MORE FIRES ATTENDED
FIGURES FOR HALF-YEAR HAMILTON BRIGADE ACTIVE During the past six months the Hamilton Fire Brigade received 69 calls, compared with 51 hi the corresponding period last year. None of the tires was ol a serious nature hut Iho number of calls received was the largest received by the brigade for several years. In 1y 37 the calls for the first half-year numbered 20, and 1936, ii calls were received. In iy3s the brigade was summoned 60 times during the first six months. The most calls this year were ! n March when 10 were received. Las! month there were only nine, to four property, four chimney tires and one malicious false alarm. The following are the number of fires which occurred during the first six months of 1930 with the figures for the corresponding months last year:—
1939 1938 January 14 9 February 6 3 .Mareii 19 20 ; April 11 5 May 11 6 June » 8 Total 09 51
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20845, 1 July 1939, Page 6
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