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FIRES, 1897,-Continued.

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

ESTIMATED DAMAGE.

Wholly. Partly.

Brought forward...

$ 91,200

10 April

21 5.25 a.m.

Honse No. 90, Jervois Street,

1

3,000

11

21

10.15 p.m.

On S.S. Belgic,

3,000

12

13 May

25

1.55 a.m.

House No. 95, Wing Lok Street

5,000

""

17.40 p.m.

House No. 8, Cross Street,

1

700

14

56

20

1.45 a.in.

House No. 71, Jervois Street,|

2

13,500

15 June

15 2.30 a..

16 July

23

10 p.m.

House No. 114, Jervois Street,į Hongkong Hotel,

34,000

Queen's

Road Central,

1

300

17

27

11.55 p.m.

|

House No. 248, Queen's Road

West,

1

300

18 August

3

4.15 p.m.

|

House No. 15, Praya, Fuk

Tsun Heung,

4

7,000

19

22 2.05 a.in.

House No. 213, Queen's Road

West,

600

"

24 28

.21 22

20 September 4 1.15 p.m. 18 7.15 a.. 1912.20 p.m. 23 November 24 11.35 p.m.

7 p.m. 7.10 a.ın. 1.15 p.m.

24

25

"

26 December 22

House No. 16, Tung Loi Street, House No. 49, Quarry Bay,... House No. 5, "Wild Dell," House No. 64, Third Street,... House No. 53, Stanley Village, House No. 122, Second Street, | H. M. Naval Yard,

6,900

1

600

300

1

1.200

5

3,000

1

5,000

1

2,000

TOTAL,....

177,150

FIRES, 1898.

No. oF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

ESTIMATED DAMAGE.

Wholly. Partly.

1 January 22 3.55 p.m.

26 4.40 p.m.

2

3 February 5| 3.10 a.m.

House No. 21, Lyndhurst Ter-

race,.

Government Asylum, Eastern

Street,

1

$

500.00

150.00

4

11

17

5

"

6 March 7 April

9 p.in. 25 3.35 p.m. 12 12.40 a.m. 11

3 a.in.

House No. 46, Praya Central, House No. 125, Wanchai Road, Matshed at British Kowloon,. House No. 2, Graham Street,

1

200.00

1

4,000.00 ·

Unknown.

1

1,000.00

House No. 288, Queen's Road]

West..

1

600.00

10 11.10 p.m.

17.05 p.m.

13

10 a.m.

"

8 May

9 June 10 August 10. 11 September 10 12 October 10 13 November 18 14 December 9

15

16

3 p.m. 2 p.m.

5.30 p.m. | House No. 2, West Street, 7.30 a.m. 5.50 p.m. 12| 6.15 p.m.

House No. 76, Praya East,

|

House No. 56, Jardine's Bazaar

House No. 136, Queen's Road|

East,

Hut at Shaukiwan,

House No. 295, Queen's Road

West,.

1

700.00

House No. 67, Praya Central,

100.00

House No. 22, Belcher's Street, Matshed at the Peak,

1

7,000.00

200.00

2

11,628.74

1

200,00

1

2,500.00

1

1

800.00

1

5,423.00

TOTAL......

35,001.74