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Show ! FIRE LOSSES III i GUY SHOW GAIN j OVER LAST YEAR ANNUAL REPORT OF FIRE-CHIEF CREEDON PUTS DAMAGEAT 16,226.00 FOR 1935 PERIOD Accoording to the annual report oC the Bingham - volunteer fire de-f: de-f: partment, submitted this "week to ' the town board by Chief John J. Creedon, the damage by lire during - ' (935 (was $6,220.00, as against the f 1334 estimate of $3,327.50. . This Increase is due, explained Chief, by the greater number of (ires, and espeoially the Yampa ' Club conflagration of July 3, 1935 which alone caused a loss of ap- proximately $6,000.00. The total number of calls answered ans-wered toy the department last year was 13, of which 12 were within the j city limits, and one was a county , Call The report sumarizes the causes of the fires as follows: 1 Sparks on roof I Boot in flue '. 2 i Overheated stove 1 i furniture in contact with stove. . 1 I Defective stove pipe 1 I Unknown Total 13 f Other statistics included in the c report are: : Equipment used 1750 feet of 2- inch hose. Gallons of water used from the I "booster" tank 300. Total time actually used in com-' com-' bating fires 7 hours, 15 minutes. ? Estimated number of firemen ans- jwering alarms 310. i Average number firemen per call I 24 i ... |