FIRES OF A TEAR.
According to, the report of the Fire Brigade Committee of\tlic London County Council, dealing with fires in London in 1909, the number of fires were less than in the previous year, but more lives were lost. The comparative figure® were;— Total fires in 1909, 3197; decrease, 41. Serious fires in 1909, 62; five years average; 64. Lives lost in 1909, 103; m 1908, 93. Six fire; stations are pow entirely equipped with petrol motors, and no steam motors have been added since 1907. The total expenditure for the year ended March 31, 1909,. was .£22,425 ou capital account, and .£268,958 on maintenance, and the rate-was equal to 1.51 d inthe pound. Of the 103 lives lost, fifty-two were children under twelve years of ago, and of the ninety-two fatal fires, thirtyone were due to children playing with fir© or matches. The total strength of the fire- brigade' is 1354.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7110, 23 April 1910, Page 2
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