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ANNUAL REPORT
FIRE DEPARTMENT
AND WIRE DIVISION
CITY OF BOSTON
YEAE ENDING DECEMBEK 31, 1935
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OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Edward F. McLaughlin,
Fire Commissioner.
Herbert J. Hickey,
Executive Secretary of the Department.
Henry A. Fox,
Chief of Department,
George L. Fickett,
Superintendent of Fire Alarm Division.
Peter F. Dolan,
Superintendent of Wire Division.
Edward E. Williamson,
Superintendent of Maintenance Division.
Samuel J. Pope,
Deputy Chief in Charge of Fire Prevention Division.
Martin H. Spellman, M. D.,
Medical Examiner.
[Document 12 — 1936.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1935.
Boston, January 31, 1936.
Hon. Frederick W. Mansfield,
Mayor of the City of Boston.
Dear Sir, — I have the honor to submit herewith a
report of the activities of the Boston Fire Department
for the year ending December 31, 1935, as required by
section 24, chapter 4, of the Revised Ordinances of 1925.
Fire Loss.
The total fire loss for the City of Boston, estimated
by the insurance companies, amounted to $2,033,107.56,
of which $1,244,311.15 was on buildings and $788,796.41
was on contents. This total is $299,172.53 less than in
1934 and is the lowest fire loss paid in the City of Boston
since the year 1910. ■
The high state of efficiency of the department, com-
bined with continued inspection work of the Fire Pre-
vention Division, undoubtedly accounts for a great
saving in the fire loss of this city In addition, the
constant and thorough drive on suspicious and incendiary
fires by the Arson Unit of the Fire Prevention Division
has been of valuable assistance in reducing the loss.
2 City Document No. 12.
The fires showing the greatest loss during the year
are as follows:
March 15, 1935, 101-111 Causeway street and
276-280 Friend street, Diamond Drug and
Magnesia Company et al $143,288.96
March 29, 1935, 80 Langdon street, New England
Company et al 88,511.24
February 21, 1935, 132 and 134 Beach street,
Benjamin Shir et al 66,210.28
May 7, 1935, 353 Marlborough street, Alice
Lavalle et al 33,316.00
May 3, 1935, 1248-1254 River street, Sears
Roebuck et al 32,327.42
December 26, 1935, rear 286 Rutherford avenue,
North Shore Fibre Company et al. . . . 30,292. 13
October 31, 1935, 1486 Tremont street, Nutro
Beverage Company 27,151.09
March 14, 1935, 17 and 19 Cypher street, Paul
O'Sullivan Company et al. . . . 23,656.97
February 8, 1935, 118-126 Harvard avenue,
Wonder Bar Cafe et al. . . . . . 23,308.95
July 10, 1935, 26 and 28 Haymarket square,
Caporale Brothers & Co. et al 19,903.17
Finances.
As in past years the expenditures of the department
have been carefully watched. Expenditures increased
over 1934 because of the fact that sliding scale increases
in salary were again put into effect by your Honor,
and statutory reductions in salaries were discontinued
as of January 1, 1935, when all members of the depart-
ment received regular rates of pay again. I submit
below a table showing how expenditures of 1935 com-
pare with those of previous years.
Year ending December 31, 1935
31, 1934
31, 1933
31, 1932
31, 1931
31, 1930
31, 1929
31, 1928
31, 1927
31, 1926
$4,161,328.20
3,677,085.02
3,804,226.83
4,377.844.00
4,620,818.60
4,642,216.53
4,552,265.18
4,357,568.28
4,183,945.99
4,290,314.84
Fire Department.
Fire Prevention.
The fire prevention work of the Fire Department
has been very diligently performed by the inspection
force of the Fire Prevention Division, as well as by
district and company officers. Inspectors, on many
occasions, have given valuable advice to owners and
occupants on proper protection to their property to
prevent fires. Fire prevention campaigns have been
conducted by submitting articles to the daily press, by
radio and by lectures in schools, lodges and other
societies.
