The losses by fire in the United States the four months ending May L s . amounted to more than £6,400,000, a cess of £2,300,000 over the losses ot previous year. In 1877 the amount £6,100,000. These figures are sta f rU ‘ because they show a reckless I petty wholly impossible in any weil-orgj community. At the very lowest catoi , on this basis, nearly £18,000,000 are . * rer y annihilated in Americaj adeadhw* to ■ one. What is the reason that a ) building which should practically }> to fires cannot be adopted in America
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LII, Issue 5805, 3 October 1879, Page 6
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