Fire in Business Section at Dallas

Fire in Business Section at Dallas

A three-story brick building, occupying a space 50 by 108 feet in the central business part of Dallas, Tex., was recently damaged by fire The structure was about twenty years old and had brick partition walls. The fire started from an unknown cause in the rear of the third floor and was discovered by a fireman who gave the alarm. Chief H. F. Magee found the building burning fiercely and he immediately placed ten engine streams on the fire. A fire escape recently put on the rear of the building by order of C ty Fire Marshal F. F. Bennett, was of great help to the department in getting lines of hose to the fire. Chief Magee handled the fire so skilfully that it was extinguished in one hour. The following apparatus were in service: Two motor engines, three horse-drawn engines, three hose wacons, three trucks, one motor hose and chemical. More hydrants were available than needed, hydrants being between 200 and 300 feet apart with a water pressure of 55 pounds. Five thousand feet of cotton rubber-lined hose was used. The water pressure was from direct pumping and was sufficient to give good plug streams. An engraving company occupied the two upper floors and there was a store on the first floor. The loss on property, valued at $25,000, was kept down to $10,000 and the loss on contents, valued at 65,000, was $51,000.

A three-story brick building, occupying a space 50 by 108 feet in the central business part of Dallas, Tex., was recently damaged by fire The structure was about twenty years old and had brick partition walls. The fire started from an unknown cause in the rear of the third floor and was discovered by a fireman who gave the alarm. Chief H. F. Magee found the building burning fiercely and he immediately placed ten engine streams on the fire. A fire escape recently put on the rear of the building by order of C ty Fire Marshal F. F. Bennett, was of great help to the department in getting lines of hose to the fire. Chief Magee handled the fire so skilfully that it was extinguished in one hour. The following apparatus were in service: Two motor engines, three horse-drawn engines, three hose wacons, three trucks, one motor hose and chemical. More hydrants were available than needed, hydrants being between 200 and 300 feet apart with a water pressure of 55 pounds. Five thousand feet of cotton rubber-lined hose was used. The water pressure was from direct pumping and was sufficient to give good plug streams. An engraving company occupied the two upper floors and there was a store on the first floor. The loss on property, valued at $25,000, was kept down to $10,000 and the loss on contents, valued at 65,000, was $51,000.