Fire Loss For 1914
The fire loss in the United States and Canada for the year ending December 31, 1914, as compiled by “The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin,” aggregates $235,591,350, or nearly eleven million dollars more than the preceding year. This is the heaviest loss to property by fire during the history of the country, with three exceptions, namely: 1908, the year of the Chelsea, Mass., and three other conflagrations; 1906, the year of the San Francisco conflagration, and 1904, the year of the Baltimore conflagration. The fire losses of 1914 were augmented by the Salem, Mass., conflagration, costing thirteen million dollars.
During 1914 there were 3,500 fires causing a loss of $10,000 or more, against 3,60Q in 1913 and 3,650 in 1912. The following tables gives the losses by months for the last three years and also for the past 38 years:
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