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ANNUAL REPORT

FIEE DEPARTMENT

CITY OF BOSTON

TEAE EI^TDII^G 31 JAI^UART, 1919

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ANNUAL REPORT

OP THE

FIRE DEPARTMENT

FOR THE YEAR 1918-19.

Boston, February 3, 1919.

Hon. Andrew J. Peters,
Mayor of Boston:

Sir, — xAs provided by section 24, chapter 3, Revised
Ordinances of 1898, City of Boston, I have the honor
to present herewith a report of the activities of the Fire
Department for the year ending January 31, 1919.

Appended to my statement are reports from the
officers in charge of the different branches and informa-
tion and statistics of general interest concerning the
work, personnel and property of the department.

Finances.

Two million two hundred ninety-one thousand four
hundred and ninety-one dollars and fifty-three cents
was expended by the Fire Department during the past
fiscal year. The income of the department from various
sources amounted to $9,664.14.

Personnel.

Twenty-five members were retired during the year
on account of age and disability, and two by act of the
Legislature.

City Document No. 14.

MoTOE Apparatus.

No motor apparatus were purchased during the year
except six new Buick roadsters for the District Chiefs.

Fire Losses.

During the year the department responded to 5,062
alarms. The fire loss for the year amounted to 12,822,-
109.00, including $5,503 in marine loss.

Alterations to Houses.

The following engine and ladder houses have been
furnished with shower baths:

Engine 16, 37, 40, 42, and Ladder 9, 3 and 23; also
new lockers for men in Ladder House No. 3, and in
Engine House No. 40; also new Dutch doors for Ladder
and Engine 3 and Ladder 6 — also horse stalls removed
and a new patrol desk built for Ladder 6. A new room
was built for the captain of Engine 11.

In conclusion I would inform you that the members
of the department have worked hard and faithfully
during the past year. Between the Fire and other
departments of the city an excellent spirit of cooperation
exists and for the assistance rendered by the heads of
other city departments, especially the Police Commis-
sioner and the Commissioners of Public Works, Wire
and Building Departments, I am deeply grateful.

Yours very respectfully,

John Grady,

Fire Commissioner.

Fire Department.

Names of Chief Engineers, or Chief of Depart-
ment, Since the Fire Department was Estab-
lished, January, 1826.

Samuel D. Harris 1826-28

Thomas C. Amory 1829-35

William Barnicoat 1836-53

EKsha Smith, Jr 1854-55

George W. Bird 1856-65

John S. Damrell 1866-74

William A. Green *1874-84

Lewis P Webber 1884-1901

WiUiam T. Cheswell 1901-06

John A. Mullen 1906-14

John Grady *1914

Peter F. McDonough 1914-19

* Appointed Fire Commissioner.

City Document No. 14.

FIRE ALARM BRANCH.

From: The Superintendent of Fire Alarm Branch.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report. '

I respectfully submit the following report of the Fire
Alarm Branch for the year ending January 31, 1919.

Operating Division.

Note. — The records of this division are for the cal-
endar year 1918.

Box alarms received and transmitted :

First alarms

Second alarms . . . .

Third alarms

Fourth alarms

Exhibition alarm, "Liberty Loan" drive

2,403

37

21

4

1

Box alarms received but not transmitted :

Alarms received from same box for same fire two or

more times 214

Alarms received from adjacent boxes for same fire . . 188

Alarms received from boxes but treated as stills . . 11

StiU alarms received and transmitted :

Received from citizens by telephone .... 1,393

Received from Police Department 166

Received from department stations 991

"Mutual aid" alarms, classified as stills ... 21

Emergency calls treated as stills 56

Still alarms for which box alarms were later trans-
mitted 121

Automatic and A. D. T. alarms:

Boston Automatic alarms received 120

Department box alarms received and transmitted in

connection with same 4

Boston Automatic alarms received in connection with

stills 2

Fire Department. 5

A. D. T. alarms received 49

A. D. T. alarms transmitted 46

Department boxes received and transmitted after

receipt of A. D. T. alarm 1

Total Alarms.
Box alarms received 2,868

Box alarms transmitted (including multiples) . . . 2,465
Stills, automatic, etc., eliminating those for which box

alarms were transmitted 2,676

Total alarms transmitted, all classes . . . 5,141

Fire Alarm Box Records.

Boxes from which no alarms were received . . . 500
Box tests and inspections 7,908

Construction Division.
Underground Construction.

Because of high cost of labor and materials due to war
conditions no extensive underground construction was
done.

Eighteen thousand three hundred (18,300) feet of cable
containing about thirty-one (31) miles of conductors was
hauled into underground ducts.

Twenty-nine hundred forty-five (2,945) feet of ducts
were installed underground.

Sixteen (16) fire alarm box posts and three (3) test posts
were set and twenty (20) fire alarm posts and two (2) test
posts were replaced by new.

Fire Alarm Boxes.

Fifty-two (52) fire alarm boxes were estabhshed, of
which seven (7) are public boxes, thirty-eight (38) are
schoolhouse boxes and seven (7) were placed on private
property.

Interior Electrical Construction.

Although our force of wire men was small, because of
men on leave of absence in war service, many improve-
ments were made in electrical equipments in various
department houses.

The stations of Engines 5, 49 and 50 have complete
new electrical equipments.

City Document No. 14,

Recommendations.

Because of high cost of underground construction no
extensive extensions to the system are recommended.
Conduits should be installed where streets are to be
repaA^ed in the districts prescribed by the Commissioner
of Wires for the removal of overhead wires. A sufficient
amount of cable should be bought for emergency pur-
poses and for extensions where the underground work is
necessary at this time.

Overloaded circuits should be reheved by adding new
circuits and some of the overhead construction must be
renewed.

Considerable work still remains to be done to bring
interior wiring up to standard requirements.

New protectors should be installed in the fire alarm
office, better facilities for testing are contemplated, and
the gong transmitter should be put in proper condition.

I recommend that all stations be equipped with tele-
graph instruments connected into the gong circuits for the
purpose of serving as another means of communication.

A few new fire alarm boxes should be installed and the
red light system should be extended.

Fire Alarm Box Posts Installed and Duct Lengths to

Same.

Dorchester.

Bowdoin and Quincy streets. (Two ducts)
Bo,wdoin and Norton streets. (One duct)
Opposite No. 101 Draper street
Washington street and Harvard avenue
Canterbury and Angell streets .
Neponset avenue and Adams street
Willowwood street and Ballou avenue
Norfolk and Morton streets
Norfolk and Evelyn streets

Duct
Feet.

40

11

320
9

112
46
31
40
46

South Boston.

