CAUSE.
INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896,-Continued.
SITUATION OF FIRE.
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
REMARKS.
336
34 Oct. 24
5.30 p.m.
House No. 5, Tsui Yune Lane,
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25
4 a.m.
House No. 9, Elgin Street,
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37
855
33
27
29
10.45 p.ni.
6 p.m.
$12
Trifling
Some charcoal caught fire, Burning incense sticks.....
House No. 103, Queen's Road West, House No. 116, Jervois Street,
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At the Hongkong Observatory, Kowloon,
$8
Overheating of a tea-drying furnace,
A basket of joss sticks accidentally caught fire,
Grass on fire,
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Mosquito curtain caught fire,
Trifling Bursting of a kerosine lamp in the dining
38
Nov.
8
1 p.m.
Hillside near Observatory,
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16
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2 p.m.
Hillside near Wong Ma Kok,
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22
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3.10 p.m.
House No. 7, Possession Street,
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27
25
10.10 p.m.
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45
46
24448
42 | Dec.
5
4.45 a.m.
House No. 83, Aberdeen,....
5
55
9.40 p.m.
11
12 Midt.
House No. 121, Wellington Street,.. Matshed, Praya Reclamation,
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11
Opposite Tai Tam Tuk,
22
11
House No. 151, Hollywood Road,
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49
15
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Stanley Road on the hillside,
21
10.35 p.m.
Wellington Barracks,
24
Hillside between Shek Ó and Cape Collinson,
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50
25
11.15 a.m.
House No. 166, Queen's Road East,
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51
27
House No. 8, D'Aguilar Street,
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52
28
House No. 14, Jubilee Street,
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53
28
7.45 a.m.
23
54
29
19
4.50 p.m.
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Unknown,
Bursting of a kerosine lamp, Grass on fire,.
Do.,
Bursting of a kerosine lamp,
Grass on fire,........
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Chimney on fire,
Trifling
Grass on fire,.........................
$5
Chimney on fire,
Chinese Constable's Cookhouse, Yaumati P. Station,. No damage
Matsheds at Tung Lo Wan,
$500
Unknown,
Attempted arson,
Chimney on fire,
Upsetting of an oil lamp,
Put out by the inmates, and property insured for $600 in the Office of Schellhas & Co. P.C. 152, Lo Man, discovered some firewood on verandah bad caught fire and burning joss sticks were close to the firewood. Extinguished by the people in the house. Not insured.
The fire was put out by the occupants. Shop insured for $7,000 in the Office of Siemsseu & Co.
A lighted lamp placed too near a basket of joss sticks. Extinguished by inmates. Property in- sured $8,000 in the Office of Schellhas & Co. Extinguished by Police.
Do.
Fire originated through the mosquito curtain falling on to a lighted lamp on a table near the bed. Premises not insured.
Fire discovered by Lo Shui, Watchman, who called out others to assist him to extinguish it.
Put out by Police.
Put out by occupants.
Put out by Police.
Do.
Put out by occupants. A man named Abdool Rader, 34, and his son Abdool Hossein, 10, both suffer- ed from severe burns about the face, arms, aud hands.
Burnt itself out before the arrival of the Police. Put out by Military.
Put out by Police.
Put out by Police and occupants.
Untraceable.
Do.
Put out by Police.
Extinguished by Fire Brigade.
F. H. MAY,
Superintendent, Fire Brigade.
No. DATE.
TIME.
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