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Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH W. HAYDEN,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF LIQUOR OFFICER.
To Joseph W. Hayden, Chief of Police:
SIR-I have the honor to submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1899.
During the past year I have prosecuted sixteen liquor cases, fourteen of which the Court found guilty on the evidence, and the other two were found not guilty, one on a technical point of law and the other on account of a witness swearing falsely. This witness was afterward prosecuted for perjury. Two for il- legal transportation ; two for violation of the so-called " Faxon law ".
I have endeavored to keep pace with the illegal rum-seller and it has kept me busy.
I thank you and the officers who have helped me, also cer- tain other persons outside of the police department who have aided me in enforcing the law, and especially Mr. Henry H. Faxon, for advice and assistance.
Number of warrants issued for prosecuting liquor cases, 21
Number of warrants issued to search for liquor,
9
Number of warrants issued to search and serve, 7
Number of places where liquors were found, . 7
Forfeitures,
7
Fined,
11
Liquors returned,
0
Paid fines,
8
Appeals, .
5
Appeals prosecuted for nuisance,
7
Prosecutions for illegal sales,
8 14
Convicted in lower court,
4
Discharged in lower court,
2
Discharged in Superior court,
0
Committed for non-payment of fines, Cases placed on file,
3
Paid fines in Superior court,
3
Cases pending in Superior court,
2
Prosecutions for illegal transportation,
2
1
Convicted in Superior court,
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The amount of stolen property recovered
and returned to the owners, $4,443 15
The greater part of the above was jewelry, and in most of the cases the thieves have been caught and prosecuted. I have had a great deal of criminal work to attend to during the past year, and it seems to be increasing every year as the population increases and the city grows. There is work enough to keep two officers busy all the time. I have given all day and part of the night to the work, and even then I cannot attend to it as I would like.
Respectfully yours, DANIEL R. MCKAY, Inspector of Police.
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Fire Department.
To His Honor the Mayor of the City of Quincy :
In compliance with the requirements of the City Ordinances, I hereby present my fifth annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1899, containing a statement of all fires and alarms for the year, the loss and insurance on the same as far as could be ascertained, the list of the permanent force of the department and their ages, also a schedule of the property under their charge.
Organization.
The force consists of one chief and six assistant engineers, ten permanent and sixty call men. Combination No. 1, at Central Fire Station has one permanent and eleven call men ; Hook & Ladder, No. 1, has one permanent and twelve call men ; Hose No. 2, has one permanent and five call men ; Hose No. 3, has one permanent and six call men ; Hose No. 4, has one per- manent and six call men; Hose No. 5, has ten call men ; Combi- nation, No. 2, has one permanent and nine call men.
Officers.
Frank C. Packard, Ward 1. Daniel J. Ford, Ward 2. Welcome J. Blake, Ward 3. James F. Rooney, Ward 4. Marcena R. Sparrow, Ward 5. John H. O'Brien, Ward 6.
Apparatus.
The apparatus of the department consists of one steam fire engine in fair condition, two combination chemical engines, one
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combination ladder truck, six hose wagons, two hose reels, one express wagon for fire alarm purposes ; also one chemical engine and one hand engine not in service. The department has been increased the past year by the purchasing of a new combi- nation ladder truok, built by Charles T. Hollaway & Co., Balti- more, Md. This is one of the best pieces of apparatus we have in the city. It carries two 35-gallon chemical tanks of the latest pattern, and an equipment of 306 feet of ladders. I would also recommend putting the old truck at West Quincy in service with a company of eleven men, one to be permanent ; also the purchase of a pair of horses and harnesses for the same.
Hose.
We have in the service 9,000 feet of cotton hose, rubber lined; 5,000 feet is in good condition, 2,000 feet is in fair condition, 2,000 feet is in poor condition. I believe the depart- ment should be kept well supplied with hose in case of emer- gency. The life of hose is two years, after that it is liable to burst when heavy pressure is put on. I will call the attention of the Council to placing more hydrants on old line of pipes, as it will give better fire protection also saving the city a great deal of money in using shorter lines of hose.
Fire Alarm.