Dorchester and East Ninth streets
West Seventh and C streets
West Third and B streets .
East Fifth and K streets

42
31
31
34

City Proper.

Opposite No. 86 Fenway

269

Fire Department. 7

West Roxbury.
Mt. Vernon street and Cliapin avenue . . . . 181
Montview street near Park street 65

New Test Posts Installed and Duct Lengths to Same.

Duct

Feet.

Tremont and Ruggles streets. (Four ducts) ... 43
Causeway and Lowell streets. (Four ducts) ... 29
Blue Hill avenue and Canterbury street.

Wooden Test Posts Replaced by Iron Posts.
Atlantic and Northern avenues.
Sheridan square.

Ducts Installed.

Duct

Feet.

Pole to quarters of Engine 49 92

Quarters of Engine 50 to residence of Chief of Depart-
ment 60

Manhole to quarters of Engine 11 55

Pole connection at Canterbury street and Circuit drive, 60

Pole connection at Neponset avenue and Victory road . 154

Pole connection at Geneva avenue and Topliff street . 48
Between manholes at Blue Hill avenue and Canterbury

street 89

Pole connection at West Fourth and E streets . . 90
Between manholes on West Sixth street (replacement

account new bridge) 320

Manholes Built.
Shawmut avenue, near Brookline street.
Athens and B streets.
Mt. Vernon and Centre streets.
Mt. Vernon street and Chapin avenue.

Public Fire Alarm Boxes Established.

2324. Opposite 86 Fenway.

2744. Montview street, near Park street.

3326. Washington street and Harvard avenue.

3529. Woolson and Sutton streets.

7226. West Sixth and E streets.

7412. East Ninth and Dorchester streets.

7433. West Fifth and K streets.

Schoolhouse Boxes Established.
1576. Prince School, Newbury and Exeter streets.
2129. Albert Palmer School, Eustis street.

2137. Winthrop Street School.

2138. Mt. Pleasant Avenue School.

2163. W. L. P. Boardman School, Munroe street.

8 City Document No. 14.

2164. Hull School, Quincy street.

2187. Williams School, Homestead street.

2247. Miles Standish School, Roxbury street.

2268. Abbie W. May School, Thornton street.

2269. Thornton Street School.
2429. Chestnut Avenue School.

2456. Margaret Fuller School, Glen road.

2534. Philbrick School, Philbrick street.

2619. Mozart School, Beech street.

2762. Henry L. Vane School, Gardner street.

3181. Quincy Street School.

3247. Savin Hill School, Savin Hill avenue.

3275. Benjamin Gushing School, Robinson street.

3367. Emily A. Fifield School, Dunbar avenue.

3424. Rochambeau School, Gibson street.

3544. Martha Baker School, Walk Hill street.

3617. Bailey Street School.

3714. Trescott School, Rosemont street.

3726. Greenwood School, Metropolitan avenue.

3737. Amos Webster School, Hilton street.

3742. Hyde Park High School.

3766. Weld School, Highland street.

3836. Damon School, Readville street.

3857. Hemenway School, Wolcott street.

410. Jacob Foss School, Adams and Chestnut streets.

418. Samuel Dexter School, Harvard street.

5174. Mary L. Brock School, Chestnut Hill avenue.

5182. Winship School, Dighton street.

5197. Oak Square School.

5219. Harvard School, North Harvard street.

5268. Auburn School, Waverly street.

5289. Hobart Street School.

7451. Benjamin Pope School, East Fifth and 0 streets.

Boxes Installed on Peivate Property.
1324. American House. (Auxiliary.)

2337. United Drug Company, Forsyth street. (Auxiliary.)

2338. United Drug Company, Greenleaf street. (Auxiliary.)
3491. Victory Plant, Squantum.

5112. Commonwealth Armory (owned by city).

7145. United States Army Warehouse, D street (owned by

city).

7146. United States Army Warehouse, E street (owned by

city).

Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.

Total number . . ■ 1,195

Owned by Fire Department 839

Owned by Schoolhouse Department .... 200

Owned by Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company ... 66

Privately owned 90

Fire Department.

Department boxes:

On lamp-posts 400

On poles 416

On buildings 19

Inside buildings ........ 4

Equipped with keyless doors (bell-ringing attach-
ment) 787

Equipped with keyless doors (glass guards) . . 48

Equipped with key doors 4

Equipped with auxiliary attachments ... 14

Designated by red lights 395

Schoolhouse boxes:

On lamp-posts 17

On poles 16

On outside of buildings ...... 97

Inside of buildings . . . ... . 70

Equipped with keyless doors 139

Equipped with key doors . 61

Equipped with auxiliary attachments . . . 154

Designated by red lights 16

Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company boxes :

On fire alarm box post 1

On poles 6

On outside of buildings 19

Inside of buildings ....... 40

Equipped with keyless doors 12

Equipped with key doors ...... 54

Private boxes:

On poles . 6

On outside of buildings 25

Inside of buildings 59

Equipped with keyless doors 13

Equipped with key doors 77

Equipped with auxiliary attachment ... 2

Classification of Fire Alarm Box Stations.

Academies 5

Armory • . 1

Asylums 3

Car barns 5

Cemetery 1

Church 1

City Yard 1

Homes for aged people 2

Hospitals -. 18

Carried forward

37

10

City Document No. 14.

Brought forward
Hotels ....
Manufacturing plants
Museum
Navy Yard
Newspaper plant
Office buildings' .
Police Station (Chelsea)
Power Stations
Prison ....
Public hall .
Pumping station
Railroad shops
Railroad stations
Railroad yards .
Retail stores
Restaurant .
Schoolhouses
Stable ....
Stock yards
Street (public) boxes*
Theaters
Warehouses
Wharves
Wholesale houses

Total

Posts and Test Boxes
Fire alarm box posts in service
Fire alarm box posts set but not in service
Test posts in service ....

Pole test boxes in service

37
6

26
1
6
1
3
1
5
1
1
1
4
5

11
6
1
200
1
2
829

28
5

10
4

1,195

421

4

67

191

Circuits.

Number of box circuits •

Number of tapper circuits

Number of gong circuits

Number of telephone circuits to department stations
Number of telephone circuits to Beach Exchange
Special telephone circuit to Back Bay .
Special telephone circuit to Police Headquarters .
Special telephone circuit to A. D. T. offi.ce .
Telephone connection to Boston Automatic Fire

Alarm Company's office

Telephone connection to Protective Department

61

14

13

47

7

1

1

1

1
1

The above telephone service is from department exchange
board.

