October Fire Loss in Great Britain

October Fire Loss in Great Britain

During October last the total loss by fire in the British Isles, exclusive of those at which the loss was under $5,000, was $986,000, as against $1,503,500 in September and $1,598,000 in October, 1911. To these figures must be added in each case damage arising from fires at which the loss sustained was under $5,000—which may fairly be put down as at least 15 per cent., or nearly $150,000, for October, 1912. Of these fires the worst in point of loss were the following: Cotton cloth works, Paisley, Scotland, $235,000; Engineer Works, Banbury, England $100,000; mansion, Exeter, England. $50,000; woolen mill, Dewsbury, England, $45,500; grocery warehouse, Torquay, England, $-10,000; wharf, London, $35,000; stove works Carlisle. England, $33,500; corn mill, Wakefield, England, $30,000. The loss at the remainder varied from $27,500 to $5,000. Of the 41 serious fires, 1 was in Wales, 2 were in Scotland, 5 were in Ireland; the remaining 33 were in England, and of these 12, including a moving picture theater—the only one in which a serious fire occurred—were in London. Of the total number of tires, 10 were in factories or works of some sort; one apiece in a church, a colliery, a cotton warehouse and an old country mansion; the rest, miscellaneous places of business, including two printeries. With the exception of the cotton cloth works in Paisley, where the loss ran up to $235,000, and the Engineer Works in Banbury. where it was $100,000. there was not one tire in the list which would be looked upon in this; country as a big blaze, and as for the total of $986,000 loss for the whole damage in the British Islands for one month, it sinks into utter insignificance when set against the big figures of the corresponding month in 1912.

During October last the total loss by fire in the British Isles, exclusive of those at which the loss was under $5,000, was $986,000, as against $1,503,500 in September and $1,598,000 in October, 1911. To these figures must be added in each case damage arising from fires at which the loss sustained was under $5,000—which may fairly be put down as at least 15 per cent., or nearly $150,000, for October, 1912. Of these fires the worst in point of loss were the following: Cotton cloth works, Paisley, Scotland, $235,000; Engineer Works, Banbury, England $100,000; mansion, Exeter, England. $50,000; woolen mill, Dewsbury, England, $45,500; grocery warehouse, Torquay, England, $-10,000; wharf, London, $35,000; stove works Carlisle. England, $33,500; corn mill, Wakefield, England, $30,000. The loss at the remainder varied from $27,500 to $5,000. Of the 41 serious fires, 1 was in Wales, 2 were in Scotland, 5 were in Ireland; the remaining 33 were in England, and of these 12, including a moving picture theater—the only one in which a serious fire occurred—were in London. Of the total number of tires, 10 were in factories or works of some sort; one apiece in a church, a colliery, a cotton warehouse and an old country mansion; the rest, miscellaneous places of business, including two printeries. With the exception of the cotton cloth works in Paisley, where the loss ran up to $235,000, and the Engineer Works in Banbury. where it was $100,000. there was not one tire in the list which would be looked upon in this; country as a big blaze, and as for the total of $986,000 loss for the whole damage in the British Islands for one month, it sinks into utter insignificance when set against the big figures of the corresponding month in 1912.