The fire alarm service has been increased the past year by adding seven boxes, several miles of wire have been rebuilt, the number three circuit has been cut up and rebuilt, and with the addition of new wires will complete a circuit called No. 5. We have as near as can be ascertained seventy miles of fire alarm wire to keep in good working order. This branch of the service needs the greatest attention so when boxes are pulled they will work.
Electrical Appliances.
Six circuit repeater, 6 lightning arresters, 7 Galvanometer 1 switchboard for automatic repeater, 1 quartered oak switch board and seven switches, 1 circuit breaker, 6 resistance coils, 8 lamps, 5 automatic protectors, 206 cells of battery of the grid type element, 1 eighteen inch gong and indicator, 75 miles of wire out on lines, 60 boxes, 1 Stevens automatic whistle on Eagle
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Polishing mill, 1 Gamewell automatic whistle on Tubular rivet factory, 4 Gamewell strikers on churches, 1 Gamewell striker on Hose No. 3 house, 1 Stevens striker stored in Combination No. 2 House ; Hose No. 2 has 12-inch Gamewell gong, Chemichal No. 2 has 12-inch Gamewell gong, Hose No. 3 has 6-inch Gamewell gong, Hose No. 4 has 6-inch Gamewell gong, Chief Williams an 18-inch gong, Engineer Packard a 16-inch gong, Engineer Sparrow 6-inch Stevens gong, Engineer Ford a gong, Quincy Electric Light & Power Co. a 16-inch Stevens gong, Quincy & Boston Power house a 12-inch Gamewell gong, Tubular Rivet a 12-inch Gamewell gong, George T. Magee 6 inch private gong, William Marden 6 inch private gong, three 6-inch gongs (2 Stevens and 1 Gamewell) and two tappers stored in Central Fire Station.
Horses.
The number of horses in the fire department owned by the city is sixteen. We have in the department five horses whose ages range from eighteen to twenty-four, too old by a number of years for fire department purposes, and will have to be replaced the present year.
Recommendations.
I would also recommend proper ventilation for Central Fire Station and the Combination house in Ward Six, as ventilation is very poor for men who sleep in the building. This matter should be attended to at once. I would also recommend the building of a house at Wollaston the present year on the land recently purchased by the city, as the old house on Winthrop avenue is in poor condition. It is not advisable to spend any more money on present building. During the past year the department has been kept very busy answering alarms. There has been 80 per cent. more alarms the past year than any previous years, and much credit is due the department for its promptness in responding.
Conclusion.
In closing this report, I desire to tender my sincere thanks to His Honor the Mayor, for his interest in the welfare of the department, to the Council for all favors rendered me during the year, to City Auditor and Treasurer for all favors rendered, to
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Chief of Police and officers for the manner they performed their duties at fires, to the Committee on Fire Department for the interest they have manifested in the business of the department, to my associates of the Board of Engineers, and to the officers and members for the prompt and efficient manner in which they discharged their duties, thereby maintaining the reputation of the department for efficiency.
Permanent Force.
Charles P. Costa, age 52,
Michael P. Barry, age 38,
Henry T. Brown, age 40,
William A. Gavin, age 40,
Lawrence P. Garrity, age 45, Charles C. Weeks, age 43,
Faxon Billings, age 29,
James F. Morrissey, age 36,
Jeremiah Lyons, age 44,
Alfred L. Meade, age 31,
Engineman. Assistant Engineman. Driver Engine. Superintendent Fire Alarm. Driver H. & L. No. 1. Driver Combination No. 1 Driver Combination No. 2. Driver Hose No. 2. Driver Hose No. 3.
Driver Hose No. 4.
Fires and Alarms 1899.
During the year beginning Jan. 1st, and ending December 31st, 1899, there were 153 alarıns,-95 bell and 58 still alarms.
Value of property at risk, $415,379.53.
Insurance on property at risk, $259,590.00.
Loss on property, $64,345.33.
Loss by Chief Packard, $9,084.30, Jan. 1st, to Feb. 5th, 1899.
Loss by Chief Williams, $55,261.03, Feb. 5th, 1899, to Jau. 1st, 1900.
FIRE RECORD.