* About one hundred schoolhouse and private boxes are accessible to the public, but
are not counted as street boxes.

Fire Department.

11

Wires, Cables and Conduits.

Line wire in service 232 miles

Aerial cable in service . . .... 25 miles

Conductors in same . 143 miles

Aerial conductors in service 101 miles

Underground cable in service 138 miles

Conductors in same 2,134 miles

Underground cable conductors in service . . 1,254 miles

Conduits owned by Fire Department . . . 55,712 feet

Ducts in Fire Department conduits . . . 71,258 feet
Ducts in New England Telephone and Telegraph

Company's system used by Fire Department, 503,560 feet
Ducts in Postal Telegraph Company's system

used by Fire Department 4,569 feet

Fire Alarm Apparatus.

Tappers in service

Boston tappers in adjacent towns and cities
Tappers connected to adjacent systems in
Fire Department stations . . .

Gongs in service

Registers in service in department stations
Relays in service in department stations

Tower bell in service

Telephone in department system .

Boston

143
6

5

114

23

11

1

135

Public Clocks.

This department keeps in operation twenty-six tower clocks,
of which twenty-two are owned by the city.

Forty-five reports of clock troubles were attended to during
the year.

Summary of Work Done.

New line wire used

Old wire removed from poles ....
Aerial cable installed (new work) .

Conductors in same

Aerial cable removed from service

Conductors in same

Underground cable installed in ducts of New England

Telephone and Telegraph Company .

Conductors in same

Underground cable installed in ducts of Postal Tele

graph Company

Conductors in same

Underground cable installed in department ducts
Conductors in same

Feet.

7,800
31,400
15,086
94,360

4,650
26,120

9,114
81,912

1,275

5,100

3,442

23,506

12

City Document No. 14.

Total underground cable installed (new work)

Conductors in same .

Cable used to replace old cable

Conductors in same .

Conduits laid by this department

Ducts in same ....

Manholes built ....

13,831

110,518

6,158

181,790

2,348

2,945

1

Fire Alarm Boxes Installed.

By Fire Department

By Schoolhouse Department ....
By Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company
By owners of private boxes ....
Fire alarm box posts set (addition to service)
Fire alarm box posts reset or replaced by new
Fire alarm test posts set (addition to service)
Fire alarm test posts replaced by new
Fire alarm pole test boxes installed

7

38

1

6

16

20

3

2

5

Geoege L. Fickett,

Superintendent of Fire Alarm.

Fire Department. 13

SUPERINTENDENT OF REPAIR SHOP.

Boston, March 10, 1919.

From: Superintendent of Repair Shop.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report, Fiscal Year, 1918.

I respectfully submit the following tables showing the
repairs which were made on horse-driven apparatus, and
the repairs made on it outside shop, with costs.

Repairs in and on buildings which house the different-
fire companies, both by fire department mechanics, is
incorporated.

Included in the report is the cost of repairs on furniture
and bedding by mechanics of the shop, and those by out-
side firms; also the amount of bedding and furniture dis-
tributed to various company quarters is shown.

Horse-driven Apparatus.

Number of repairs done in repair shop . . . . 1,755

Cost of materials and labor $31,500

Number of repairs by outside firms . . . . 190

Cost of jobs done by outside firms .... $5,350

Summary of Apparatus Repairs.

30 Channel irons applied to apparatus wheels.

75 Solid rubber tires applied to apparatus wheels.

30 Running gear springs attached to apparatus.

15 Broken ladders repaired.

12 New ladders built.

15 Broken poles renewed.

30 Band brakes relined and repaired.

Overhauled 1 ladder truck, 2 fire engines, 2 hose wagons, 1
chemical engine, 2 coal wagons.

Sharpening axes, putting new handles in axes, sledges, hammers
and rakes, combined with repairs on fire hats and harnesses,
make up the everyday repair work.

Extinguishers, nozzles chucks, suctions, couplings, etc., com-
prise the bulk of repairs done on the outside.

14 City Document No. 14.

Repairs in and on Fire Department Buildings.

Work done by department mechanics, carpenters,
painters, plumbers and steamfitters, also repairs by com-
pany members, stock furnished from repair shop:

Number of repairs done by department mechanics . 850

Cost of material and labor $29,995

Repairs by outside firms 45

Cost of repairs by outside firms ....
Stock furnished, work done by company members

Furniture and Bedding.

Cost of repairs by outside firms ..... $2,168

Cost of repairs in shop $300

Stock furnished, repairs by company members . . $55

In order to keep up the apparatus to a high standard
of efficiency, repairs are made thoroughly and promptly.

To insure the safety and health of members of the
department, carpenters, painters, plumbers and steam-
fitters are going from house to house making the needed
repairs and improvements.

Summary of House Repairs.

Forty-one new doors, 12 new windows and sashes, 3
skylights, 3 new sinks, 2 new water-closets, 2 new shower
rooms, 8 house boilers, 6 new radiators were installed;

15 heaters and pipes were repaired, and 360 lights of
glass reset.

Ladder 17, whole house painted; Engine 40, house
inside and outside painted; Ladder 8 and Engine 36, the
whole inside painted; Engines 8 and 41, inside and out-
side painted; Ladder 4, inside of house varnished; Engine
26, all the ceilings whitened, and Engines 31 and 44 fire-
boats painted above decks.

Main floors were strengthened and made safe in the
following quarters. Engines 7, 17, 19, 20, 22, 26, and
Ladder 24.

Necessary repairs were made to stables, and flooring
in 200 stalls relaid. Engine 21, stalls removed and new
floor laid. Engine 41, lockers removed from dormitory
to top floor. Engine 29, storm windows in stable. A
new roof garden was built in quarters of Engines 13, 22,
50, Ladders 18 and 24. Seven new patrol desks built
and placed, and 6 new sliding poles put in position.

FiEE Department.

15

For the welfare and comfort of officers and men the
following furnishings and bedding were distributed
throughout the department: 31 rugs, 10 desks, 9 clocks,
154 chairs, 225 curtains, 8 chiffoniers, 72 beds, 3 tables,
50 bed blankets, 130 dozen sheets, 80 dozen pillow
slips, 90 mattresses and pillows renovated, and 12
blankets cleansed.

All the apparatus repairs come under the personal
direction of the superintendent. The house repairs are
under the personal direction of a master carpenter,
painter, plumber and steamfitter, all of whom come
under the supervision of the superintendent of the repair
shop.

Amount of Hose Purchased and Condemned,
Ending February 1, 1919.

Purchased.

Condem7ied.

Feet.

Feet.

Leading cotton hose . 15,100

Leading cotton hose .

