Show I 20 PCT OF ALARMS TURNED IN ARE FALSE ASSERTS BYWATER Twenty per cent of oC the alarms turned in to the tho fire tire department are false according to a statement made today by Chief Bywater Every Eer time the apparatus turns out to answer an alarm there is n a certain amount of danger both to the men and the equipment said BallI th the tho chief A false alarm i is II answered answered answered an an- with all the haste and dispatch die dis patch of or a real alarm of or fire An accident would In all probability cost the city a great deal dent or of money False alarms constantly Increase this danger As winter advances ad- ad ad advances vances ancell and the streets b become icy IY tho the danger r Increases QI The problem IB Is a serious one as all arresting the offenders does dots not seem to be the thet t solution |