The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-06-13

DEDUCTIONS
Sources of Fire Losses in
Ohio.

| DQllStln lSsueu saturday evening,
gives statistics of fire losses IN
Cleveland and Cuvahoga county
az compared with these in Gin.
cinnati and Hamilton county in
1906, and makes them the basis
of some interesting deductions as
to what effects the fire loss of q
community. Briefly tie factors
are the building material, the
criminal inclinations of the people,
the style of architecture, the
equipment of the fire department,
and the general information
possessed by the people as to Gre
dangers.
Value of new buildings erected
in 1906
Wood. All Kinds.
Cleveland 81, 963, 1853 $l2, ,972, 974
Cincinnati, ,6l7 900 6,9G5, 74G
Value of building erected in
last four years, all kinds Cleve-
land, $35, $40, 700; Cincinnati, 26,
544, 701.
In Cleveland in 1872 fires, 80
spread to one adjoining building,
and IS to more than one while in
I'LL fires in Cincinnati, and but
s reached more than one.
In both cities the quality of
personnel aud the ability of the
management of the fire depart
ments ale admirable
For each resident of Cleveland
). 43 tons of coal and 1890 feet of
gas were consumed during last
year while in Cincinnati the per
capita consumption was $40 tons
and $50 feet. Anthracite
furnished 13 per cent. of the con.
sumption in Cleveland aud one
pei cent. in Cincinnati. The
recent introduction of natural gas
for heating purposes at Clncinna
ii will lessen the fire waste.
The most important Immediate
duty of the municipal government s
of both cities is the passing OF
ordinances for the correction of
serious architectural errors in
their compacity built districts
These errors were Indicated In
two recent bulletins.
In Cincinnati the New York
building code should be adopted
at once. Cleveland has a code
which was held up as the model
one until the New York code was
produced. Either city may at
any time suffer contlagration
costing $500, 100000
The number of incendiarv fires
in Cleveland during last year was
II with resultant loss of 500,
387, In Cincinnati there were
4 with loss of $1,000
A comparison of fire waste and
its causes in these, the two most
populous counties shows much
that is Of interest. The loss dur
ing last year was Sl,6S6, 39S in
Cuyahoga county aud 1871 400
HamiltoR.
In Cuyahoga county the average
fire is in building worth, contents
included, $llSsO; in Hamilton,
$l3, 366.
In Cuyahoga the insurance on
the average building igHited is
$5S79 in Hamilton $7252.
Tie amount of loss in The
average building fire in Cuya-
hoga is S24l6 in Hamilton it is
$1,000 From this it may be seen
that in an average Cuyahoga fire
20 l.3 per cent. of the value In.
yolved is destroyed while in
Hamilton fire but II ] 3 per cent.
is lost. The insurance ON Cnya-
hoga building is IL 23 per cent.
of its value, and on Hamilton
building 81 IA per cent.
The difference in fire loss be.
tween Cleveland and Cincinnati is
not SO great as that between the
sountries in which they are
situated.
Cleveland with a population
estimated by the census bureau in
1906 at 460, 1927 lost by fire last
year $9l7, 2l4 or l 80 IA per
capita.
Cincinnati with population
estimated at 345, 230 lost by fire
5000, 500 or sl79, SO per capita,
The average annual loss per
capital in American cities is $l 76. |