Fires at Everett.

Fires at Everett.

The total number of bell alarms for the year at Everett, Mass., including two second alarms was ninety-nine; still alarms, seventy-two. The total value of buildings exposed to fire was $292,683; the total loss on these was $12,584. Total insurance, $178,360; the total insurance paid on these was $9,089.28. The total value of contents at risk was $103,652.92; total loss on these was $12,897; total insurance on them, $66,075; the total insurance paid on contents at risk was $9,906.23; the total value of buildings and contents at risk was $398.337 92. Total loss on these, $25,481.50; total insurance on them, $244,635; total insurance paid on buildings and contents, $18,995.51. Chief F. A. Sutherland’s showing is a highly creditable one, all the more that on the 2,300 acres that make up the fire-area of Everett the majority of the buildings are of wood, with wooden roofs permitted.

The total number of bell alarms for the year at Everett, Mass., including two second alarms was ninety-nine; still alarms, seventy-two. The total value of buildings exposed to fire was $292,683; the total loss on these was $12,584. Total insurance, $178,360; the total insurance paid on these was $9,089.28. The total value of contents at risk was $103,652.92; total loss on these was $12,897; total insurance on them, $66,075; the total insurance paid on contents at risk was $9,906.23; the total value of buildings and contents at risk was $398.337 92. Total loss on these, $25,481.50; total insurance on them, $244,635; total insurance paid on buildings and contents, $18,995.51. Chief F. A. Sutherland’s showing is a highly creditable one, all the more that on the 2,300 acres that make up the fire-area of Everett the majority of the buildings are of wood, with wooden roofs permitted.