During the year all classes of buildings were inspected.
A special detail of men from the Fire Prevention Divi-
sion inspected many one and two-family houses with
the permission of the occupants. This is a step for-
ward in fire prevention as the Fire Department under
the law has no authority to inspect one or two family
houses.
Number of inspections 206,483
Number of re-inspections 11,441
Number of corrections 15,288
Number of complaints 8,776
Number of conditions found corrected on re-inspec-
tions 8,644
Number of personal inspections 2,681
Oil burners inspected 1,460
Reports of hazardous conditions were sent to other
departments as follows:
Reports sent to the Building Department . . . 1,272
Reports sent to School Buildings Department . . 21
Reports sent to Health Department .... 9
Personal services by Constable 490
The following inspections were made by district
officers and district privates:
Buildings inspected by district officers
Inspections by district privates
Theatre inspections .
Schoolhouse inspections .
Public buildings inspections
Carhouse inspections
Deer Island monthly inspections
Long Island monthly inspections
19,733
67,130
3,758
3,820
841
72
12
12
City Document No. 12.
A brief account of the activities of the Arson Unit,
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 383 of the
Acts of 1931, is as follows:
Number of Police Inspectors assigned to the Fire Pre-
vention Division from Police Headquarters
Number of Fire Prevention Inspectors on Arson Squad,
Number of Investigations by Arson Squad .
(a) Reported as being suspicious .... 48
(b) Reported as being unknown or undetermined . 78
(c) Miscellaneous 182
Number of persons interviewed at Fire Prevention
Office ...... . . .
Number of hearings held at Fire Alarm Office (Fenway)
Number of hearings held, which, on account of insuffi-
cient evidence, were not presented to District
Attorney 9
Number of cases presented to District Attorney for
consideration as to prosecution 13
Number of cases arraigned in Municipal Court
Cases held for Grand Jurv 3
4
6
308
28
22
Fire Apparatus.
No new major fire apparatus was purchased during
1935. The motor equipment of the department at the
present time consists of the following:
Type.
In Reserve.
Pumping engines
Steam engine (tractors)
Hose cars
Aerial ladder trucks. . . .
City service trucks
Water towers
Chief officers' cars
School car
Rescue cars
Fuel cars
Pprtable lighting plants
Wrecking car
Commercial trucks
Emergency Ford cars . .
Ford coupes
Fire Department.
C. W. A.— E. R. A.— W. P. A.
Civil Works Project No. 293 for painting interiors of
fire stations was continued until April 1, 1935. On this
date the Emergency Relief Administration was estab-
lished, replacing the C. W. A. Department projects
were resubmitted and the new work was known as
E. R. A. Project No. 2233-B4-53. The personnel was
reduced from seventy-seven to twenty-nine men. On
November 25, 1935, the Emergency Relief Administra-
tion was replaced by the Works Progress Administra-
tion and the project was known as Works Progress
Project No. 5069. Approximately forty men were em-
ployed on this project. At the close of business,
December 31, 1935, the interiors of fifteen buildings
had been painted.
High Pressure Service.
The records of the two high pressure service stations
for the year are as follows:
Station No. 1.
Station No. 2.
Total alarms to which pump responded.
Water discharged *
251
441,000 gallons
192
42,000 gallons
* Owing to the construction of the Venturi meters they do not record flows under 600
gallons per minute.
Hydrants.
The following is a list of the hydrants in service on
December 31, 1935:
Public. Private.
Ordinary post
Boston post
Lowry
Boston Lowry
Batchelder & Finneran post
Boston
High Pressure
Chapman post
Ludlow post
Matthew post
Coffin post
Total
130
25
33
5
55
13
4
384
6
City Document No. 12.
Fire College.