In this list of fires each fire is numbered, and a second table follows on page 237 which gives by those numbers the value, damage, and insurance, both on the buildings and contents :
1. Jan. 1, 5 A. M., still alarm, Copeland st., dwelling house, owner Richard D. Chase, occupant R. C. Allen ; cause explosion ; loss $126.80.
2. Jan. 9, 7.55 P. M., Box 52, Fayette st., dwelling, owner
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Samuel Brown, occupant Charles R. Brown ; cause lamp exploded ; loss $800.
3. Jan. 13, 9 A. M., still alarm, Bigelow st., dwelling, owner Mrs. M. H. Howe, occupant W. E. Howe; cause furnace ; loss $5.
4. Jan. 24, 7.50 P. M., Box 171, Union st., factory of the Old Colony Boot & Shoe Co .; no damage.
5. Jan. 29, 9.20 P. M., Box 49, Wittick place, dwelling unoccu- pied, owner Adolph Wittick ; cause incendiary ; loss $50. 6. Feb. 1, 9.40 A. M., Box 72, Washington st., dwelling, owner Herbert M. Federhen; cause unknown; loss $6,500.
7. Jan. 21, 8 P. M., still alarm, Wollaston, dwelling, owner Dr. Adams ; cause lamp exploded ; loss $33.50.
8. Jan. 18, still alarm, Coddington st., dwelling, owner H. Spear; cause lamp exploded ; loss $20.
9. Jan. 29, 11 A. M., still alarm, Howard ave., dwelling, owner Mrs. Seth Arnold; cause accident ; loss $40.
10. Feb. 5, 9.50 A. M., still alarm, Water st., dwelling, no damage ; cause unknown.
11. Feb. 5, 1.15 P. M., still alarm, School st., store, owner Baxter heirs, occupant L. M. Pratt & Co., no damage ; cause unknown.
12. Feb. 2, 7.58 P. M., Putnam st., dwelling, owner Lyman E. Peters ; cause overheated furnace ; loss $1,509.
13 Feb. 20, 2.45 A. M., Box 23, 28 Foster st., dwelling, owner George Hitchcock; cause electric wires ; loss $2,200.
14. March 2, 5.55 A. M., Box 47, Grove st., engine house, owner Townsend & Clements, occupied by John Reinhalter ; cause unknown; loss $10.
15. March 17, 12.10 P. M., Box 56, Beale st., school house, owner City of Quincy ; cause overheated furnace ; loss $10.
16. March 17, 6.15 P. M., still alarm, Sea st., dwelling, owner Michael Cook, occupant John Parker ; cause chimney.
17. March 30, 3.20 P. M., Box 37, Water st., dwelling, owner Charles Ratti, occupant, Mrs. H. Burke ; cause frying fat; loss $15.
18 March 25, still alarm, Washington st., dwelling, owner Mary O. S. Kent, occupant Mrs. John A. Pratt ; cause hot ashes ; loss $20.
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19. April 1, 11.20 A. M., still alarm, Beale st., grass fire, no damage.
20. April 5, 4 P. M., Box 74, Washington st., grass fire, no damage.
21 April 7, 11 A. M., Box 53, Belmont st., grass and woods, no damage.
22. April 7, 1.20 A. M., Box 32, Penns Hill, stable, owner John Curtis, 2d ; cause bonfire ; loss $525.
23. April 8, 7.05 P. M., Box 21, Gass place, dwelling, owner heirs of Philiman Gass, occupant Thomas Mclaughlin ; cause bonfire ; loss $5.
24. April 12, 11.50 A. M., still alarm, Edison st., sailing boat, owner Arthur T. Reed; cause grass fire ; loss $40.
25. April 15, 1.05 P. M., Box 72, Washington st., grass fire.
26. April 15, 4.20 P. M., Box 32, Penns hill, grass fire.
27. April 17, 8.10 P. M , still alarm, Billings road, grass fire.
28. April 18, 10.15 P. M., still alarm, Hancock street, tool house, owner, City of Quincy, Merry Mount Park ; cause grass fire ; loss $100.
