THE FIRES OF 1909.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 700, 28 December 1909, Page 5

THE FIRES OF 1909.

— * incidents and losses. ' AND MEASTJEES ]fOR 'THE FUTURE. . According to tho ;reoords 'kept by Super-!a!-i^®^B4®nt.:lQTßinen,vtl».>Eirß-Brigade- has i 'j , .had a basy year,. Although exceptionally ' .of .calls received be- : 250, made up as under,—Actual fires, JC2; niobi.sh and gorso fires, 10; chinineyfires, .19] falser alarms, 53. Thoj'alse alarms are .classified as "good intent" 38 and "ma- , nolo us. ,15. Malicious false.alarms-caused . i v-jno ; brieads, a good > deal '.of;;trouble * about 7,P , °f the year, and a reward ,ws> offered "for the detection' of the .of- ' ! < : 'V*OT :I i* 1 , "■■'VOlrt'-'oni: a- charge ,of wil-,.ifeopx-and calling,the.toigadesout,Tandf-Was connoted and fined 43 and costs,, This < example apparently hud an effect on s f-jrlioso K'ideci 6 £;. bs j oke ran /:-iii r the : above direction. The valuo of the proi 'svariouWv fires' 'was' ■ made up of buildings, .6187,480, and- contents, ,437,000 Tlw loss caused .• ;>by iho ,slres : was, 437,009. n'.;-.V.y v... .. ~. : , System. The 'prinoipal, districts from which alarms were men wore -City, 143; Newtown, 41 • Thornton, *20> Brooklyn, t 9; Kelbume, 7; Northland, 7i Hataitai, 3: wharves, 3; Island 8aj,,3; Kilbirme, 2, hampore, Karon, Vogeltown, ,and Mit-i iiad':at Jeact'one'firo» : - The , - telephones'. i-P' graducil# extended, apd lnstiuments, etc., hive Dwia should conlo .to'land Shortly. Points {ire -to be erected as Tinder -Kilblrnie, 7; Island Bay, 3, Kelburne, 3, Brooklyn, 2; ,Aio Street, 1, .-Maraama. Crescent; '1; Botanical Road, 1;' ...: -Wesley, Road,'l, The, authorities ■ reiog-' ;;By- fhq 'installation' 1 - : -?t•-S'if oa }?f to ,'' 6 y stei V of,-street alarms : ii .'fl'M, the.-brigade can hope to do the'-'best'- •'.;.- wrvico, (». they, must) bovdli' the .spot' ; and get at the fire in its incipient stages .; .to;get-the best results.*. ';: : :;:=« ,-•-•;•• . Fire Causes: Carelessness and Neglect. - ; _oocurred ~,,in practicallyevery, class of building, private dwelhnew£°^;Contnbutinfri and- 1 boardinglwfiisea g. The prinoipal causes -show-that a considerable:number of' out.fllMfi ■ oivrelessiess -and 'neg- ; ieot. Curtains codling fnto contact with . JlghUMl. candle and .this class of. fire 'accountod for ll qutbrcaks, careless--Use -of - ■ the-,causey of p'fires'Cs-: Were 1 caused by airing Unen in front of fire;;;3;plaoea,i^ix^:^rom;;fire3Whd;vfr6mlpipeß; cach gave rise to four outbreaks, and hot a|h«3 caused two Outbreaks. Tho origin of 24 oi tho fixes as "unJcnown" ■« x \ , The only fatal fire wits one on August IG, m which a man named Thomas Hic- . •Majonbanks Street.-. :■ On/another occasion : : a•• married f'-woffiah.'. l broker -a-*-' leg -in ■ ! ro?a n?!* 141 "! bedroom >ot a house m Cambridge, Terrace. Ia .eswing in a similar ,way from a bnildtne m Ingeetrc Place a man'fell on to a picket fence and ribs. 1 !- New Plant. 1 fioae, Mi(l is expected to 1 reaoh Wellin?- . J? nua ryvA;tafltgv.,iire. pnmp. of ft yeairs «iei'^&^QE#av''Pirfi : '■ Alarm Syudicala installed a receiving apparatus at the Central F ir e Station, at a cost of 41 S3 -On receipt of a call, tho apparatus panohes ia series of holes (according to the code set apart) four times, and stamps the year, month, day, hour 1 •' V «v away-Wth false alarms, .as; a brigade onlv out on receipt of. the. four repeats: If one, two, oi thiee repeats ard received tho brigade does not turn out immediaWy. but rings up the bulling f rom :; ■ ifiignal jfs, received.(^oftioi.; ■neofaons.; ; .akeady.jj^adeinclude '.thii (Gov-' eminent Building?, which system hns Sip thermostats and fifteen miles af wiro Eleven buildings are at, present ™ nnccted with the Central Station bV direct tolophono, including 'the . Onera Housdfftna■ thosTheatroi.Boyali ! '-wliikf"is ■ number of others,are about tefb?Ton. Acted SeveralJ buildings, have 'been fitted up with other patent alarm svs< terns, sucft aa the Keiohel and the A n r The Grinnell' sprinklers ?b ß f n stalled in several largo buildihgs, iuclud. ing. the DIC„ Messrs. and Stains, Sargood, Sbn and En on nnrt tho, Kawtown Match Factory, \ This svs tern consists of a series of pipes' wlnnh run throughout tte building, and wh o ], f,™ °harged with r Vntor from a tank on the city supply.. ' Sprihklers a r e fixed ;-' ; pip ?/ at' distances;^.(about' 400 • and. allows ?:Bpray .of : whan - . heat; of , 155 degreis' jj' annlicd The piping in Messrs Kirk'cald'f nd Stains's building lilane' measures nbmtt four tailed, nnd holds s i3oo ■ sprinklers The tanks which srapply the nI D6S i, o t,i 15,000 gallons of--water. As w ? Fas set. ting tfc wote going, the sprinkler sjl tem_,also,jputs v ,the • firo alarm: bell• in.Suburban Firo Proiecilon, The numerous, volunteer fire brigades which guard the suburbs have been n,1,10,1 to bv the formation of 4 C lanil and Eoseneatli, jwhfre reel sl eds and the nccossay apj.liancta are being sent. Northland is now i'being re ticulated for a water-supply,'and nrn .; nui has Cjujta recently teen connectod with tho city 6upph», Superintendent OBnen speaks the work lendered bv the vanou ß > volunteer bngadea which, ha considers, have done excellent work. <