There has been quite a small epidemic of fires lately. For some occult reason, it would seem that April is a fire month; certainly it has proved so this year. On Sunday, the 25th of April, another outbreak occurred la Chinatown, this time in Wing-Jok Street. It broke out about 2 am. in one of the upper storeys of No. 95, and was ey the efforts of the Fire Brigade confined to the first and second floors which were burnt out. The contents of the ground floor were only by water. The ground floor was occupied by a flour dealer; the upper floors by cloth and matting dealers. There were tivo insurances of $6,000, one with the Hongkong Fire and the other with the South British Company.
Another blaze occurred about 9.30 p.m. on the 27th of April close to Samshuipo on the opposite side of the water, wherein fourteen matsheds were burnt down and tivo pigs reduced to roast pork.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.