29. April 19, 10.35 A. M., Box 42, Clark's ave., dwelling, owner Barnabas Clark, occupant Richard Roache; cause un- known; loss $15.
30. April 19, 12.50 P. M., Box 45, Willard st., dwelling, owner Mrs. A. McGilvary ; cause unknown ; loss $18.
31. April 19, 3 P. M., still alarm, Elmwood ave., woods fire.
32. April 22, 12.30 P. M., still alarm, New road, brush fire.
33. April 22, 9.30 P. M., still alarm, Fenno st., bi ish fire.
34. April 22, 11.45 A. M., still alarm, Franklin st., brush fire.
35. April 23, 5.07 r. M., Box 58, Beale st., woods fire.
36. April 23, 2.30 P. M., still alarm, Mt. Pleasant, woods fire.
37 April 25, 1.30 P. M., still alarm, Mt. Pleasant, woods fire.
38. April 27, 6.37 A. M., Box 47, Grove st., dwelling, owner Elizabeth Quinn ; cause chimney.
39. April 28, 2.20 P. M., Box 46, Cross st., dwelling, owner Charles A. Hayes ; cause spontaneous combustion ; loss $1.00.
40. . April 28, 8 P. M., still alarm, Norfolk Downs, brush fire.
41. April 28, 3.28 P. M., Box 41, Packard's lane, dwelling, owner heirs of James Ryan; cause bonfire ; loss $32.
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42. April 29, 1 P. M., still alarm, Standish ave., brush fire.
43. April 29, 2.50 P. M., Box 47, Grove st., brush fire.
44. May 1, 7.35 P. M., Box 138, Jackson lane, woods fire.
45. May 5, 8.15 P. M., still alarm, Independence ave., woods fire.
46 May 6, 3.30 P. M., still alarm, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., rail- road ties ; cause sparks from locomotive ; loss $5.
47. May 6, 2.25 P. M., Box 173, Quincy ave., brush fire.
48. May 6, 2.40 P. M., Box 32, Independence ave., woods fire.
49. May 6, 3.45 P. M., still alarm, off School st., rubbish.
50. May 8, 8.15 P. M., Box 45, Hall place, grass fire.
51. May 20, 9.20 P. M., Box 172 Quincy ave., carriage manu- factory, owner S. Scammell; cause incendiary ; loss $3,150.
52. May 22, 1.55 A. M., Box 72, Point Holes, boat house, owner Charles L. Prescott ; cause unknown; loss $350.
53 May 22, 2.15 P. M., Box 61, Montclair, dwelling, owner Bart. Marshall ; loss $2,000.
54. May 25, 12.05 A. M., Box 46, Cresent st., dwelling, owners heirs of Robert Smith, occupied by Frank Kelley ; cause unknown ; loss $550.
55. May 26, 3.40 A. M., Box 151, Hampden Circle, Norfolk Downs, dwelling, unoccupied, owner Quincy Savings Bank; cause supposed incendiary ; loss $478.
56. May 26, 1.25 P. M., Box 71, Washington st., henhouse, owner John H. Dinegan, no damage ; cause unknown.
57. May 31, 3.40 P. M., still alarm, Pine st., Wollaston, grass fire, no damage.
58. May 31, still alarm Newbury ave., Atlantic, grass fire, no damage.
59. May 31, still alarm, Squantum st., Atlantic, grass fire, no damage.
60. May 31, still alarm, Clive st., Atlantic, grass fire, no damage.
61. May 31, still alarm, Newbury ave., grass fire, no damage.
62. June 2, 2.48 P. M., Box 23, Granite st., steam laundry, owner Quincy Real Estate Trust; cause boiler.
63. June 2, Box 171, Baxter st., spectacle cases, Belting Co., owner William B. White ; cause spontaneous combustion.
64. June 6, 12.40 p. M., Box 51, Hancock st., grass fire.
65. June 6, 3.30 p. M., still alarm Hancock Street bridge.
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66. June 7, 5.30 P. M., Box 171, Union st., Old Colony Boot and Shoe Co .; cause unknown; no damage.
