Show SALT LAKES LAKE'S FIRE lOSSES FOR YEAR REFLECT REELECT CREDIT ON WORK OF DE DEPARTMENT INI NI NO NOTABLE u CONFLAGRATIONS Q SINCE JAN JAIL 11 1 Unusual Number o of Alarms arms Answered but Record Shows ShOTS Total Loss for fore forthe forthe the e Eleven even Months of BY GORDON PLACE Salt Lake CIl City can well be bC prou proud of oC its fire department which under the thc direction of oC Chief James Devine and his I staff starr of oC ex experienced lire fire fighters has af afforded afforded af- af for forded e remarkably service ser The I department is un under er absolute discipline and works orl s at all times with like dock like clock harmony harmon showing a marked absence of oC I the thc Internal dissension that has lIas led to the disorganization and incapacitation of departments In n other cities The Thc Salt Lake CIl City fire department answered more fire alarms In the first eleven cleven months of the thc closing year cat than thanIn In hl an any previous year rear in the history of oC I the department The value of oC property j Jeopardized and the thc amount of oC Insurance insurance insurance ance ed involved has seldom been exceeded and the actual fire lire losses were held far farbelow farbelow below helow the thc average There here have been ICO 10 alarms answered in the past eleven months This ThiEl Is a greater grealer number than ever received receive by bythe bythe bythe the department for fot an entire year rear The comparison can an be briefly summarized In the following table showing the alarms and the fire losses since 1 0 Year Alarms Losses I 1890 E t 1 1 1 ISM r. r 31 50 55 1595 1 HI I U 1511 1 1 1895 1 5 11 t 1 IK I lC J J. J 1837 1897 3 l 13 27 77 l fi g t 1000 1900 lw 1 1 nO 03 Total tal 1 1 1032 1 1902 ICO IC Total 1 No Destructive Fires The city has been particularly fortunate fortunate fortu fortu- n nate te in having escaped destructive flies fires during the entire year jear ear The fires by hy which the heaviest lest losses were sustained sustained sus sus- were wen the following March Newman Newman's s 's shoe store Main 1 street Insured May In Freed Furniture company's warehouse East Third South 1200 HOO June Dillon Morgans Morgan's ans an's cafe lo loss s Pro Progress building same fire flie 1 Siegel Cigar company same fire Lyon Lon fit Co Jewelers 01 same tire lire a total loss of oC 1167 Insured This fire was as caulE caused b by a flash Hash of or burning grease Tease in A p. frying pan pall June II II Id W. W Lawrence July tons Savings Sa bank and ando building budding 1 o a In In Templeton caused by J gas from a dentists dentist's in ing August three residences occupied by bv H. H Smith and others loss 2 00 OO Ins in insurance insurance In- In s rance August lith Robinson Bros shoe fac- fac rl r 9 i 0 0 lJ V FIRE LOSSES AND AND OTHER STATISTICS u i c I oo c o U 0 07 c g E g. g o n 0 2 c I I I I Io a 7 n nn n n n no I a o o c o Q o pg pc P II I II I Q 0 0 1 l. l fI f- f I January I 9 4 5 I 1 1300 i 3 30 I y IJ February Fc 13 20 1525 1 1 13 tJi OO Ill IS ii II 10 S I II I March arch 10 10 16 10 S Sd April 7 10 too 3 Go I May 1 12 2 v 01 3 1 51 2461 I June 19 It 41 lO 12 G 91 I Jul July 18 16 3 35 o IS' IS 13 tai I II IU I U 62 I G.-I 12 I September Ii 17 gill n ro 1 19 2 2943 15 Ij 1 October 11 30 11 1130 CiS 65 I November 1 15 1 1 13 1 fi I I I l J I i rol 1 Total r Io i I 3 I 0 COMPARATIVE TIVE STA STATEMENT EMENT OF LOSSES c C 1 0 ci r 4 LI I t ID I I n UI 0 0 I I. I c 1 P IA I II I tD 9 UI I I 0 VI UI I j d. d p. p nn 2 2 II III I I I Co I I I I I 1901 1 IIO iO 7 GOO I 1 I I tor tOI tory y loss with Ith insurance for Cor 7 September Mrs Its Thomas Burmeister Bur- Bur residence loss loss 1339 Insured One One Hard Hard Hard Nights Night's Work The most destructive lire of ot the entire year ear which is not Included In the figures figures fig fig- ures given herewith was that In which the thc Langton ton Brick and Cement company's company's company's com com- pany's plant was destroyed on the night of or December 1st entailing a 11 loss of oC and on which 2600 Insurance was ns paid The distance traveled tra by the department department department de de- on this lire fire was seven miles and it was In actual service six hours This fire was caused h by the thc upsetting of oC a furnace Cause of Fires During the lure first eleven en months of r 1902 10 there were two thirty Ores fires of unknown origin while ten were from Crom miscellaneous ous causes Tho The most peculiar of the latter class was ns that In the thc saloon aloon of oC r.