The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
JANUARY FIRE
 REPORT RENDERED
TOTAL LOSS WAS s124,9 WHICH
 IS HEAVIEST IN EIGHT
 MONTHS-17S ALARMS WERE TURNED IN

| Chief A. " Bennett of the fire depart
 rnent yesterday compiled his report oi | the work done by the fire department dur 1 ing the month of January. The report | is unusual in several features | The total loss by fire during the past ! month was s124,939. which is the heaviest fire loss in eight months The loss from the fire which destroyed the plant oi the Western Grain company on the nigni
 of January1 was s5aooo Of this amount
 sS7. oe2 25 was covered by insurance, max Ing net loss of s16.57s The loss from the fire which gutted the Allen building
 was s4o,OOO. These were the two heaviest losSes., The total uninsured loss for the ncnth was s19S46 co., Another unusual feature of the report was that there was just IFS alarms, which is the exact number of alarms for the month of December. 1910. This is the first time in the history of the department that the same. number of fires have occurred In two succeeding months. | During the month II flies were extin- guished by chemicals and s4 by water This is also a record. The number oi fires extinguished by chemicals usually far outnumbers those extinguished by water. This was caused by the fact that number of the fires were well started hefore the alarm was turned in. The report shows that the department responded to IFS alarms and fires, ran
 a7o4 blocks, laid out 47,14s feet of hose, used 630 gallons of chemicals and raised
 3SSa feet of ladders.
 The report in full is as follows: February 21. 1911.
 Hon. Culpepper Exum, Mayor, City
 Dear Sir: Please find herewith my re-
 port for the month ending January 3l.
 1911.
 The department responded to IFS alarms
 and fires. ran 27O4 blocks, laid out 47,14d
 feet of hose. used 6SO gallons of chemicals,
 end raised 3332 feet of ladders.
 The. Bristol recording water pressure
 gague indicates an average daily pressure of ss 2-23 pounds, and an average daily
 viaration of 8 6-23 pounds per square inch,
 Alarms. How Received-Box, 8; stlli,
 2t: telephone. 149 Total, IFS.
 Kinds of Buildings-Brick. 16 concrete
 block, 5; corrugated iron, 1; frame, 1Sl;
 other than buildings, 25. Total, IFS.
 How Extinguished-Before arrival b;
 chemical, T water, s4; false and un-
 necessary, 8. Total, ITS.
 Cause of Alarms-Ashes in wooden
 receptacle, l. carelessness, 1T; charcoal
 furnace. l; communicated, 2S; crossed
 wire, 2: defective chimney, 1; defective
 cupola. 1; defective fire place, | defec-
 tive fiues, 8: defective hearth, 2; false. 8;
 gasoline explosion, 1; grass burning, 5;
 incendiary (supposed), 5; lamp explosion, I, leaking gasoline, g. overheated brick, l: overheated stack, 1: overheated stove
 pipe. l: overturned stove. 1: rekindied'
 2; short circuit, 2; sparks, 4S; soot purn- in fues, Il: soot burning in chimneys I: trash burning. 1; unknown, IS; un- necessary, 5: wind blowing down chim- neys. g. Total. IFS.
 l Value of buildings at risk. $eo5,sSS. .oS value of contents at risk. s46o 1,so; to' | tai value at risk, s1.006 664 S5. - Insurance involved on buildings, $4l2,' | AT. IS: insurance involved on contents
 sasl. .6so. .34: total insurance involved, $eI4,- 1s2. AZ.
 Insurance loss on buildings, s44,76l .35 insurance loss on contents. $60SSl O5; to' tai insurance loss, $105, 592 40.
 Uninsured loss on buildings, $64bs.s sz
 uninsured loss on contents. $12s766S; to- tal uninsured loss. s19, 346.60.
 Total loss, insured and uninsured, SEA- 9s9. Respectfully submitted.
 A. V. BENNETT, Chief of Fire Department.