67. June 12, 11.50 A. M., Box 43, Hall place, grass fire.
68. June 14, 4.30 P. M., Box 43, grass fire.
69. June 15, 8.40 P. M., Box 23, Hancock st., Music hall and stores, owner, Quincy Real estate and Trust Co .; cause gas-meter; loss $3075.
70. June 19, 1.45 P. M., Box 171, Elm st., stable, owner Jruska G. Miller, occupant A. W. Thompson; cause unknown ; loss $40.
71. June 20, 5.35 P. M., still alarm, Gilbert st., dwelling, owner John Powers; cause lightning stroke; loss $90.
72. June 29, 4.30 P. M., Box, 138, Liberty st., stick of timber and grass; cause unknown; no damage.
73. June 30, 8.20 A. M., Box 37, Franklin place, dwelling owner, Charles H. Spear, occupants Alex. Robertson and James Roche ; cause sparks from locomotive ; loss $800.
74. July 1, 6 A. M., still alarm, Granite st., dwelling, owner Francis Veazie ; cause chimney ; loss $5.
75. July 2, 10.28 P. M., Box 37, Pearl st., dwelling, owner Thomas Whicher, occupant Dennis Donahue; cause oil- stove; loss $3.
76. July 4, 12 P. M., still alarm, Granite st., grass fire.
77. July 4, 12.55 A. M., Box 41, School st., dwelling, unoccupied, owner Mrs. Mary Lawton; cause incendiary ; loss $20.
78. July 4, 2.10 A. M., Box 23, Hancock st, water closet, owner James H. Stetson ; cause unknown ; loss $15.
79. July 4, 3.52, A. M., Box 56, Central ave., Wollaston, stable, owner Isabella M. Reeve, occupant Mrs. W. J. Thompson ; cause incendiary ; loss $120.
80. July 4, 10.35 A. M., Box 63, Old Colony st., dwelling, owner Mrs. Ellen Granahan ; cause fireworks ; loss $72.
81. July 4, 4.05 P. M., Box 171 Newcomb place, stable owner John Bergfors ; cause smoking; loss $175.
82. July 4, 8.52 P. M., Box 49, Willard st., dwelling, owner Michael Owens; cause fireworks ; loss $10.
83. July 4, 8.55 P. M., Box 49, Willard st., false alarm.
84. July 4, 9 P. M., Adams st., railroad ties N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .; cause unknown; loss $5.
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85. July 4, 2.15 P. M., still alarm, Atlantic st., fence and grass, no damage.
86. July 4, 11.30 P. M., still alarm, Washington st., grass fire no damage.
87. July 4, 9 A. M., still alarm, Washington st., stable, owner John R. Graham, no damage.
88. July 4, 8.40 P. M., still alarm, Willard st., dwelling, owner John Coyle ; cause fireworks ; no damage,
89. July 5, 2.50 A. M., Box 42, Kidder st., dwelling, unoccupied, owners William Williams and James B. Fletcher; cause supposed incendiary ; loss $1,125.
90. July 5, 9.03 A. M., Box 39, Liberty st., false alarm.
91. July 5, 3 P. M., still alarm, Atlantic st., grass fire.
92. July 5, 10 A. M., still alarm, Atlantic st., fence and grass fire.
93. July 7, 3.54 P. M., Box 36, Jackson place, cow barn ; owner Alex D. McGregor ; cause overheated hay ; loss $90.
94. July 7, 10 A. M., still alarm, Edison st., boat, owner H. E. Reed; cause unknown ; loss $40.
95. July 8, 7.55 A. M., still alarm, Phipps st., fence, owner City of Quincy ; cause unknown ; loss $5.
96. July 10, 8.30 P. M., Box 29, Newport ave., railroad ties, owner N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .; loss $5.
97. July 11, 12.35 A. M., Newport ave .; railroad ties, owner N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .; loss $5.
98. July 18, 12.30 A. M., Box 61, Hancock st., dwelling, owned by William A. Hodges ; cause unknown ; loss $175.
99. July 20, 10.35 P. M., Box 75, North st., dwelling, owner William Farquharson ; cause lamp exploded ; loss $350. 100. July 21, 1.05 P. M., Box 138, stick of timber, no damage.
