The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-13

/ 20 carts with automatic and 70 with hand
ladders, 3 fire escapes and 3 steam fire en-
glnes. All the vehicles are provided with
! sledge runners for winter use The water
| supply is abundant from the street mains.
! and the rivers and canals crossing the CITY
| are ineXhaustible sources of water SUNNY
The city of 6iothenburg, Sweden, had in
| 1891 10000 people and 3, S35 buildings. of
! which 2, ABS were of wood. OF the 65 fires
in 1890 81 were confined to the buildings Of
their origin, while 40 Of these fires occurred
| IN brick and stone structures, aud the in
sursnce loss en- all was only $4,000. The
I fire department numbers 20 men with
steam fire engines, Is hand engines, to-
| gether with fire escapes and all other
needed apparatus.
The city of Constanbinople, with 900 900
| OF people, Is far behind the cities of Western
Europe in means for fire protection. Most
of the buildings in STEAMBOAT are wooden,
while those at Pera and Galata are of stone
| and brick. No fire alarms exist here as we
understand them. There is a cannon station
on mountain on the Bosporus and shots are
fired when fire is discovered. Signals, too,
are at once put up on the two towers in
STEAMBOAT and Galata, being red balls dur
| ing the day and lanterns at night, and fire
runners are dispatched from these towers
| to notify the fire brigades. There were 571
! wooden building burned in 1891. The
marvel is that the CITY escapes desolating
conhagrations Aside from the regular fire
brtgades there are many volunteer and
| private organizations.
BRITISH FIRE ladies.
The city of Dublin in 1891 had a popula-
ton of 254, 700, covered s, sos acres and had
25, $50 stone and brick buildings. During
! 1890 the total loss by fires was only about
| $4,000. The water pressure in Dublin is
sufficient to enable firemen to get water
upon burning buildings by merely coupling
hose TO street hydrants.
In 1890 the city of Glasgow covered Gill
acres, but in November, 1891, the area had
| increased to i 1861 acres, with population
! of $50, 1856. In that year 504 fires occurred,
! with loss of over half a million of dollars.
| The city has no wooden buildings. All the
! fires were prevented from extending be-
| yond adjoining property. The fire DEPART
ment is not numerically large, but is very
efficient and is well provided with steam
fire engines and a good fire alarm system.
! The water pressure, too, upon the water
mains in some parts of the city is 100
| pounds to the square inch. In all NUM-
| oipal matters Glasgow is looked upon as a
! model city.
The city of Edinburgh. including Leith,
| has population of about $50 900 and Gov
ers 1883 acres. The city is built almost
wholly Of stone, there being only few
| brick buildings and no wooden ones. The
| stone used is q gray sandstone, abundant in
the regions. A fire seldom gets beyond the
| building where it originates. From a table
| giving the years Of service of firemen we
| find that one has been in the service thirty
| six years. one thirty years, one thirty nine
| years. one tWenty-siX years, one thirty-four
| yearF, two thirty-two years and one twenty
| years
In 1891 the population of the city Of Liv-
erpool was 517, 951 and covers $500 acres.
Its buildings are all of stone and brick.
| Five steam fire engines were in use aud
eight hand engines, and there we're 256 men
| on the regular force. Five hundred and
| seYenty-eighg fires occurred in 1890, 2S Of
them from lighted candles, 81 from lights
thrown down, 30 from children playing
| with matches, 80 from smoking tobacco, %
from children playing with fire and 30 from
sparks from fire. Firemen in Liverpool
have the title Of constable and have GER
tain police authority.
LONDON'S DEPARTMENT.
The great city Of London had within its
corporation limits in 1891 4,231, 431 persons
and 2 900, 900 In territory Immediately con.
tiguous; 557, 1874 is given as the number of
! brick and stone buildings in 1891, and the
city has no wooden buildings. The number
of fire alarms given in 1891 was 4, l64, OF
/ which 1,029 were false alarms, 243 chimney
alarms and 2. 892 actual fires; 1909 of these
| fires we're confined to the floors where they
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| floors, only six fires extending TO adjoining
property and only three extending beyond
| adjoining property. The London fire de-
! partment consists of forty-seven land
steam fire engines, ninety-1vs land manual
! fire engines, nine steam fire engines on
| barges, eight steam tugs, 104 horse
carts, thirty-six miles OF hose, with ladders,
trucks, tire escapes and an abund-
ance OF alarms, telegraphs, telephones, ETC.,
to render the service of its zoo tiremen very
| efficient Nineteen million gallons OF water
! we're used during the year at fires, one-third
of which was taken from the river, canals
| and docks. The causes of flreS are curious:
| Fifty-uine came from airing linen, $50 from
| candles, 80 from children playing with tire,
| and 62 from their playing with matches;
| 81 were caused by Swinging gas brackets,
| 60 from escape OF gas, 81 from curtains or
| blinds coming in contact with lights; 104
! originated from hot ashes, 290 from spirit
| lamps C2G6 Of them being from upsettinR
such lamDs) 100 came from sparks of fire
and SO improperly set stoves.
ON THIS SIDE OF THE WATER.
The city Of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with
only 10000 people, has volunteer fire de-
partment of 325 men, nearly half as many
as in the great city of London. IL has four
steam fire engines, and nine-tenths of its
buildings are wooden. Otta wa, which is
larger than Halifax, has only one steam fire
!
ton. has two steam fire engines and paid
fire department consisting OF a marshal and
fifty men.
The town of Acapulco, Mexico, has a
population of 5000: the building are all Of
adobe brick. The place hasn't even means
of giving a fire alarm; no fire insurance of
any kind is carried there, and there is no
fire department Of any sort and no water
supply for fire purposes Durango, with
! So, 600 people. had three fires IN 1890, with
small loss. The city has no fire department
and no water for fire purposes The place
Is built almost entirely Of unburned brick,
though a few dwellings are Of stone.
In Buenos Ayres, Argentine, with 600,-
| 900 population. the houses are almost ems
tireIy Of brick and stone, there being not
more than / 900 frame structures. The city
has a paid fire department Of nearly 200
men, and being the capital Of the republic,
the fremen are paid by the state. The city
has three good steam fire engines, with all
necessary apparatus
The city of Havana In 1890 had 2lS,0OO
people. and covers only 2.027 acres, making
nearly 70. 600 persons to the square mile.
EXCEPT in China, so dense population is
rarely seen. The Is, 900 houses of the city
are built of limestone brick being used to
very limited extent. Fires are of rare oc-
currence, there being only hfty-hve during
the wear 1890, of which fifteen only had to
be extinguished by firemen. One hundred
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