The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-04-30

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year ending. April ist 1903, being the second I
have the honor OF making. l have en-.
deavored to include In this report all the In
an intelligent idea OF the workings OF the de-.
partment, department property number OF
hres and alarms, loss on property where hre
deem necessary TO increase the efficiency OF
the department and give the city reasonable
protection.
The department answered during the year
| forty alarms OF fire. They were as follows:
Box %, Phone, IS. still alarms, s.
They were extinguished as follows:
By chemicals, II, by hvdrant streams IL, by
| pals Of water, 2. out when department ar.
rived, 8, false alarms. y.
The apparatus and equipment used at fires:
In performing the above service the depart
| ment laid ~ 500 feet of hose, raised 57a feet
! Of ladder, used %: gallons OF chemical.
| Cause OF fires
| Matches, 3; stoves and furnaces, IA; sparks
8; oily waste, 2; gasoline stoves, s.; unknown,
3; lamps, 4.
| The insurance on property where fire oc'
Cured was Sss $500 and the loss was
| Sc, $50. 70: the number of uninsured buildings,
B; loss on uninsured property $l06.OO.
Kind Of Buildings where, fire occurred.
Brick. g.; wooden, 20; cement, ..
Record Of fires, in detail.
April T. 1908: Box 81, fire at li0l west Stew
art street, IL 80 p M; cause OF fire. stove pipe;
| 2 story frame house owned and occupied by
Otto Setback: extinguished with chemicals.
May 81, 1905 Telephone call: fire at 523 Park
ST.; sIs z. M; cause OF nre ma hes Two
| church. occupied by Rev. Wise; extinguished
| with chemicals.
June 81, 1908; Box 81. s2S S. Chapman st.. /;
1l:l0 A. M; cause, chimney; | story frame
house owned by Fred Bandkau, occupied by
Fred Helse extinguished with chemicals.
| June g. 1908; Telephone call, Milwaukee
| street; 6:2s A. M: cause OF fire. brick kiln;
one story shed over brick kiln owned by j. II.
Frfeseke; extingulshed with hydrant stream.
June %. 1908; Still alarm; ll9 West Main
street: $3.50 p. M. bonfire cause closet In rear
| OF M +. Blair's stores out when department
arrived.
| June 2s le. 8: Box IS, 4O6 S. state ST.: $40 p.
M; cause, spark from engine; two story
| frame house owned by Mrs Henderson ocou.
pied by F. Gravlin extinguished with hy'
drant stream.
June %, 1908: Box "a false alarm; 1918 p.
NJ. burning paper in furnace at Citizens Saw
ings Bank.
July 3rd. 1908: Telephone call; Gil Martin
| street; Isis p. NJ; cause stove; two story
frame house owned and occupied by Edward
Bartz; extingushed with hydrant stream.
July 9. 1908; Box is, 2i5 West Exchange St.
1851 p M. ;lcause OF lire, unknown; two story
frame building owned by Harry T0Sey and
extinguished with hydrant stream.
July 49, 1903: Box "a, 2j2 East Exchange ST.;
l:33 A. M: cause OF ire, oily waste; two
story frame house owned BY Mrs. Carroll
Ripley. unoccupied extipgushed. by chemi
Gals.
July 80, 1908: Telephone call; South Cedar
street; 1855 A. M; cause OF fire, spark in
owned and Sn occupsS by a@mer@an as Sass
ball bat factory; out when department ar
rived.
August list 1908: Box a. 424 Cass ST.; sos
Z. M; cause OF fire, oil stove; two story
frame house owned by Il Z. Nusbaum; oc.
cupied by VIM. Garvin out when department
arrived.
August alst. 1903 Telephone call, 800 Stew
known; two story frame house owned by
Charles Haun; occupied by John Irish; ex
tingulshed with hydrant stream.
September 9th, 1908: Box i2; ll9 Clinton
street; 1910 A. NJ; cause OF fire. matches;
two story frame house owned and occupied
by Hiram Lamphere; out when department
arrived.
September 9th: Box 81: 9O9 State Street;
1852 A. M; cause of fire, stove pipe; two
story frame house owned and occupied by
Miss Cora Miller; out when department ar
rived.
October 10TH 1908 Box H. North Chip.
engine one story frame building owned and
occupied by the M; G, X. r. co. as pump
house extinguished with chemicals.
October 18th: Box AZ: Michigan Avenue;
one story frame building owned and oosu ls,
house; extinguished With hydrant stream.
OCTOBER nth, 1909 Box t2 West Oliver
street, 1900 midnight; cause OF fire, spark In
pu p dryer; one story brick building owned |
ana occupied by the Owosso Sugar Co as
pulp driver; out when the department ar |
rived.
October 20. 1908 Box S.; South Lansing |
street. 9:35 p. M; cause OF fire, unknown;
two story frame building owned and occupied
tinguished with hydra:t stream.
October 81, 1905; Box "a; 307 East Ex |
change ST.; 1908 A. M; cause, stove pipe; |
two story frame building owned by T. and L.
Struber and occupied by l., ;. Smith ex'
tinguished with chemicals.
November End, 1905: Telephone call; 2ls |
South Hickory St.. ll:l5 A. M; cause OF fire,
spark two story frame house owned and oc
cupied by Daniel Sulivan; extinguished with
chemicals
November End, 1905: Telephone call 9s4
Corunna road: 33i L. M; cause OF fire,
chimney: one story frame house owned and
by Martin Burns; extingushed with
chemicals,
November 2lst 1905 Telephone call; e27
West Main street 6:25 A M: cause OF fire,
spark two story prick house owned and oc
cupiea by Charles Morton; extinguished with
buckets OF water.
December LIST. 1905: Box %; III West Eliza.
beth street; 4:0S II. M; cause OF fire. stove
pipe two story frame house owned and oc
cupied by j. G.. Warner: extinguished by
hydrant stream.
December End 1908; Still alarm; PA East
Main street; $50 l.. M cause OF fire gaso-
lire stove; one story house owned by d. Jen-
ney. occupied by Bert Wilcox: extinguished
with buckets OF water.
January 10th, 1909: Box 35 Car shops
7 rs p. M. cause or fire, oily waste one
story frame building owned and occupied by
the Ann Arbor X. r, Co. as office: ex
tinguished with hvdrant stream.
January 20Jh. 1869: Box 81 false alarm;
1910 A. M; crossed wires by raising tenn.
porary smoke stack at water works.
January 22nd. 1909: Telephone call: false
alarm; l2:03 p. M. called TO box al; no fire.
February lst 1919; Still alarm: $40 West
Oliver street; 6:46 A. M; cause of fire. fire
place; two story cement block house owned
and occupied by DR.. X. j. Tick; extinguished
with chemicals.
February 18th, 1909: Still alarm: 20s North
Water street; $40 p. M. cause OF Ore, leak
ing gas meter; two story brick Hat owned
and occupied by Henry Schmidt tx-
tiugu'shed with chemicals.
February 18th, 1909 Telephone call sol
West Oliver street; $3.50 A. M. cause Of fire,
two story brick house owned and
occupied by. A. M. Bentley; extinguished
with chemicals.
February nth; telephone call; $50 Grand
Avenue, 1913 p. M ; cause OF fire. matches;
Two story frame house owned and occupied |