101. July 24, 10.15 A. M., still alarm, School st., railroad ties ; cause sparks from locomotive.
102. July 24, 7.30 P. M., still alarm, Atlantic st., rubbish, owner Dr. Kendall.
103. July 31, 1.50 A. M., Box 27, Washington st., bakery, occu- pied by Ring Bros., owner Harriet S. Bent; cause un- known; loss $1,498.03.
104. July 5, 7 A. M., still alarm, dwelling, occupied by Alphonso Sulloe, owner Johanna Dell; cause oil stove ; loss $3.
105. July 13, 7.20 P. M., still alarm, Hancock st., dwelling, owner
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Jane Hanson; cause lace curtain coming in contact with gas get ; loss $16.
106. Aug. 1, 12.40 A. M., box 43, Copeland st., boot and shoe store, owner Patrick Cain; cause incendiary; loss $900.
107. Aug. 2, 10.20 P. M., still alarm, Beach st., dwelling, owner William F. Stedman ; cause gasoline stove ; loss $105.
108. Aug. 8, still alarm, Park st., Wollaston, dwelling, owner Ruth R. Litchfield, occupant George H. Page ; cause oil stove ; loss $20.
109. Aug. 14, 5.50 A. M., box 446, Crescent st., dwelling, owner Barnabas Clark, unoccupied; cause incendiary; loss $50.
110. Aug. 17, 10.45 A. M., box 27, Washington st., dwelling, owner Mrs. Harvey, occupant George H. Hardwick ; cause oil stove ; loss $25.
111. Aug. 17, 11.45 A. M., box 76, Washington st., dwelling, owner J. F. Sheppard & Sons, occupant A. D. Bodou ; cause spontaneous combustion.
112. Aug. 18, 12.50 P. M., box 74, North st., stable and sheds, owner H. H. Faxon, occupant Miles Abrasan ; cause un- known; loss $1,436.
113. Aug. 19, 5.10 A. M., box 172, New road, dwelling, unoccu- pied, owner Rebecca P. Eaton ; cause incendiary ; loss $25.
114. Aug. 23, 8.05 A. M., box 52, Highland ave., dwelling, owner N. G. Nickerson, occupant E. L. Higgins ; cause oil stove ; loss $145.
115. Aug. 23, 10.25 A. M., box 74, North st., dwelling, owner J. W. Wilbur, occupied by Peter Gurney ; cause unknown ; loss $100.
116. Aug. 27, 9.40 P. M., box 46, Copeland st., dwelling, owner Alice R. Kelley ; cause unknown; loss $135.
117. Aug. 30, 12.03 P. M., box 32, Payne st., dwelling, owner James Brogan ; cause oil stove ; loss $846.
118. Sept. 3, 1.32 A. M., box 49, Bunker Hill ave., dwelling, unoc- cupied, owner Michael Shea ; cause incendiary ; loss $260. 119. Sept. 3, 8.40 P. M., box 49, Bunker Hill ave., dwelling, unoc- cupied, owner Michael Shea; same building; incendiary. 120. Sept. 3, 10.10 P. M., box 45, Hall place, dwelling, owner Michael Riley ; cause lightning stroke ; loss $100.
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121. Sept. 4, 12.06 P. M., box 27, Elm st., dwelling, owner F. K. Damon ; cause gasoline stove; loss $1.55.
122. Sept. 6, 1.33 P. M., box 23, Hancock st., paint shop, owners heirs of C. P. Tirrell; cause sparks from bonfire ; loss $40. 123. Sept. 10, 11,30 A. M., still alarm, Beale st., grass fire.
124. Sept. 13, 7.55 P. M., box 446, Common st., water closet, owner Thomas J. Lamb; cause incendiary ; loss $25.
125. Sept. 17, 12.20 A. M., still alarm, West st., unoccupied stone shed ; no damage.
126. Sept. 17, 10.45 A. M., still alarm, Canal st. ; no damage.
127. Oct. 11, 3.20 A. M., box 12, Palmer st., Germantown, dwell- ing, unoccupied, owner George H. Field; cause unknown ; loss $1,513.
