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FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896.

332

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

No. OF

BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

ESTIMATED DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

Wholly. Partly.

1 Jan.

15

7.45 p.m.

House No. 30, Wing Lok Street,

2

$9,000

2

16

8.20 p.m.

House No. 63, Queen's Road Central,

$30

Unknown,

:

co

25

10.30 p.m.

House No. 205, Queen's Road West,

1

$1,000

Unknown,

4 Feb.

1 12.30 a.m.

House No. 302, Queen's Road Central,

1

$2,600

сл

1.00 a.m.

House No. 56, Jervois Street..............................

2.45 a.m.

House No. 57, Queen's Road West,

REMARKS.

Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Messrs. Schellhas & Sanders lamp. for $12,000, and in the Jardine's for $4,000.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Turner & Co. for $30,000.

Chan Kun, 34, married woman, and her two daughters Su Fuk Oi, aged 7 years, and Su Fuk Loi, aged 2 years, who resided in the second floor, were burned to death during the fire. Ground floor insured in the Office of Northern Assurance Coy. for $1,500.

Accidentally upsetting a Ground floor insured in the Office of China Fire In- surance and Messrs. Shewan & Co. for $2,400.

kerosine lamp. 1st and 2nd floors were family houses not insured. The 1st and 2nd floors insured in the Office of Trans- atlantic Fire Insurance Coy, for $13,000. Fire spread to No. 231, Queen's Road Central, insured for $2,000 in the China Fire Insurance Coy.

1

1

$6,000

Unknown,

$16,000

Overheating of a quantity of tobacco left drying on a furnace.

A kerosine lamp accidental- ly knocked down.

12

1

$6,000

୫

11.05 p.m.

House No. 133, Praya West,

6

26

4.25 a.m.

House No. 309, Queen's Road Central,

1

1

$5,000

Unknown,

9 Mar.

9

4.00 a.in.

House No. 367, Queen's Road Central,

1

$5,000

10 April

1

5.10 a.m.

House No. 3, Wing Lok Street,

Insured in the Office of Sauders & Co. for $2,000. Reuter, Bröcklemann & Co. for $2,400, and Miji Fire Insurance for $1,500.

Insured in the Office of the Fire Insurance Coy, of Hamburg for 6,500.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. for $2,000. With Schellhas & Co. for $2,400 and in the Chun On Fire Insurance Coy. for $1,000.

Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Miji Fire Insurance for lamp. $2,200 and in the Hongkong Fire Insurance for $1,500.

1

$8,000

Unknown,

Insured in the Office of Sun On Fire Insurance for

$10,000.

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