The sessions of the fire college were conducted during
the year (except during the vacation period). Approxi-
mately one hundred and sixty members of the depart-
ment received instructions at the college during the
year.
Department Drills.
Regular weekly drills were held by all companies in
the department during the year. In addition, each
company in the department was given a thorough drill
by the department drillmaster.
Pump School.
Two classes of the motor pump school were held dur-
ing the year, at which thirteen (13) members of the
department were instructed in the care and operation
of motor fire pumps.
:Chauffeurs' School.
Thirteen (13) members of the department received
instructions in the chauffeurs' school during the year
and were certified as operators of department motor
vehicles. All members rated as chauffeurs were given
instructions in the care and operation of motor vehicles.
Mutual Aid.
The department responded to sixty-four (64) alarms
of fire outside of the city limits, divided as follows:
Milton
Brookline
Somerville
Chelsea
Newton
32
3
22
4
3
Radio Broadcasts.
Radio broadcasts were given from time to time over
Radio Station WBZ, in which the Fire Commissioner,
Chief of Department, Deputy Chief in charge of Fire
Prevention and the Superintendent of Maintenance
participated. The cooperation of the public was asked
to help reduce the number of fires and the fire loss.
Valuable information was given for the prevention of
fires and the public was informed concerning important
department operations.
Fire Department. 7
Fire Alarm Service.
The Fire Alarm Service has been maintained at its
usual high standard. Twenty new fire alarm boxes
were installed by this department. All boxes and posts
were repainted. Many changes were made in line con-
struction to improve the system, and electrical equip-
ment in various department stations was improved.
Defective cables were replaced and necessary exten-
sions of the underground system were made.
Operating Records.
First alarms 5,664
Second alarms 70
Third alarms 21
Fourth alarms 4
Box Alarms Received but not Transmitted.
Same box received two or more times for same fire . 440
Adjacent boxes received for same fire .... 320
Received from boxes but treated as stills ... 21
772
Still Alarms Received and Transmitted.
Received from citizens by telephone . • . . . 2,735
Received from Police Department by telephone . . 338
Received from Fire Department stations . . . 1,190
Received from boxes but treated as stills ... 12
Mutual aid alarms (adjacent cities and towns) treated
as stills 61
Emergency service treated as stills .... 213
4,549
Still alarms received by telephone for which box alarms
were afterwards received and transmitted . . 215
Still alarms received by telephone from which box
alarms, not received, were transmitted (11 p. m.
to 7 a. m.) 322
Automatic and A. D. T. Alarms.
Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company:
Transmitted by company to this department . . 136
Box alarms received and transmitted after auto-
matic alarms had been struck .... 4
Box alarms not received but transmitted after
automatic alarm had been struck (11 p. m. to
7 a. m.) 35
Automatic alarms received at fire alarm office but
not transmitted 6
8 City Document No. 12.
American District Telegraph Company:
Transmitted by company to this department . . 109
Box alarms received and transmitted after A. D. T.
alarms had been struck 5
Box alarms not received but transmitted after
A. D. T. alarms had been struck (11 p m. to
7 a. m.) 21
A. D. T. alarms received at fire alarm office but not
transmitted 13
Summary of Alarms.
Alarms received:
Box alarms received and struck .
Box alarms received but not struck
Mutiple alarms ....
Still alarms — all classes
Boston automatic alarms
A. D. T. alarms ....
Box alarms not received but transmitted (11 p m.
to 7 a. m.)
Exclude following:
Multiples
Box alarms received but not transmitted .
Still alarms for which other alarms were trans
mitted
Automatic alarms for which other alarms
transmitted
Automatic alarms received but not transmitted
A. D. T. alarms for which other alarms were trans
mitted
A. D. T. alarms received but not transmitted
were
5,286
772
95
4,549
136
109
10,947
378
11,325
95
772
537
39
6
26
13
Total alarms, with eliminations, to which apparatus
responded :
First alarms
Still alarms
Automatic alarms
A. D. T. alarms
Multiple Alarm Fires.