13,000

Chemical hose . . 500

Chemical hose .

1,050

Deck hose ... 200

Deck hose ....

200

Flexible suction hose . 200

Flexible suction hose .

125

4-inch rubber suction

4-inch rubber hose

62f

hose .... 40 10 in.

Leading rubber hose

400

Leading rubber hose . —

25-inch rubber suc-

25-inch rubber suc-

tion hose

—

tion hose . . —

Deluge hose

12i

Deluge hose . . 200

Total ....

14,850^

Total . . . 16,240 10 in.

Amount of Hose in Use

AND in Store for Year

Ending Febr

UARY 1, 1919.

In Use.

In Store.

Feet.

Feet.

Leading cotton hose . . 120,431

Leading cotton hose .

6,470

Chemical hose . . . 15,900

Chemical hose .

1,350

Leading rubber hose . 3,650

Leading rubber hose

— .

4-inch rubber suction hose, 1,196

Deck hose ....

—

Deck hose .... 900

Flexible suction hose.

1621

Deluge hose . . . 637i

Deluge hose

225

Flexible suction hose. . 550

4-inch rubber hose

82|

25-inch rubber suction hose, —

25-inch rubber suction hose.
Total . . .

40

Total .... 143,2641

8,329-1

Respectfully

submitted.

E. M. Byington,

Superintendent.

16 City Document No. 14.

MOTOR APPARATUS.

Boston, May 6, 1919.
Feom: Supervisor of Motor Apparatus.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.

I respectfully submit the following report showing the
repairs made on motor apparatus in Repair Shop Branch,
Motor Division, and repair work done outside the shop,
with the cost for both, for the fiscal year 1918.

Motor Apparatus Repairs.

Number of repairs done in shop 2,400

Cost of material and labor $44,536

These repairs were on radiators, mud guards, storage
batteries, gasolene tanks, springs, coils, magnetos, car-
buretors, wind shields, headlights and horns.

Apparatus Overhauled and Painted.

8 Roadsters, 4 touring cars, 3 ladder trucks, 4 tractors, 2

combinations.
2 Units were attached to two old roadsters converting them into

1-ton trucks.
4 Christie motors were rebuilt.

New Equipment and Repairs.

50 New batteries.
77 Repair batteries.
34 Batteries junked.
20 New fenders
20 New headlights.
20 Headlights repaired.
282 New pneumatic tires.
333 New tubes.
54 Tires adjusted.
54 Tires repaired.
159 Tires scrapped.
829 Tubes repaired.
170 Tubes scrapped.
58 Solid tires taken off and replaced with new ones.
1 110-volt Brunner compressor.
1 Weaver hoist and one Weaver press were purchased for shop

equipment.
7 Prest 0 Lite gas tanks and 37, oxygen tanks exchanged.

Fire Department. 17

New Apparatus, Motors, Etc.

New Buick roadsters purchased for Districts 2, .6, 8, 11, 13.

2 1914 Buick roadsters traded in.
10 Rebuilt Christie motors were purchased.

4 Wrecked Christie motors were traded in.

The Motor Repair Division is still working under the
handicap of lack of sufficient help, lack of room and lack
of spare apparatus. No additional apparatus, except
chief's cars, was purchased during 1918.

Spare apparatus was installed in the new houses of
Engines 49 and 50. This brings our motorized appara-
tus in service up to 58.6 per. cent. The total number of
pieces of motor apparatus in charge of the Motor Repair
Division, including chief's cars, trucks, etc., is 107.
This work is carried on by one foreman and seven auto
mechanics, one blacksmith and helper and four firemen
detailed each day. These firemen respond with the
wrecker and take care of emergency work nights, holi-
days and Sundays.

Respectfully submitted,

C. E. Stewart,
Supervisor of Motor Apparatus.

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City Document No. 14.

BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT VETERINARY
HOSPITAL.

Boston, April 5, 1919.

From: The Veterinary Hospital.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.

Sir, — I respectfully submit a report of the general
health and condition of the horses of this department as
very good. The following is a statement of the whole
number of horses in the service and those that were pur-
chased, sold, died, destroyed and killed in the service
during the year ending January 31, 1919:

Total number on hand February 1, 1918
Total number on hand February 1, 1919
Horses purchased
Horses sold
Horses pensioned
Horses died
Horses destroyed
Horses killed .

204

199

18

10

4

2

5

2

Respectfully submitted,

Daniel P. Keogh, M. D. V.

Fire Department. 19

HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Boston, February 1, 1919.

From: The Medical Examiner.
To: The Fire Commissioner.
Subject: Annual Report.

I respectfully submit the following report for the year
ending January 31, 1919:

Number of cases of illness 661

Number of cases of injury 1,267

Number injured but remained on duty .... 535

Examinations.

For appointment as provisional firemen . . . . 86

For appointment as provisional firemen (civil service) . 156

For appointment as probationary firemen . . •. 255

For reappointment (as from war service) ... 46
General examinations, including probationers at the

expiration of their terms 1,643

Examinations at engine houses of pulmotors and medi-
cine chests, and including visits at homes of firemen . 165

The efficiency in man power of the department has
been put to a severe test during the past year, due in a
great measure to the epidemic of influenza and numerous
deaths from same, and also to the large number drafted
into the war service. This state of affairs was promptly
corrected from time to time as necessary by taking in
the complete civil service list of men eligible for appoint-
ment, and also making provisional appointments of men
prior to taking civil service examination. The above
accounts for the large number of examinations for
appointments made during the past year.

The commanding officers have rendered ^' first aid"
on many occasions to firemen and citizens by prompt
and intelligent use of pulmotors and of various medicines
and apphances of the medicine chests. The usual com-
mendation should be given men, although injured, who
remained on duty.

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City Document No. 14.
Deaths.

Name.

Date.

Cause.

John J. Dwyer

Jan. 9

1919

Influenza and pneumonia.

George Layhe

Jan. 15

1919

Crushing injuries.

John P. Dowd

Jan. 31

1919

Pulmonary embolism.

Edward J. Twigg

Jan. 22

1919

Influenza and pneumonia.
Influenza and pneumonia.

James M. Hastings

Sept. 21

1918

Charles A. Hanson

Sept. 24

1918

Influenza and pneumonia.

Daniel F. Daley

Sept. 25

1918

Influenza.

Sept. 25
Sept. 25

1918

Broncho-pneumonia.
Influenza and pneumonia.

Henry T. Hooper

1918

Maurice M. Flavin

Sept. 28

1918

Pneumonia.

Joseph P. Morrissey

Sept. 28
Sept. 29
Oct. 10
Oct. 19

1918

Influenza and pneumonia.
Influenza and pneumonia.