128. Oct. 29, 2.10 A. M., box 75, New road, dwelling, unoccupied, owner Rebecca P. Eaton ; cause incendiary ; loss $50.
129. Nov. 1, 7.10 A. M., box 56, Beale st., hotel and stores, owner Fred L. Merrill, occupant E. E. Thomas, paint shop ; cause gasoline ; loss $112.
130. Nov. 4, 5.28 P. M., box 43, Copeland st., false alarm.
131. Nov. 4, 5.50 P. M., box 172, off Water st., bonfire.
132. Nov. 5, 5.03 A. M., box 25, Brackett st., dwelling, owner heirs of Patrick McDonnell, occupant William Savage ; cause supposed a lighted lamp tipped over ; loss $325.
133. Nov. 10, 3.45 P. M., box 32, Penns hill, repair shop, owned by A. C. Pettee ; cause heating tar; loss $33.
134. Nov. 14, 3.56 P. M., still alarm, School street, railroad ties ; cause sparks from locomotive; loss $5.
135. Nov. 16, 6.30 P. M., box 32, Franklin st., dwelling, owner Mrs. Sarah Kincaide; cause lamp exploded; loss $20.
136. Nov. 30, 12.22 A. M., box 138, false alarm.
137. Dec. 3, 1 A. M., still alarm, Hancock st., dwelling, owner Jane Hanson, occupant George T. Magee; cause lighted match thrown in lace curtain ; loss $15.
138. Dec. 4, 3.05 P. M, box 23, Cottage ave., dwelling, owner Fallon & Sons, occupant Mrs. Roache ; cause overheated stove; loss $10.
139. Dec. 7, 1.25 A. M., box 26, followed by general alarm, Washington st., car barn and office Quincy & Boston Street Railway ; cause unknown ; loss $27,100.
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140. Dec. 7, 6.30 A. M., still alarm, Washington st., Quincy & Boston Street Railway, no damage.
141. Dec. 7, 1.25 A. M., dwelling, owned H. H. Faxon, occupied Eva M. Brown; caused by fire at Quincy & Boston car barn; loss $126.
142. Dec. 11, 8.20 P. M., box 171, Union st., false alarm.
143. Dec. 14, 8.23 A. M., box 37, Water st., blacksmith shop, owner Grace Spear, occupant William Lillie; caused by sparks from chimney ; loss $5.80.
144. Dec. 14, 10.12 A. M., box 28, Hancock st., dwelling, owner John Swithin; cause unknown; loss $135.
145. Dec. 14, 11.30 A. M., still alarm, Franklin st., brush fire.
146. Dec. 17, 8.30 A. M., box 26, Hancock st., dwelling, owner Mrs. Fannie Taylor, occupants Charles C. Hearn and Dr. Hallowell; cause overheated furnace; loss $2,361.15.
147. Dec. 18, 2.45 A. M., box 171, Main st., dwelling, owner Wil- liam Harkins, occupant William Norrie; cause overheated furnace pipe ; loss $152.50.
148. Dec. 20, 4.31 P. M., box 23. Granite st., steam laundry, own- er Quincy Real Estate Trust Co., occupant Morrison & Ellsworth; caused by gasoline ; loss $1,624.
149. Dec. 20, 7.15 P. M., box 138, Gilbert st., dwelling, owner William Delory, occupant Daniel Dawson ; caused by sparks from pipe in closet ; loss $194.
150. Dec. 24, 4.33 P. M., box 52, Farrington st., false alarm.
151. Dec. 26, box 45, Hall place, dwelling, owner John Carey; cause chimney.
152. Dec. 18, 7.50 A. M., still alarm, Washington st., dwelling, owner Henry E. Hardwick; cause spontaneous combus- tion.
153. Dec. 27, 6 P. M., still alarm, Newport ave., dwelling, owner Mary F. Taylor; cause kerosene lamp exploded ; loss $5.
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FIRE LOSSES.
This summary gives the value, damage and insurance, both on building and contents, at each fire during the year 1899. Each fire is numbered according to the list of fires on pages 228 to 236 inclusive, which gives date, hour, box, street, building, owner, occupant, cause and total loss :
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