With two alarms .
With three alarms
With four alarms
5,664
4,012
91
70
9,837
50
17
4
Fire Department.
Mutual Aid Response.
To Milton .
To Quincy .
To Newton .
To Brookline
To Somerville
To Chelsea .
Fire Alarm Box Records.
Boxes from which no alarms were received
Box tests and inspections
32
3
3
22
4
394
11,451
Note. — All street box doors are tested weekly.
False Alarms.
Box alarms received and struck
Box alarms received but not struck
Box alarms treated as stills
Telephone
A. D.T
Automatic
1,595
29
9
36
2
1
1,672
Alarm Service.
Of the 5,286 box alarms received and transmitted to
the department, 1,595 were false, about 30 per cent.
This compares with 5,541 received in 1934 with 1,816
false, about 33 per cent. The Police Department made
120 arrests of persons sounding false alarms and 80
convictions were obtained in court, as compared with
56 arrests in 1934 and 41 convictions.
Fire Alarm Boxes in Service.
Total number
Owned by Fire Department
Owned by School Buildings Department
Owned by Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Company
Privately owned
Total boxes on posts
Total boxes on poles
Total boxes on buildings
Total boxes in buildings
Fire Department Boxes.
On box posts ....
On poles .....
On buildings .
In buildings ....
Equipped with keyless doors .
Equipped with quick-action doors
1,687
1,233
257
46
151
862
466
178
181
787
424
17
5
519
714
10
City Document No. 12.
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Succession type
Designated by red lights .
SCHOOLHOUSE BOXES.
On box posts
On poles
On buildings
In buildings . . . . .
Equipped with keyless doors .
Equipped with quick-action doors .
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Succession type
Designated by red lights .
Boston Automatic Fire Alarm Boxes.
On poles . .
On buildings ....
In buildings ....
Equipped with keyless doors .
Equipped with quick-action doors
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Succession type
Private Boxes
On posts
On poles
On buildings ....
In buildings ....
Equipped with keyless doors .
Equipped with quick-action doors
Equipped with key doors
Equipped with auxiliary attachments
Succession type
Fire Alarm Boxes in Districts.
District 1 .
102
District 9
District 2 .
72
District 10
District 3 .
46
District 11
District 4 .
88
District 12
District 5 .
74
District 13
District 6 .
101
District 14
District 7 .
104
District 15
District 8 .
136
Division 1 . . . 382
Division 2 . 496
Division 3 . 808
Also one box in Chelsea.
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1,001
885
Fire Department.
11
Summary of Work Done.
Line wire used in new work (approximately)
Line wire used for replacements (approximately)
Aerial cable installed new work
Conductors in same
Aerial cable replaced
Conductors in same
Underground cable installed, new work
Conductors in same
Underground cable replaced .
Conductors in same
Conduits laid underground
Ducts abandoned. Owned by department
Manholes built
Handholes built
Fire alarm boxes installed by Fire Department
Fire alarm boxes installed by School Buildings
partment
Fire alarm boxes installed on private property
Fire alarm boxes relocated
Fire alarm boxes removed from service
Box posts installed . . . .
Box posts relocated . .
Box posts reset or replaced by new
Cable posts (small size) installed
Underground cable boxes (attached to poles)
stalled
Underground cable boxes removed from service
De
in
Feet.
12,000
29,000
2,862
8,948
4,756
18,416
13,581
66,710
18,241
293,955
4,803
400
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20
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2
3
6
26
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WIRE DIVISION.
Regular and periodical inspections have been made
of all theatres, places of amusement and public halls,
together with new installations and changes throughout
the city.
Thorough investigations were made of all fires and
accidents reported as due to electrical causes, and
reports of same are on file in the Wire Division.
Following is a table showing a summary of the work
of the interior division of the Wire Division for 1935:
Notices of new work received ....