Frank D. O'Brien

1918

William A . Keen

1918
1918

William R. Connelly, Jr

Broncho-pneumonia.

David J. Fitzgerald

May 27
June 22

1918

Arterio-sclerosis, endocarditis, myocarditis.
Diabetes and valvular heart disease. '

Weslev C. Newdick

1918

John F. McBride

Feb 5

1918

Carcinoma of pancreas.

Feb 2

1918

Capt. J. J. McCarthy

July 20

1918

Carcinoma of stomach.

Sept. 9
Sept. 11

1918

Influenza and pneumonia.

John E. Fitzgerald

1918

Frank J. Reddington

Sept. 17

1918

Pneumonia.

John J. Craddock

Sept. 16
Sept. 28
Oct. 7

1918

Influenza and pneumonia.
Influenza and pneumonia.
Influenza and pneimionia.
Pneumonia.

George F. Beattie

1918

Angus J. McDonald

1918

Thomas H. McAndrews

Dec. 11

1918

Walter F. Walsh

Sept. 16
Sept. 15

1918
1918

Edward J. Kaine

Influenza.

William G. Condon

Oct. 3
Sept. 27

1918
1918

William H. Free

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity herewith to
express my appreciation and utmost thanks to you and
your commanding officers and all the men of the depart-
ment for the kind, just and considerate treatment I have
received in the performance of my duties.
Respectfully submitted,

William J. McNally, M. D.,

Medical Examiner.

Fire Department.

21

THE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.

Commissioner, John Grady.

Chief Clerk, Benjamin F. Underhill.

Chief of Department, Peter F. McDonough.

Superintendent of Construction and Repairs, Eugene M.

Byington.
Supervisor of Motor Apparatus, Charles E. Stewart.
Superintendent of Fire Alarms, George L. Fickett.
Chief Operator and Assistant Superintendent of Fire Alarms,

Richard Donahue.
Veterinarian, Daniel P. Keogh.
Medical Examiner, William J. MgNally,

Clerks.

George F. Murphy, Daniel J. Quinn, James P. Maloney,
Edward L. Tierney, Herbert J. Hickey, John J. Coholan,
WiUiam J. Hurley, Nathan Cohen.

STRENGTH AND PAY JANUARY 31,
Headquarters.

1918.

Per Annum,

1 Commissioner $5,000

1 Chief clerk.

2,500

1 Medical examiner .

1,800

1 Bookkeeper

2,100

1 Supervisor of pay accounts

1,800

1 Clerk ....

1,800

1 Chief license division

1,700

1 Clerk ....

1,500

1 Clerk

1,400

1 Assistant engineer (messenger)

1,400

2 Hosemen (clerks)

1,400

12

Fire-fighting Branch.

1 Chief of department . . . . . $4,500

2 Deputy chiefs ...

3,500

15 District chiefs .

3,000

62 Captains ....

2,000

90 Lieutenants ....

1,800

1 Lieutenant, aide to chief*

1,800

1 Private, aide to commissioner*

1,400

* Detailed from fire-fighting branch.

22

City Document No. 14.

3 Engineers (marine)
48 Engineers
47 Assistant engineers
2 Assistant engineers
1 Assistant engineer
928 Privates:
525
30
11
358
4

1,201

Repair Shop Branch.

Per Annum.

$1,700
1,500
1,400
1,300
1,100

1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
900

1 Supervisor of motor apparatus

$3,500

1 Superintendent 3,000

1 Lieutenant, foreman of hose and harness shop* 1 ,800

1 Engineer (master plumber)* .... 1,600

1 Hoseman (master carpenter)* .... 1,600

.1 Master painter 1,500

1 Hoseman (automobile engineer)* . . . 1,500

1 Foreman automobile mechanics . . . 1,400

1 Engineer (machinist) 1,500

7 Privates* . . . ... . . 1,400

Employees.

1 Clerk ■ . . . . 1,600

1 Clerk 1,200

1 Clerk (hoseman)* 1,400

1 Storekeeper* 1,800

Per Week.

1 Engineer $28 00

Per Day.

3 Firemen . $4 00

2 Plumbers

4 40

1 Steamfitter .

4 00

1 Leading painter .

4 25

7 Painters . . .

4 00

2 Wheelwrights

4 00

1 Leading machinist

4 25

11 Machinists .

4 00

1 Leading blacksmith

4 25

4 Blacksmiths .

4 00

5 Blacksmith's helpers

3 25

3 Carpenters .

4 00

1 Vulcanizer .

3 50

2 Hose and harness repairers

4 00

* Detailed from fire-fighting branch.

FiEE Department.

23

1 Hose and harness repairer

1 Boiler repairer and ironworker

1 Chauffeur ....

2 Teamsters ....

70

Fire Alarm Branch.

43

Veterinary Hospital Branch.

1 Veterinarian

1 Captain, assistant to veterinarian* .

3 Hostlers (average)
5

Per Day.

$3 50
4 00
3 50
3 00

Per Annum.

1 Superintendent

$3,000

1 Chief operator and assistant superintendent

2,500

1 Supervising operator

1,800

4 Principal operators . . . . • .

1,800

2 Operators

1,600

6 Assistant operators

1,400

1 Assistant operator

1,100

1 Hoseman (garageman)* ....

1,400

Construction Force.

1 Foreman

$2,200

1 Assistant foreman

1,600

1 Stockman

1,400

Per Day

1 Machinist . . . .

$4 25

2 Machinists

4 00

19 Repairers, cable splicers, linemen and wiremen 4 30

1 Laborer

3 00

Per Annum.

$3,000
2,000

Per Day.

S3 00

1,331

'■ Detailed from fire-fighting branch.

24 City Document No. 14.

CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Peter F. McDonough.

Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
The Chief is in charge of the fire protection of the
city, which is divided into two divisions, each com-
manded by a deputy chief, which are subdivided into
fifteen districts, each commanded by a district chief.

Division 1.
Deputy Chief, John O. Taber.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

District 1.

District Chief, Frank A. Sweeney.

Headquarters, Ladder House 2, Paris Street,

East Boston.

Apparatus Located in the District. — ^ Engines 5, 9, 11,

40, 47 (fireboat), Ladders 2, 21, Chemical 7.

District 2.

District Chief, William E. Riley.

Headquarters, Ladder House 9, Main Street.

Charlestown.

Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 27, 32, 36,

50, Ladders 9, 22.

District 3.

District Chief, Stephen J. Ryder.

Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh Street.

Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 25, 38,

39, 44 (fireboat), Ladders 8, 18, Waoer Tower 3, Rescue 1.

