FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1900,-Continued.
{
F. H. MAY,
Superintendent of Fire Brigade.
No. OF
BUILDINGS
No.
DATE.
TIME,
SITUATION OF FIRE.
DESTROYED,
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
CAUSE.
REMARKS.
Wholly Partly.
33
*****
31
June
32 July
21
to M
12.40 a.m.
Brought forward,. House No. 237, Queen's Road West,.
27,115.00
3
8:50 pin.
House No. 240, Des Vœux Road West,
13
7.30 p.m.
House No. 1a, Comanght Road,
34
16
2.35 a.m.
House No. 11, Tai Wong Lane, ·
Unknown.
43.00
Do.
35
21
3.45 a.m.
House No. 274, Queen's Road Central,
38
a ge=28 =
36 Aug. 29 37 | Sept. 13
6.00 p.m.
Cargo Boat No. 374,
1 carro
boat
10.00 p.m.
Cargo Boat No. 61,
cargo
bont
1,679.73 Unknown. 3,950.00
Do.
200.00 Overheating of some tobacco. 150.00 | Capsizing of a lamp.
60.00
8,000.00 Overheating of a stove.
Insured in Siemssen & Co.'s Office for $5,700. Covered by insurance in Butterfield & Swire's Office.
Not insured.
Do
Insured for $9,000 in the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Agents, David Sassoon Sons & Co.
500 cases of Kerosine Oil were destroyed. 1,500 damaged cases of Kerosine Oil were des- troyed.
16
39
"
40
25
งา
41
28
"
42
29
13
2 2****
11.45 a.m.
Squatters' Matshed at Tai Hang Village near Yau
Ma Ti,..
17 mal-
937.00
Do.
Bbcdy
9.43 p.m.
Matshed at Yau Ma Ti Village,
mat-
sheds
200.00
Do.
Matshed at Sai Kung,
I mat- glut
100.00
10.15 p.m.
7.30 a.m.
Boat-building Matshed, Mong Kok Tsui,
Matshed at Robinson Road, Tsim Sha Tsui,
32 pint
sheds
30,000.00 | Unknown,
3 mat
sheds
1,000.00 Do.
43 Oct. 13
44 Nov.
3.50 a.m.
2.00 a.m.
House No. 58, Jervois Street,
:
8,700.00
Do.
House No. 122, Jervois Street,
15
16
8.40 p.m.
46
Så
27
8.30 a.m.
19
47 | Dec.
2
2.44 a.m.
House No. 26, Sai Woo Lane,
House No. 93, Market Street, Hung Hom, House No. 275, Queen's Road Central,-
48
>>
6.50 p.m.
House No. 9, Beaconsfield Arcade,
49
10
Matshed at Valley Road,
"
ان
98
50
15
>>
9.20 p..
Matshed at Yau Ma Ti,
20
1.50 a.m.
House No. 235, Queen's Road West,..
"
TOTAL.....
I mnt-
aked
7 2017-
sheds
Accident while worshipping.
Not insured.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Insured in the Union Insurance Society for $12,000.
19,000.00 Exploding of a kerosine lamp. Insured in the Sonth British Fire and Marine
1,500.00 | Accident.
800.00 Caused by burning joss-sticks. 2,500.00 | Exploding of a kerosine lamp.
4,000.00 Supposed to have been cansed by a kerosine lamp.
400.00 | By a spark from cook-house fire.
Do.
265.00 20,000,00 | Exploding of a lamp.
|
Insurance Co. for $14,000; Chum On Fire Insurance Co. for $4,000; Tung On Fire Insurance Co. for $3,000.
Insured in the Tung On and Sun Insurance Co.'s for $4,000 each.
Not insured.
Insured for $10,000 with the North German Fire Insurance Co.
Insured for $3,000 with the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., and $4,400 with the Com- mercial Union Insurance Co.
Not insured.
Do.
Covered by insurance.
130,699.73
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