Number of permits issued to turn on current
Number of incandescent lamps inspected
Number of motors inspected . . . .
Number of inspections made ....
Number of inspections made of theatres, places
of amusement and public halls
13,384
10,306
2,130,290
15,756
30,275
1,580
12 City Document No. 12.
The income received from permits to perform electri-
cal work was $37,859.65.
During the year there were one hundred and eleven
fires in buildings, eleven manhole troubles, seven fires
on poles, ten miscellaneous troubles and two fatal
accidents investigated.
Exterior Division.
The underground district for the year 1935, as pre-
scribed under the authority of chapter 101 of the Acts
of 1931, comprised the following streets:
Brighton. — Englewood avenue, from Sutherland road to
Brookline line; Wade street, from Commonwealth avenue to
end of the street at No. 35.
East Boston. — Bennington street, from Day square to West-
brook street and from Breed square to Leyden street; Marion
street, from Bennington street to Bremen street; Maverick
street, from Lamson street to Jeffries street.
South Boston. — East Second street, from K street to M
street and from N street to Farragut road; P street, from
East First street to Columbia road; Marine road, from
Columbia road to N Street to I street.
Roxbury and Dorchester. — Clifton street, from Shirley street
to Dudley street.
Dorchester. — Gallivan Boulevard, from . Adams street at
Granite avenue to a point fifty (50) feet east of the east line of
Belton street.
making a total distance of four miles as prescribed
by law.
In these prescribed streets from which poles and wires
were to be removed there were standing on January
1, 1935, one hundred and sixty seven (167) poles and
eight hundred sixty-six thousand, six hundred and
ninety (866,690) feet of overhead wires, not including
trolley wires and poles which are exempted by law.
During the past year inspectors of this division have
reported seventy-nine (79) poles decayed at base and
twenty (20) poles leaning, a total of ninety-nine (99)
poles which were replaced or reset by the various com-
panies at the request of this department.
The following table shows the overhead work for the
year from January 1, 1935 to December 31, 1935,
inclusive :
Number of poles set in new locations ... . 41
Number of poles replaced, reset or straightened . . 880
Number of poles removed 320
Number of poles now standing 17,491
Fire Department.
13
Number of defects reported . . . .
Number of defects corrected .
(Other defects in process of correction.)
Number of notices of overhead construction
Number of overhead inspections
Number of overhead reports .
Amount of wires in feet removed by owners
949
545
2,189
21,126
16,159
864,678
Underground Construction.
The ducts used for the underground conduits of the
drawing-in system are of the following type :
1. Vitrified clay (laid in concrete).
2. Fiber (laid in concrete) .
3. Iron.
4. Wood.
In side or residential streets special underground
construction for electric light and power purposes
(110 and 220 volts) of the type known as "Split Fiber
Solid Main System" has also been installed.
The electrical approvals for underground electrical
construction numbered 1,627.
Number of inspections of underground electrical
construction 2,366
Number of reports of underground electrical construc-
tion 6,231
Table showing Underground Work for the Year 1935.
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Boston Elevated Railway Com-
pany.
Edison Electric Illuminating Com-
pany.
Boston Fire Department (Fire
Alarm Branch).
Boston Police Department (Police
Signal Service).
New England Telephone & Tele-
graph Company.
Postal Telegraph Cable Company,
3,638
29,801
545
2,029
6,113
184
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Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany.
5,173
Totals
42,310
208,050
800,291
134
1,064
Note. — "Split Fiber Solid Main System" of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company
is included in the above figures, comprising 1,400 feet of conduit and 2,733 feet of duct.
14 City Document No. 12.
Table Showing the Amount and Distribution of Boston's Electrical Power.
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620
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359
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65,612
522,462
6,799
315
229,870
51,050
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t Generating stations, company and customers sub-stations and primary network units.
j Two generating and 13 substations.
Recommendations.