District 4-

District Chief, Edward J. Shallow.

Headquarters, Engine House 4, Bulfinch Street.

Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, -8,

31 (fireboat). Ladders 1, 24, Chemical 1, Water Tower 1.

Fire Department. 25

District 5.
District Chief, Albert J. Caulfield.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Mason Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 7, 10, 26,
35, Ladder 17, Chemical 2.

District 6.
District Chief, Francis J. Jordan.
Headquarters, Engine House 1, Dorchester Street,

South Boston.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 1, 2, 15,
43, Ladders 5, 19, 20.

District 7.
District Chief, Peter E. Walsh.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 3, 22,
33, Ladders 3, 13, 15, Water Tower 2.

Division 2.

Deputy Chief, Daniel F. Sennott.
Headquarters, Ladder House 4, Dudley Street.
This division comprises Districts 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,
14 and 15.

District 8.
District Chief, William J. Gaffey.
Headquarters, Ladder House 12, Tremont Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 13, 14,
37, Ladders 12, 26.

District 9.
District Chief, Joseph H. Kenney.
Headquarters, Engine House 12, Dudley Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 12, 21, 23,
24, Ladder 4, Chemical 10.

District 10.
District Chief, Walter M. McLean.
Headquarters, Engine House 18, Harvard Street,

Dorchester.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 17, 18,
Ladders 7, 29, Chemical 11.

26 City Document No. 14.

District 11.
District Chief, Henry A. Fox.

Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard Avenue,
Brighton.

Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 29, 34,
41, Ladders 11, 14, 31.

District 12.
District Chief, Michael J. Mulligan.
Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre Street,

Jamaica Plain,
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 28, 42,
Ladders 10, 23, 30, Chemical 5.

District 13.
District Chief, Michael J. Kennedy.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, Corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roslindale.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45,
Ladders 16, 25, Chemical 13.

District 14-
District Chief, Allan J. MacDonald.

Headquarters, Engine House 46, Peabody Square,
Dorchester.

Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 16, 20,
46, Ladders 6, 27.

District 15.

District Chief, Joseph A. Dolan.

Headquarters, Engine House 48, Corner Harvard

Avenue and Winthrop Street, Hyde Park.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 19, 48, 49,
Ladder 28, Chemical 14.

Fire Department.

27

FIRE STATIONS.

Location.

Location.

Number
of Feet
in Lot.

Occupied by-

Dorchester and Fourth streets

Corner of O and Fourtn streets

Bristol street and Harrison avenue

Bulfinch street

Marion street, East Boston

Leverett street

East street

Salem street

Paris street, East Boston

River street

Saratoga and Byron streets, East Boston,

Dudley street

Cabot street . . . .

Centre street

Dorchester avenue

Corner River and Temple streets

Meeting House Hill, Dorchester

Harvard street, Dorchester

Norfolk street , Dorchester

Walnut street , Dorchester

Columbia road, Dorchester

Warren avenue

Northampton street

Corner Warren and Quincy stieets

Fort Hill square

Mason street

Elm street, Charlestown

Centre street, Jamaica Plain

Chestnut Hill avenue, Brighton

Centre street, West Roxbury

8,167
4,000
4,000
6,098
3,265
2,269
1,893
2,568
4,720
1,886
10,000
7,320
4,832
5,713
2,803
12,736
9,450
9,440
7,683
9,000
10,341
7,500
3,445
4,186
4,175
5,623
2,600
10,377
14,358
12,251

Engine 1 and Ladder 5.

Engine 2.

Engine 3 and Ladder 3.

Engine 4, Chemical 1 and Tower 1.

Engine 5.

Engine 6.

Engine 7.

Engine 8.

Engine' 9 and Ladder 2.

Engine 10.

Engine 11 and Ladder 21.

Engine 12.

Engine 13.

Engine 14.

Engine 15.

Engine 16 and Ladder 6.

Engine 17 and Ladder 7.

Engine 18.

Engine 19.

Engine 20 and Ladder 27.

Engine 21.

Engine 22 and Ladder 13.

Engine 23.

Engine 24.

Engine 25 and Ladder 8.

Engines 26 and 35.

Engine 27.

Engine 28 and Ladder 10.

Engine 29 and Ladder 11.

Engine 30 and Ladder 25.

28

City Document No. 14.

Fire Stations. — Concluded.

Location.

Number
of Feet
in Lot.

Occupied by

521 Commercial street, on land of Public

Engine 31, fireboat

"Works Department.

Bunker Hill street — Charlestown

8,188

Engine 32.

Corner Boylston and Hereford streets. . . .

5,646

Engine 33 and Ladder 15.

Western avenue, Brighton

4,637

Engine 34.

Monument street, Charlestown

5,668
5,231

Engine 36 and Ladder 22.

Corner Long wood and Brookliline avenues,

Engine 37 and Ladder 26.

Congress street

4,000

Engines 38 and 39.

Sumner street, East Boston

4,010
6,112

Engine 40. •

Harvard avenue, near Cambridge street,
Brighton.

Engine 41 and Ladder 14.

Washington street, at Egleston square . . .

3,848

Engine 42 and Ladder 30.

Andrew square

5,133

Engine 43 and Ladder 20.

Northern Avenue Bridge

Engine 44, fireboat

Washington and Poplar streets, Roslin-
dale.

14,729

Engine 45 and Ladder 16.

Dorchester avenue, Ashmont

4,875
11,950

Engine 46.

Adjoining South Ferry, East Boston

Engine 47, fireboat.

Harvard avenue and Winthrop street,
Hyde Park.

9,450

Engine 48, Ladder 28 and Chemical
14.

Church street

3,412

Milton and Hamilton streets

14,475
5,230

Engine 49.

Winthrop and Soley streets

Engine 50.

Saratoga street. East Boston

9,300
7,200

Corner Callender and Lyf ord streets

Chemical 11 and Ladder 29.

Corner Walk Hill and Wenham streets . . .

11,253

Chemical 13.

Friend street

1,676
3,923

Dudley street

Ladder 4 and Chemical 10.

Main street, Charlestown

4,290

Ladder 9.

Tremont street

4,311
2,1.34
8,964
3,101

6,875

Ladder 12.

Harrison avenue

Ladder 17.

Pittsburgh street, South Boston

Ladder 18 and Tower 3.

Fourth street

Ladder 19.

Washington street, Dorchester

Ladder 23 and Chemical 5.

North Grove street

3,918
9,889

Ladder 24

Oak square, Brighton

Ladder 31.

Headquarters Building, Bristol street, 15,679 feet of
land.

