The daily gazette., 1883-01-04
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Batteryman Springer's Report for the
Year 1889.


Peter Springer, battery and line man ofthe
city fire alarm service, makes he following
brief report of fire alarms struck at the City
Hall during the year 1882:
January 3-Box 10, Spruce street between
Fifth and Sixth; chimney 5-Box ~, In
stitute. 1S--Box 10, house Sixth and
Church. 23-Box "a, defective flue. o.
Box "a, No. School.
February 3-Box IL, lamp Morning Aelos
office. 20-Box 12, Sixth and Shipley. 20
-0pera House. 27--Box 81, false alarm.
March 3-Box IL, 506 Market street. e.
Box IL, Sixth and Shipley lf--Box 15
chimney on Mechanic street.
April 2-Box 12, Fourth street, j. H.
Shoemaker's store. 3-Box l2, same al
above. 6--False alarm by crossing of wires
12--Box 10, chimney. 13-Box IS, chin
| ney and roof. Sixteenth and Walnut. IA
Box IA, lamp Fourth and Poplar l5-Boz
| 10, lamp over Eleventh street bridge. IL
Box Is, Kirkwood street. 1S-Box 10, same
| as above. 1S-Box 3, Thirteenth and Wash.
ington streets.
May l3--Box IL, No. 424 Maket street
20-Box IL, Fifth and Shipley. 34-BoS
23, Fourth and Orange. 27-Boxes 3, 6 and
IA, McLear IL KendaIl's factory box IA
false alarm box 6, false alarm box 12
Fourth street between Market and King.
June 2-Box IA, Front near Poplar.
4-Box 10, carpenter shop Tenth and
Spruce. 6-Box %, Seventh and Madison.
7-Box 23, Browns coal Office, West and
railroad. s-Box 3, Girard street. 10-Box
G, false alarm. l5-Box "a, Gould's
Fifth below Walnut. 19-Box IL "a
Boxes "A and 80, Tatnall and Water 26-
Box 81, Aliens brick yard.
July 2-Box 8, Tatnall near Eighth. 4
Box "a, No. 103 West street; box II, No.
734 Robinson street. 5-Box 9, Arlington
Mill. 7-Box 23, Gould's slaughter house.
S-Box 81, lamp on Rodney street ; box
80, Tatnall street near Seventh. 13-Box
25, chimney on VanBuren street. 14-Box
IL, railroad shops. 20-Box 16, Almond O.
Begg's brick yard box "a, stable of Harlan
& Hollingsworth Company. 24-Box %,
lamp ON Pleasant street. 25-Box 26, Henry
Banning's stable.
August BOX 23, burning rubbish Bushs s
wharf. 7-Box "a, Breyer's saw mill. IL
Box "a, frame house on railroad. IA
Box Is, Sixth street near Spruce. 19-Box
Is, lamp, Lord street. 21-Box 81, hay OF
G. Dougherty; box 3, Tenth and Orange.
25-Box 25, chimney, Reed and JACKSON.
30-Box "a, Jefferson, and railroad {; box 16,
No. SlS Church street.
September 3-Box 24, Persons sash
factory. 4-Box "a, same place as above.
October 6-Box 10, bed on Mechanics
streets. 12-Box 90. 20-Box 90, oil works.
23--Box 26, Browntowp; box O. Eleventh
and Poplar.
November 3-Box 81, chimney; Spruce
near Eighth. 10--BOx 16, Windsor near
Eighth. 12-Box IS, stable, box 81; Du-
Pont street. 14--Box IS, Phoenix Engine
house. 2l-Box 16, Bowers & Dure. 22-
Box "a ,Downward's rope walk. 25--Box 81,
Decatur street.
December 4-Box II, Third and Lombard
5-Box Is, rubbish at match factory. z
Box 8, Orange street. 24-Box 10, Clay
mont street. 27-Box II, B. F. Townsend'i
coal office.
Following are the number of alarms re-
ported struck from each box: No =, l. No
3, G; No. 9, 4; No IL, II; No. l3, 8; No. IA
4; No. Is, Z; No. 16, &; No. II, 4; No. 1s
3; No. 81, 8; No. 90, z; No. "a, 10; No. 25
8; No. %, 2; No q, 3; No. 2S, /; No. 81
2; No, SO, 2, Total, S5.