失去了生活E AT LONDON FIRES.
According to the report of the chief officer of the London (England) fire brigade, the lives of 318 persons were endangered at fires in London last year, and of these ninety-three were lost, death being due to explosion, suffocation, burns or shock. The total includes those in all fires, not merely those to which the brigade was called. Of the eighty fires at which lives were lost, ir» sixteen cases the fatalities were due to children playing with fire or matches; in fourteen toclothing in contact with fires or light; in thirteen to oil lamp and stove accidents; in eleven, tosparks from fire; in five, to accidents with candles; in tw’O, to escape of gas; in two, to ignition of spirit; and two to lights thrown down. In fifteen instances, the cause was not ascertained. Two fires were altogether responsible for the loss of thirteen lives. Twenty-two persons died before the brigade received notice of the fire; nine were found dead by firemen; and sixty-two were taken out alive, but died afterwards. Sixty-eight of the ninety-three victims were females, thirtysix were infants or quite young children.