Water Tower No. 2 is in Headquarters Building.

Ftre Department. 29

OTHER BUILDINGS.

Repair Shop, 363 Albany street, 8,000 feet of land.

Veterinary Hospital, Atkinson street, 64,442 feet of
land.

Coal station. Main street, Charlestown, 2,430 feet of
land.

Coal station, old Charles River Bridge, on land of
Public Works Department.

Building No. 11 Wareham street, used by the Fire
Alarm Branch as workshop and storeroom, 8,500 feet of
land.

LEASED BUILDINGS.

Part of building 240-256 Dover street used as store-
house for spare apparatus.

About 800 square feet of shed on Sleeper street (New
Haven Terminal Stores) used as a coal station.

Part of building 11 Atherton street used for storage.

30

City Document No. 14.

CANNEL COAL STATIONS.

Division 1.

DifTRICT.

Location.
-

Capacity.
(Tons.)

Wagons.

1

Engine 11

12
20
35
35
45
1
16
50
20
35
20
20
25

1

1

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2

2

Engine 36

1

2

Ladder 9

2

3

3

3 ....

Ladder 18

4

Ladder 24

2

4

2

Engine 26

1

5

Chemical 2

Engine 2

Fourth .street

3

6

1

6

2

7

Engine 33

1

Total

21

Division 2.

Total.

Engine 13.
Engine 14.
Engine 37.
Engine 12.
Engine 21.
Engine 23 .
Engine 24.
Engine 17.
Engine 18.
Engine 29.
Engine 34.
Engine 41 .

40

10

20

5

6

5

7

3

5

7

7

10

FiEE Department.

31

APPARATUS.

IN SERVICE.

Horse-
Drawn.

Engines

Ladder trucks

Hose cars

Chemicals

Water towers

Rescue squad

Totals

Wrecker

Automobiles

Delivery trucks

Total

Self-propelled engines
Fireboats

21

20

17

4

3

1

66
1

25
6

22

11

22

4

59

RESERVE.

Motor.

Horse-
Drawn.

3

2
1
1

8

7

6

10

8

Totals ■

15

31

MISCELLANEOUS.

Fuel wagons ....
Manure .wagons .

41
3

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Expenditures for the Year.

Personal service :

Permanent employees .

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General plant

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Pensions and annuities

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Workingmen's compensation

538 00

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Engine House, East Boston.

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Reconstructing building:

Contractors, Archdeacon & Sullivan .

Blueprints

Heating system. Power Heating and Ven-
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Architect, Joseph McGinniss
Electrical materials and fixtures
Window shades
Advertising ....

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Contractors, Crowley & Hickey
Architect, Joseph McGinniss

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Fire House, Winthrop Street, Charlestown.
Continuation of payments:
Reconstructing building :

Recapitulation.
Fire Department . . . . .
Engine House, East Boston .
Engine House 15, reconstruction of
Fire House, Winthrop street, Charlestown
Fire station, Readville ....

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Permits for fires in open spaces, fireworks, blast

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Sale of uniform cloth
Sale of old material
Sale of cloth remnants
Sale of manure .
Sale of badges .
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Architect-, Joseph McGinniss

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Fire Quarters, Readville {Hyde Park).

Continuation of payments:

Contractor, M. S. Kelliher

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Architect, Joseph McGinniss .

149 79

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City Document No. 14.

Causes of Fires and Alarms from January 1, 1918,
TO January 1, 1919.

Alarms, false, needless, bell

Grease in ventilator

34

and still ....

889

Hot ashes in wooden recep-

Alarms out of city .

39

tacle

58

Automatic alarms, false and

Incendiary and supposed

19

accidental ....

112

Lamp upsetting, explosion .

1

Automobiles ....

142

Miscellaneous ....

245

Brush, rubbish, etc

1,206

Oil stove, careless use and

Careless use lamp, candle .

84

explosion ....

62

Careless use matches and set

Overheated furnace, stove,

by rats

413

boiler ....'.

125

Careless use pipe, cigar and

Set by boys ....

107

cigarettes ....

297

Sparks from chimneys, stove.

83

Chimneys, soot burning

161

Sparks from locomotive

Clothes near stove .

16

engme

35

Defective chimney, stove

Spontaneous combustion

85

pipe, boiler ....

70

Thawing

102

Electric wires, motors .

124

Unknown ....

577

Fireworks and firecrackers .

4

Gas jet and gas stove .

67

5,174

Gasolene, naphtha, benzine .

17

Fire Extinguished by

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January .

117

12

97

12

54

35

81

February

102

8

73

3

49

40

54

64
82
67
72
63
64

47
58
27
21
24
32

81
82
77
48
45
36

39
127
61
56
44
19

38
37
42
28
28
18

112
203
52
34
31
31

39

56

May

52

45

July

28

28

51

17

28

12

17

23

27

73
93

27
50

43
71

22
46

27
53

31

83

24

November

24

December

65

40

69

16

40

49

38

Totals

913

363

750

457

431

724

496

Fire Department,

47

Fires Where Loss Exceeded $15,000.

Date.

Location and Owner.

Loss.

1918.

Jan.

6

67-71 South street. Great Western Hide Company

$15,546

Jan.

7

215-233 Frank.in street, Bigelow & Dowse Company et al . .

216,158

Jan.

12

642 and 644 Washington street, D. M. Healey et al

21,620

17

62-66 Utica street, G D. Emerson.

36,717

Jan.

26

1109 Washington street, A. A. Civicchi et al

17,581

Feb.

9

1242- 1250 River street, Hyde Park Gas Company etal....

22,278

Feb.

10

13 and 15 Winter street, F. Vorenberg Company et al

67,156

Feb

10

115 North street, Plant Brothers & Co. et al

56,786

Feb.

17

76 Freeport street, Boston Novelty Company et al

33,916

Feb.

17

530 Atlantic avenue, F. P. Bennett & Co., Inc., et al

15,830

Feb.

25

1285-1289 Hyde Park avenue, Norfolk Associates et al

21,031

Feb.

26

19-35 Front street, Boston Wagon Company et al

18,507

April 1

200-206 Causeway street, American Glue Company et al . . .

161,491

April 12

241-249 Friend street. Union Bowling and Billiard Room
et al

26,586

April 17

157-163 Pearl street, Harris- Wheaton Company et al

18,811

April 28

Apri 2S

31,061
38,198

138 842

May

13

70 Brimmer street. Brown Garage and Carriage Company

June

3

9 Edgewood street. Crown Window Shade Company et al. . .

35,841

June

6

15-21 Sleeper street. General Electric Company et al

137,802

June

13

128-136 Federal street, Franklin Rubber Company etal. . . .

