No. 32, Hollywood Road, Grass on hillside near Mountain Lodge, House No. 14, Burd Street,.
A stonecutter's matshed at Kennedy Town, House No. 140, Third Street,
Overbeating of a stove.
Overheating of a stove pipe,
A basket of coffee beans accidentally caught fire.
Old bags accidentally caught fire. Upsetting of a kerosine lamp.
Unknown Spontaneous combustion of coal.
$8,000
$100
$25
Unknown,
Supposed arson.
Wooden partition accidentally caught
fire.
Unknown,
A bed curtain accidentally caught fire.
Unknown,
Insured in Messrs. Reuter, Bröckelmann & Co. for $45,000,
Insured in Messrs. Hewett & Co. for $10,000.
Insured in the Hongkong Fire Insurance Company for $12,000.
False alarm.
Do.
Do.
19
31,
"
3 p.m.
Houses Nos. 28 and 29, Battery Street, Yaumati,
A bed curtain caught fire.
Spontaneous combustion of coal.
20
Feb. 21,
2 a.m.
House No. 24, Wellington Street,
Trifling
Unknown.
Do.
Do.
21
23,
11.40 p.m.
A house (unnumbered) in Mong Kok,
22
25,
11.50 p.m.
A matshed at the Naval Camp, Kowloon,
Do.
Do.
$50
Do.
31
23
29,
8 p.m.
A stack of grass at Shaukiwan,
24 March 3,
12.30 p.m.
A matshed at the Naval Range, Stone Cutters' Island,
$60
Do.
Trifling
Do.
25
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7.30 p.m.
No. 7, Central Market,
Do.
26
6,
4 p.m.
House No. 78, Jardine's Bazaar,.
Overheating of a boiler.
27
6,
4.30 a.m.
A room in the D Block Military Barracks,
$200
Unknown.
Do.
28
13,
....
Grass on hillside at Magazine Gap,
29
12
13,
7.45 p.m.
30
13,
House No. 95, Queen's Road West,
No. 34, Square Street,.
"
31
House No. 16, Chinese Street,
Grass on hillside at Mount Kellett,
32
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14,
20,
26,
33
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34
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27,
35
30,
1,
4,
36 | April
37
38
39
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$7
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5.
10,
1 a.m.
4 p.m.
....
10 a.m.
4.40 p.m.
....
8.15 p.m.
10.40 p.m.
House No. 368, Queen's Road West, A matshed in Coffee Plantation, .. Chimney of House No. 23, Centre Street, House No. 26, Sai Woo Lane,.. Grass on hillside at Tai Tam Tuk, Grass on hillside above Deep Bay,
House No. 17, Queen's Road West,
$200
$1,000
....
$400
Upsetting of a lamp,
Unknown.
Firing of crackers while worshipping
at the tomba.
Unknown,
Insured in Messrs. Schellhass & Co. for $3,000.
Insured in Messrs. Hewett & Co. for $2,500.
Slight
Do,
Trifling
Do.
Accidental.
Unknown.
....
Trifling
Do.
Overheating of a furnace for drying
A bed curtain caught fire. [tobacco. Unknown.
No.
DATE.
TIME.
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