During the past few years the personnel of the depart-
ment has been reduced to a great extent. No appoint-
ments have been made to the fire-fighting force during
the last two years. In order to maintain the depart-
ment at an efficient operating strength it will be neces-
sary to fill some of the vacancies soon. There are now
nearly one hundred vacancies in the grade of private
and this number is increasing constantly because of
deaths and retirements.
Fire Apparatus.
Very little major fire apparatus has been purchased
during the past four years. In order to keep the
rolling stock of the department in first-class condition
a certain percentage of apparatus should be replaced
each year. In my opinion it is sounder economy to
replace a few pieces of old apparatus each year than
to wait until necessity forces the replacement of a
large number at one particular time.
Buildings.
Consideration should be given at this time to the
enlargement of the Repair Shop of the Maintenance
Division. The addition of another story to the present
three-story Repair Shop would provide space for the
proper handling of repairs to major apparatus.
Fire Department. 15
The erection of a new garage, with space for the
storage of about seventy-five cars, should be given
careful thought and study. The present garage is
located in an old building and is much too small to
properly care for the needs of the department. The
foregoing changes have been recommended as part of
the P. W. A. program, but should be given considera-
tion if funds are not available under this program.
There are several fire stations in the City of Boston
which are old and antiquated and which were not built
to accommodate motor fire apparatus. When funds are
available it would be advisable to rebuild and relocate
some of these houses so that the department will be
modernized in every way and its efficiency will be
increased.
Yours very truly,
Edward F. McLaughlin,
Fire Commissioner.
16
City Document No. 12.
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENDITURES, 1935.
Fire Department
Wire Division .
1,161,328 20
95,259 42
t,256,587 62
ANNUAL REPORT OF REVENUE, BOSTON FIRE
DEPARTMENT, YEAR OF 1935.
Permits for fires in open spaces; fireworks;
blasting; transportation and storage of explo-
sives ; garage and gasoline storage ; oil burners,
etc. ■
Sale of old material (condemned hose)
Sale of old material (junk)
Sale of badges .....
Damage to fire alarm boxes, posts
apparatus
Miscellaneous sales ....
il burners,
$24,381 25
151 87
476 73
383 30
and fire
1,201 03
20 39
$26,632 07
Fiee Department. 17
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT.
Henry A. Fox.
The chief is in charge of the fire protection of the
city, which is divided into three divisions, each com-
manded by a deputy chief, which are subdivided into
fifteen districts, each commanded by a district chief.
Division 1.
Deputy Chiefs, John J. Kenney and Louis C.
Stickel.
Headquarters, Ladder House 8, Fort Hill Square.
This division comprises Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
District 1.
District Chiefs, Napeen Boutilier and William F.
Donovan.
Headquarters, Engine House 5, Marion Street,
East Boston.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 5, 9, 11,
40, 47 (fireboat), Ladders 2, 21, 31.
District 2.
District Chiefs, Philip A. Tague, and Michael J.
Aylward.
Headquarters, Engine House 50, Winthrop Street,
Charlestown.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 27, 32, 36,
50, Ladders 9, 22.
District 3.
District Chief, William A. Donovan.
Headquarters, Ladder House 18, Pittsburgh Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 25, 38,
39, 44 (fireboat), Ladders 8, 18, Water Towers 1 and 3.
District 4.
District Chiefs, John F. McDonough and James F.
Sheehan.
Headquarters, Engine House 4, Bulfinch Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 4, 6, 8,
31 (fireboat), Ladders 1, 24, Rescue 3.
18 City Document No. 12.
District 5.
District Chiefs, John F. Watson and Dennis J.
Coughlin.
Headquarters, Engine House 26-35, Broadway.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 7, 10, 26,,
35, Ladder 17, Rescue 1, Water Tower 2.
Division 2.
Deputy Chiefs, Thomas H. Downey and William F.
QUIGLEY.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
This division comprises Districts 6, 7, 8, 11.
