Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-01
FIRES.
The Ravages of One Years
Flames.
AMOUNT OF ALL THE LOSSES
The Owners of the Buildings and
the Causes-COmpiled From
the Records,

| OiAns sho PaSb year Ine flre Depart
ment was called out 166 times. % O
which were on false alarms. OF tb.
total number of alarms IA were "still'
ones, 80 came in by telephone and 1Os
were turned in at the boxes of the Rich
mond Fire Alarm System. The losses
by fire and water during the year aggre
gated close upon 100000, although the
largest individual loss did not exceed
$40, 900.
| The Department is to be congratulated
upon the good work it has uniformly
performed throughout the year last past
especislly when the large amount o.
territory it covers is taken into consid
Grafton.
The eighty men enrolled in the depart
ment sre divided into nine companies
one to each of the seven steam fire en-.
gines, one to the Hook and Ladder com.
pany, and one to the Park Hose Com.
pany, an extra company with a four
wheeled hose cart, which assists al
almost every fire within the city limits.
Each of the engine companies consists oil
an engineer, two drivers, and from five
to seven call men; the Hook and Ladder
company comprises driver. tillerman
and seven call men, and the Park Hose
| Company has driver and five call men.
The Richmond fire system is charged
by battery of 154 cells, which are stored
in the battery room in the rear of the
Police Headquarters. Twenty five mile of
wire stretched upon over 500 poles connect
L hirtty al - a. II.
bell in the City Hall tower, which weighs
2, 100 pounds, and at the same time trans
| mits the current to each engine house in
the city, go that as each alarm comes in
it is rung out from the alarm bell and
registered at each engine house at the
same moment.
The following is chronological list of
the fires for the past year, with date,
location, occupancy, cause and damage
JANUARY.
2d-28 North Main street, clothing
store, 1-story brick, M. Norton, un.
known; $500.
3d-354 South Spring street, grocery,
2.story brick, Rorick Bros, lamp explo.
sion; none.
4th-First and Wilmington streets,
stable and barn, 1-story frame, j. M.
Davies, tar barrel; none.
Sth-Home and Patton streets, dwell
ling house, 1-story frame, unknown
$500.
11th-43 South Fort street, offices, 2.
story brick, Hellman, lamp explosion F;
none.
11th-44S South Olive street, barber
shop, l-story frame, Sentous, lamp ex.
plosion; none.
12th-Hawkins street, dwelling house,
l-story frame, gasoline stove; none.
15th-First and Vine streets, saloon,
1-story frame, lamp explosion; none.
19th-Boyle Heights, dwelling house,
l-story frame, Charles Bell, matches /;
$50.
19th-210 San Fernando street, restau.
rant, 1-story frame, III. G. Robinson,
shavings; $50
21st-Fort near Second, dwelling
house, 2-story brick, lamp explosion !;
| none.
21st-Main ard Upper Main streets.
clothing store, 2'story brick, M. Ehrens,
incendiary nominal.
25th-First and Vine streets. restau.
rant, 1-story frame, unknown; $500.
25th-Requena and Main streets, sa-
loon, 4-story brick, Levine & Oppenhei-
! mer, incendiary $500.
| 25th-Sixth and Fort streets, church,
4story brick, defective Hue; nominal.
| 26.h-Elmyra street, hotel, 2 story
fir me, La Clede, ST. 500.
3lst-33l South Hill street, dwelling
house, 2-story frame, Mrs. Lee, lamp ex-
plosion none.
| FEBRUARY.
| 2d-Main, near Sixth street, caroenter
chop, 3.story frame, unknown; $50.
3d-Ann street. lodging house. 2.story
frame, W. Sykes, unknown; 500.
6h-21 North Main street, millinery
store, story brick, Miss Williams. lamp
| explosion none.
l3th-Cummings street, hay stack. s.
! M. Perry, matches $500.
l5th-Second and Vine streets, dis
| tillery, 2.story frame, unknown; 81 900.
l5th-Main near Fourth streets, lodg-
ing house, 2-story frame, J. B. Lanker-
shin, gasoline stove; none.
15th-Kuhrts street, car stable and
barn, 2.story frame, Gable Railroad Com.
pany, unknown; 81 500.
l9th-484 East First street. B. H.,
feed store and flour mill, 2.story frame,
Mcmillan u Farland, unknown; $780,
20;h-159 South Spring street, lodg-
ing house, 2.story brick, Woodbury., ash
barrel; none.
March 3d-West First street, lodging
house, 1-story frame, ash barrel; none.
6th-Fifth street near San Pedro street,
dwelling house. history frame, Harris,
unknown; 800.
Sth-Alameda and Pine streets, dwell
ing house, 1-story frame, unknown; 500.
13th-Eighth and Alameda streets,
dwelling house, 1-story frame, S. Quinby,
lamp explosion; $1,000.
l3th-Spring between Third and Fourth
streets, harness store, 2'story frame, un-
known; nominal.
15th-Hawkins stree, dwelling house,
l-story frame, defective chimney nomi.
nal.
23rd-Orchard avenue dwelling house,
1-story frame, unknown.
29th-341 New High street, dwelling
house, 1-story frame, Maggie Carpenter,
lamp explosion; $50.
29th-222 Downey avenue, dwelling
house, 1.story frame, unknown nomi-
nal.
30th-Chavez and Walters street dwell
ing house, 1-story frame, unknown i:
none; supposed incendiarism,
APRIL.
1st-Weill and Daley streets. grocery
store, 1-story frame, Hendricks lam D
explosion none.
0H-Cantro1 ovopua-