FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1901.
No. of
BUILDINGS
ESTIMATED
DAMAGE.
676
!
No.
DATE.
TIME.
SITUATION of Fire.
CAUSE,
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2
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30 00
Jan.
2
1O 1O
7.00 p.m.
9.30 p.m.
Tai Koo Sugar Works,
Tai O Harbour,
9 | 12.50 a.m.
71
13
1.50 a.m.
House No. 29, Jervois Street,
House No. 39, Wing Lok Street,
12 stone
ara
wonden
onsee.
20
8.40 p.m.
No. 13, Beaconsfield Arca:le,
Feb.
2.30 a.m.
Matshed, at Hung Hom West,
6.15 a.m.
House No. 201, Queen's Rond Central,
7.00 a.m.
A house at Shun Wan Village,
9.30 a.m.
Matshed (Boat-building Yard) at Tam Shui Hang Village in Sheung Sha Wan,
KELOW
steaners.
10
12.48 a.m.
House No. 289, Queen's Road West,...
11
12
13
12-
6
11.45 p.m.
House No. 25, New Street,....
"
11
5.30 a.m.
10.30 p.m.
No. 1, Lam Loi Street, Kowloon City,
No. 203, Queen's Road West,
::
Do.
DESTROYED.
Wholly Partly.
70 wooden
huts,
$ 18,000
7,000
Unknown..
Do.
20,000
18,000
80
280
1,200
Unknown.
mal-
shers,
launch,
And
Amali
twin
50,000
2
17,600
100
1,000
70
Exploding of a kerosine lamp. Falling of a kerosine lamp. Unknown
Do.
Supposed to have been caused by burn- ing joss paper or crackers.
Some straw accidentally caught fire. Sparks from the cook-house setting fire to the malting.
No insurance effected. Do.
Covered by insurance. Do.
Not covered by insurance. No insurance effected.
The mistress of the house, a servant girl and a boy were burnt to death. No insurance effected.
Damage not covered by insurance,
Supposed to have been caused by a Covered by insurance. charcoal stove igniting the show
case.
Joss sticks setting fire to a partition. Unknown.
No insurance effected.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Remarks.
14
12 12.50 a.m.
House No. 119, Third Street,.
>>
15
59
18į 12.45 p.m.
House No. 7, Kwai Wa Lane,
1,600
340 | Supposed to have been caused by over-
hoating of sandalwood powder.
Supposed to have been caused by firing | Covered by insuranee.
crackers.
16
J3
*
Matshed adjoining with a coolic quarters at the Peak Terminus,
Unknown.
Unknown.
17
19
10.50 a.m.
House No. 468, Queen's Road Wost..
200
Caused by firing crackers........
No insurance effected.
Do.
15
18
27
5.17 a..
House No. 3, East Street,
700
55
19 March
2
6.14 a.m.
House No. 164, Wing Lok Street,
11,000
20
21
22
ོམ།
16
A
12.30 p.m.
A Kerosine Oil Tank in the Engine-room of 8.S. Colonies" in Victoria Harbour.
103,000
26
55
10.43 p.m.
House No. 12, Kwai Wa Lane,
4,200
31
9.30 a.m.
House No. 185, Queen's Rond Central,
10,000
23 April
7
9.10 p..
House No. 120, Second Street,
10,000
mg.
Unknown.
Carelessness by dropping a burning Covered by insurance.
match on some paper.
Supposed to have been caused by kero- sine lamp iguiting a partition,
Unknown
Unknown.
Supposed to have been caused by smok-
Do.
Considerable damage was done to the Engine-room and machinery.
Covered by insurance.
Do.
$6,000 covered by Ting On Insurance Company.
Carried forward,.
274,370
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