District 6.
District Chiefs, James J. Kane and Edward G.
Chamberlain.
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, Michael F. Minehan.
Headquarters, Engine House 22, Warren Avenue.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 3, 22, 33,
Ladders 3, 13, 15.
District 8.
District Chiefs, Daniel Martell and Charles H.
McDonnell.
Headquarters, Engine House 37, 560 Huntington
Ayenue.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 13, 14,
37, Ladders 12, 26.
District 11.
District Chiefs, Thomas H. Andreoli and Joseph W.
Shea.
Headquarters, Engine House 41, Harvard Avenue,
Brighton.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 29, 34,
41, 51, Ladders 11, 14.
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Division 3.
Deputy Chief, Frank A. Sweeney.
Headquarters, Ladder House 23, Washington Street,
Grove Hall.
This division comprises Districts 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15.
District 9.
District Chief, William H. McCorkle.
Headquarters, Engine House 12, Dudley Street.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 12, 23, 24,
Ladders 4, 23, Rescue 2.
District 10.
District Chiefs, Daniel J. Hurley and Edward N„
Montgomery.
Headquarters, Engine House 17, Parish Street,
Meeting House Hill.
Apparatus Located in the District. — - Engines 17, 18, 21,
Ladder 7.
District 12.
District Chiefs, Timothy F. Donovan and Thomas F.
Ward.
Headquarters, Engine House 28, Centre Street,
Jamaica Plain.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 28, 42, 53,
Ladders 10, 30.
District 13.
District Chiefs, Charles A. Donohoe and Edward F.
McCarthy.
Headquarters, Engine House 45, Corner Washington
and Poplar Streets, Roslindale.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 30, 45,
Ladders 16, 25.
District lli-.
District Chiefs, James Mahoney and Walter C. Glynn.
Headquarters, Engine House 46, Peabody Square,
Dorchester.
Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 16, 20>
46, 52, Ladders 6, 27, 29.
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District 15.
District Chiefs, William Hart and Allen J. Jarvis.
Headquarters, Engine House 48, Corner Harvard
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Apparatus Located in the District. — Engines 19, 48,
49, Ladder 28.
Alarms.
3,657
889
377
143
198
971
683
1,631
203
683
319
19
79
Building fires
Automobile fires.
Rubbish, vacant lot
Rubbish near buildin
Dump .
Brush or grass .
Other outdoor fires
False .
Accidental
Needless
Rescue
Marine
Out of city calls
Total alarms
9,852
Fire resistive
Second class
Frame .
Other types .
Fires in Buildings.
Construction of Buildings.
Basement . , .
First floor .
Second floor
Third floor .
Above third floor
Roof .
Outside
Total .
Point of Origin.
3,657
1,190
1,051
430
302
130
156
398
3,657
Extent of Fire.
Confined to point of origin
Confined to buildings
Spread to other buildings
3,059
519
79
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3,657
Fire Department.
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Chimneys, soot burning .
454
Defective chimney
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Sparks from chimney
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Defectively installed heater
135
Rubbish near heater
66
Hot ashes
91
Fuel oil burners
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Starting fires, kerosene or gasoline
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Careless smoking
951
Children and matches
188
Other careless use of matches .
140
Defective wiring
83
Electric appliances and motors
244
Home dry cleaning .
4
Flammable liquids near flame
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Kerosene lamps, stoves
14
Grease, food on stove
105
Clothes, furniture too near fire
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Spontaneous ignition .
148
Fireworks
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Sparks from machines
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City gas and appliances .
32
Miscellaneous known causes .
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Incendiary or suspicious .
Unknown
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1935, to January 1, 1936.
Automobile
Rubbish, vacant lot
Rubbish near buildin
Dump .
Brush or grass .
Other outdoor fires
False .
Accidental .
Needless bell and still
Rescue .
Marine
Out of city calls
Chimneys, soot burning
Defective chimney .
