CITY'S FIRES & FIRE LOSSES
REPOKT FOR m& BY SUPERINTENDENT TAIT The aninial report of the Fire. BriKade Suporiiiteiidfliit (Mr. H*. Tajt) -i«i& hcfe.ro the Fire Brigades Cojnmi'teo of tho City Council yestoKiay. ftil* iag is il Kst of laio fifes or supposed fiHis during the yea?, eliding ferdi 31, IBM, the figures; for last j.eat 1 being shown in brackets :-* Aet-u-al fares 128 (138). Rubbish and gcrso ikes, fi? (44.)-; Chimney ftros, 50 (17). Pftfed alarms, 82 f : SS). Total lUi-mW of eafis, 207 (g@). Tto estimated lass «f property ■•not eov«o.d by insurance am £14i6 j ■%> tfsiiiimta} loss csweft-d by instjriUMo Was £30,579, and tho *4tim*ted valu'o .of property oft which ftros tieeUirotl £412,467, No Beriaus fire .opeurred durtafi- tho year. In oriiy one was'lbe toss ever iS4OOS, nad ite fJiat firss :t.ho loss was feK&r £5000. . Mr. Tait says Hiat th& disoipifao <}f tjio man m tie brigade and tfo svork doiio by them Jias been Satisfactory., and thirt tjic j?i ; re MieQ and .VoluntcW Cwps, ffiider Captaid Wright, .ats in previous yoats, ttttdered vejuabie o.S■sistance to fto brigsdo.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 6
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181CITY'S FIRES & FIRE LOSSES Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 6
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