The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-07
MANY SMALL FIRES
 ABOUT THE CITY
Fire Department Worn Out At Nightfall-Damage
 Trifling

Fire apparatus was running over the southside yesterday more regularly than the ambulanees on Fourth of July or Christmas. At one time three alarms came in within 10 minutes of each other and they were all within the same fire district. In all there were five alarms.
 On the Nothside there were five, mak- ing 10 In all The business started at 4:2O o'clock yesterday morning, when box s, at Twelfth avenue and Twentieth street, north, was pulled and stations Nos and chased At station No. 1 box 34 registered for Box and sent them rae- ing to First avenue and Fifteenth street This occurrence has been puzzling the city electricians all day and they state that they do not know how to account for it. The fire loss there was about S50O.
 Things went easily in a way then until SIP o'clock yesterday morning, when someone discovered a spark on the roof of a negro house at Ninth avenue and sixteenth street, north Stations Nos. l and answered that alarm. There was no damage.
 While they were still out stations Nos. and 10 were called to Twelfth avenue and Thirty-sixth street, north, where there was another spark on the roof.
 The first of the fires on the Southside started at 9:34 o'clock when someone at Avenue G and Twenty-ninth street re- ported that there was spark on the roof of house Stations Nos. and made a quick run and eliminated the trouble.
 An unnecessary run was made by No. hose wagon at 11:45 o'clock to the Dos ter-Northington Drug company, on First avenue.
 negro house at Fifth avenue and Twenty-eighth street was next visited. A spark on the roof caused no damage.
 Then excitement on Southside was resumed with an alrm from Avenue N and Seventeenth street, where patch of grass was burning. Stations Nos. s and put 1t out. That was at 12:4o yesterday afternoon.
 Scarcely had Nos and backed into their respective houses when they were called to Avenue I. and Twelfth street, where together with station No. they succeeded in cutting down the damage of what looked like a big fire to s109. The roof of negro house was afire there.
 At 1850 o'clock a fire at Avenue and Fifteenth street was reported over one phone and over the other a fire at Avenue I and Seventeenth street was All hands thought there were two fires and stations Nos. 1, 2, 3. 1, 6. ! and II all turned out. but be- fore they got there it was discovered that it was only one fire and stations Q g. and II turned back, and ], 6 and went on. It was only a spark on the roof and there was no damage done.
 At o'clock an alarm came In from Avenue H and Twelfth street to which stations Nos. 4 and II turned out. The there was about S15.
 resume of the number of runs made by each station is interesting. Stations Nos. 1 and have the record of the day with stations No. 3, and running a close second. station No 1 made five runs: station No. made four runs: station No. 2 made three runs; station No. made three runs; station No. made one run; station No. 6 made two runs; station No. made three runs; station No. made two runs; station No. 10 made one run, and station No. II made two runs.