Sparks from chimney
Defectively installed
heater
Rubbish near heater
Hot ashes .
Fuel oil burners
Starting fires, kerosene or
gasoline .
Careless smoking
Children and matches
377
143
198
971
683
1,631
203
683
319
19
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454
59
135
66
91
260
1
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188
Other careless use of
matches .
Defective wiring
Electric appliances and
motors
Home dry cleaning .
Flammable liquids n
flame
Kerosene lamps, stoves
Grease, food on stove
Clothes, furniture, too
near fire .
Spontaneous ignition
Fireworks .
Thawing water pipes
Sparks from machines
City gas and appliances
Miscellaneous known
causes
Incendiary or suspicious
Unknown .
Total .
140
83
244
4
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51
148
52
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70
156
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1935.
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63
498
497
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Year.
Bell.
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1935
5,657
5,952
5,496
5,587
4,727
4,601
4,473
3,867
3,492
3,762
4,195
4,023
3,597
3,808
3,934
3,808
3,979
3,829
3,840
4,108
9,852
1934
9,975
1933
9,093
1932
9,395
1931
8,661
1930
8,409
1929
8,452
7,696
1927 .
7,332
1926
7,870
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Fires Where Losses Exceeded $15,000.
Date.
Location and Owner.
Loss.
1935.
Jan.
16
72-76 Fulton street, Phoebe Phelps Caramel Company
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88
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Jan.
Feb
24
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118-126 Harvard avenue, Wonder Bar Cafe et al
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23,656
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March 15
101-111 Causeway street and 276-280 Friend street,
Diamond Drug and Magnesia Company et al
143,288
96
March 29
80 Langdon street, New England Company et al
88,511
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32,327
42
May
July
7
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26 and 2S Haymarket square, Caporale Brothers & Co.
19,903
17
Aug
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71 Eastern avenue, Quincy Market Cold Storage Com-
19,344
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31
1486 Tremont street, Nutro Beverage Company
27,151
09
Dec.
26
Rear 286 Rutherford avenue, North Shore Fibre Corn-
30,292
13
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Statistics.
Population, January 1, 1936 (estimated)
Area, square miles
Number of brick, etc., buildings
Number of wooden buildings .
Fires in brick, etc., buildings .
Fires in wooden buildings
Fires out of city
Not in buildings, false and needless
795,256
47.81
44,062
93,726
2,053
1,604
79
6,116
9,852
Fire Loss for the Year Ending December 31, 1935.
Buildings, loss insured $1,244,311 15
Contents, loss insured 788,796 41
Total loss insured
$2,033,107
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Year ending January 1, 1922 . $4,010,201 00
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John E. Fitzgerald Medal.
John J. Leary, for 1922.
Daniel J. O'Brien, for 1923.
Thomas F. Kilduff, for 1924.
Dennis M. Condon, for 1927.
Joseph P. Hanton, for 1929.
Patrick J. Flaherty, for 1934.
Walter Scott Medal.
Dennis M. Condon, for 1922.
James H. Curran, for 1923.
Edward J. Crowley, for 1924.
Gilbert W. Jones, for 1927.
John J. Boyle, for 1929.
Roll of Merit.
Carl V. Anderson.
Carl S. Bowers.
James J. Buchanan.
William 0. Cheswell.
Dennis M. Condon.
Walter P. Corbett.
Michael J. Dacy.
James E. Downey.
Dennis Driscoll.
Joseph P. Hanton.
Timothy J. Heffron.
Gilbert W. Jones.
Henry J. Kelly.
Martin A. Kenealy.
John J. Kennedy.
Frederick F. Leary.
John J. Martin.
Edward McDonough.
James F. McMahon.
Thomas J. Muldoon.
Edward J. Murphy.
Arthur A. Ryan.
John A. O'Connor.
Michael J. Teehan.
William C. Jeffers.
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