15,205

July

25

1379 Centre street. City of Boston

20,000
24,793

Aug.

4

26-30 Bowker street, Sargent & Ham Company et al

Sept
Sept

26

28,728
17,765

29

39-43 Washington street, T. F. Freeman Company et al. . . .

Oct.

7

Building Number 96 Navy Yard, United States Government,

20,000

Oct.

21 .

361-367 Washington street, D. F. Rourke etal

29,489
19,676

Oct.

29

222-226 Friend street, V. Bonzagni & Co. et al

Nov.

5

280-292 Commercial street, J. A. DeVito Company et al . . .

41,908

Nov.

13

102-112 Summer street, Bresnahan & Kelleher et al.

131,064

Nov.

14

1340 Commonwealth avenue. Hotel Strathmore et al

39,939

Nov.

29

182-186 Boylston street. Walker, Rintels, Inc., etal

29,339

Dec.

5

128-144 Commercial street, S. G. Shaghalian & Co. et al . . .

52,567

Dec.

18

233,100

Dec.

21

30,780

48

City Document No. 14.

STATISTICS.

Population, January 1, 1919 .
Area, square miles
Number brick, etc., buildings .
Number of wooden buildings .
Fires in brick and stone buildings
Fires in wooden buildings

Out of city

Not in buildings, false and needless

Total alarms . . . .

793,709

47.81

31,194

1,308

1,199

39

75,085

2,628

5,174

FlEE Loss FOR THE YeAR EnDING DECEMBER 31, 1918.

Buildings, loss insured
Contents, loss insured

$1,230,683
1,413,290

Buildings, loss not insured
Contents, loss not insured

. $64,588
. 113,548

Total loss buildings and contents .
Marine loss

178,136

?,822,109
$5,503

Fire Department.

49

YEARLY LOSS FOR THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS.

Year ending February 1, 1904
"1, 1905

" 1, 1906
" 1, 1907
" 1, 1908 .• .
" 1, 1909
« 1, 1910

" 1, 1911 (11 months)
January 1, 1912

1, 1913
" 1, 1914
" 1, 1915

1, 1916

1, 1917

1, 1918
" 1, 1919

$1,674,333
2,473,980
2,130,146
1,130,334
2,268,074
3,610,000
1,680,245
3,159,989
2,232,267
2,531,017

*3,138,373
3,013,269
3,004,600

1 2,372,489

13,981,227
2,822,109

* Does not include marine loss of $1,116,475, steamship "Templemore."
t Does not include marine loss of $101,312, steamship "City of Naples" et al.
j Does not include marine loss of $75,660.

Note. — January loss, 1911, amounting to $165,001, deducted from previous year and
included in calendar year January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912.

ALARMS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.*

Yeah.

Bell.

Still and
Automatic.

Totals.

1918

2,413
2,252
2,350
2,847
2,945
2,594
2,812
2,291
1,864
2,101

2,649
2,526
2,128
2,590
2,589
2,322
2,432
2,142
1,801
1,677

5,062

1917 '.

4,778

1916

4 531

1915

5,437
5 534

1914

1913

4 916

1912

5 244

1911

4,433
3 665

1910 (11 months)!

1909

3 778

* Each fire is treated as having only one alarm.

t 202 bell and 196 still alarms deducted from year 1910-11 and included in calendar
year January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912.

50

City Document No. 14.

ROLL OF MERIT, BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT.

Thomas J. Muldoon, Captain, Engine Company 20.
Michael J. Teehan, Captain, Engine Company 24.
Denis DriseoU, Captain, Engine Company 37.
James F. McMahon, Captain, Ladder Company 1.
Frederick F. Leary, Captain, Ladder Company 3.
Thomas H. Downey, Captain, Engine Company 22.
Michael J. Dacey, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 20.
Joseph P. Hanton, Lieutenant, Ladder Company 13.
Timothy J. Heffron, Lieutenant, Chemical Company 9.
Martin A. Kenealy, Captain, retired.
James E. Downey, Hoseman, retired.
Edward McDonough, Lieutenant, Engine Company 8.
John J. Kennedy, Ladderman, Ladder Company 13.

Changes prom February 1, 1918, to February 1, 1919

Number of men appointed to fire force
Nmnber of men reappointed to fire force
All others .
Resigned

Discharged
Pensioned .
Deaths
Pensioners died

301
22
7
76
25
25
33
15

Members Pensioned from February 1, 1918, to
February 1, 1919.

John B. Sheridan.
William H. Barker.
George B. Atwood.
John M. Fitzgerald.
Edward M. Illing worth.
Edward J. McKendrew.
Michael L. Dorgan.
Patrick F. Toohig.
Jacob H. Desmond.
William P. Punch.
Maurice Heffernan.
Cornelius H. Leary.
William H. Guinan.

Cornelius J. Hickey.
John J. O'Neil.
Jacob Schaffer.
William J. McCarthy
Wilham E. Staples.
John J. Sullivan.
Robert J. Carleton.
James E. Nolan.
William J. Griffin.
Charles A. Rodd.
David Kane.
Robert R. Talbot.
Thomas E. Kiley.
Edward B. Johnson.

Fire Department.

51

Death of Members prom February 1, 1918, to
February 1, 1919.

James J. Hourihan.
Thomas A. Ring.
Wesley C. Newdick.
George F. Morrissey.
John E. Fitzgerald.
Edward J. Kaine.
Frank J. Reddington.
Charles A. Hanson.
Henry T. Hooper.
George F. Beattie.
William H. Free.
Joseph P. Morrissey.
Angus J. McDonald.
William R. Connolly.
Herbert F. Symes.
George Layhe.
John F. McBride.

David J. Fitzgerald.
John J. McCarthy.
Daniel F. Fennessey.
Walter F. Walsh.
John J. Craddock.
James M, Hastings.
Daniel F. Daly.
William H. Boodro.
Maurice M. Flavin.
Frank D. O'Brien.
William H. Condon.
WilKam A. Keen.
Thomas H. McAndrews.
John J. Dwyer.
Edward J. Twigg.
John P. Dowd.

Death of Pensioners from February 1, 1918,
TO February 1, 1919.

Franklin G. Burley.
Joseph C. Barrus.
Thomas H. Ramsey.
Matthew Burns.
John H. Ewers.
Robert E. Bartlett.
John C. Holton.
David L. Adamson.

Robert J. Gallagher.
Edmund Fruean.
John Baumeister.
James M. Littleton.
George B. Atwood.
Johanna McManus.
James H. LeFavor.