-f r. I vl GE James Rea flea No r 2 South West Vest cst Temple I Ion on June th when a puppy PUPil dog seized a burning newspaper an and ran through the thc ro room m. m Igniting the room in several places This fire entailed a loss of or and was insured Defective flues have caused eighteen elg alarms while th the dangerous combination combination combination tion of or the small bo boy an and a n. parlor match caused blazes that gave save the department department de de- thirteen trips Defective electric electric elec elec- wires were responsible for Cor nine runs while lightning striking an electric electric elec elec- wIre lre Ignited one house The careless careless careless care care- less u use e of or matches call called d out the department department department de de- five tl times limes During the year ICO 10 alarms have ha been responded to The department has traveled traveled trav trav- ek 3 S miles In answering Iru the alarms arH and has stretched 2625 feet of oC hose The time spent in act actual nl service ser was 1451 hours The value of oC property Jeopardized bythe bythe by bythe the fires was while the rr r.r. rv rA J J TIRES FIRES OF THE YEAR AND THEIR CAUSES f oo 0 0 oo o f I g 00 0 I 3 i I 3 E s 5 E I Month O g d O r 00 ri p C I. I O O g O I F IOA T 5 P rl I 1 g 31 I I I g 1 o 1 1 I I I I II I j. j 0 January 1 1 1 1 1 1 S 3 I I February 1 4 1 l' l 3 1 i 1 J. J 1 2 12 2 1 larch 2 1 1 3 7 n I April 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 8 I II I 1 Iday 1 a 1 2 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 33 13 I I Juno 1 1 1 1 3 3 I July i 2 1 1 7 i 1 i. i I 1 J 9 I Augu A it l I f 2 1 ow 1 1 2 9 0 S September i 1 2 2 S 3 1 4 1 73 13 I October 1 1 1 I. I 1 2 1 i 1 1 i 1 1 I November I I S 5 2 I. I 1 II C 1 Totals 6 6 S 8 11 1 C 6 1 1 9 4 2 41 4 3 32 I X 0 ance Involved In was 0 The Thc Insurance insurance In- In pal paid was vas 39 while tho losses loses uninsured were only makIns making snaking mak mak- ing Ins a total loss of oC for tor eleven en months Improvements ts The improvements In the equipment of or the thc department for the year have ha been O first t. t the new metropolitan steamer steamer steam steam- er er which cost f. f o o. o b. b b New ew York and which has come coma up to thc the highest expectations of oC the Chief and other om- om officers cers of oC the department Another marked Improvement nn ana anu one that I is new to Salt Lake has hos been the installation oCI of oC I feed cisterns in the paved district I These have been tested rigorously an and have been found to be successful InI in I their operation There are five of or the these c I cisterns now nov in us use and others will be installed as the appropriations are se secured secured se- se cured from the the- Council There are ate at present thirty eight men in the fire service ser In his annual report Chief Devine will ask for an additional force torce of perhaps ten men to further r In Increase Increase In- In crease the efficiency of oC the thc department Suggestions for Betterment The Thc department today stands well in inthe Inthe inthe the lead Ie-ad of oC all nil the American depar- depar ments with the same number of oC m men n Inthe in inthe inthe the service service- and with a larger larser forceL the department will compare most favorably favor ably with those of or cities much larger than Salt Lake Chief Davine Devine In his annual report to the Council which will be given out at I the thc end of ot the tho year car will offer olTer a n. number of ot suggestions for the thc improvement o oj of the service which if It acted favorably a upon will be bc of oC great advantage to tho the city The officers of or the department arc nr are James Chief Charles E F. Wood Assistant Chief L L. M. M Earl secretary C. C T. T Vail Fall superintendent of fire alarm service William G. G Workman captain of or hose company No 1 M. M W. W Earl captain of oC the chemical crew ere J J. WI W W. I Love captain of or hose hose- company No 2 i W W. T T. land Ayland captain of hose company compan No Ko 4 John Stub captain of or truck No Ko 1 Bryant Brant Young captain of or truck No Ko 4 J J. W W. Wilson Julius Sorensen Soren Soren- sen sen C. C E. E Williams and Engineer Reuben Reuben Reu Reu- ben Simpson |