TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR TUB PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA STATISTICS, 1943 PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B.C. : Printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1944. To His Honour W. C. Woodward, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Twenty-second Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1943. R. L. MAITLAND, Attorney-General. Victoria, B.C., March 31st, 19 U- TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. ... 5 __ 7 Report of Fire Marshal Table I.—Inspections made and Orders issued Table II.—Fires reported 9 Table III.—Causes of Fires 11 Table IV.—Classification of Property burned 13 Table V.—Summary 23 Table VI.—Loss of Life 24 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL. Office of Fire Marshal, Vancouver, B.C., March 31st, 1944. The Honourable R. L. Maitland, K.C., Attorney-General, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—Pursuant to section 44 of the " Fire Marshal Act" I have the honour to submit the Twenty-second Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1943. The year under review shows, I regret to state, a considerable increase in fire loss over the previous year; in fact, it is the biggest loss since the year 1930. The actual fire loss was $3,995,897, which is an increase of $1,480,553 over the 1942 figures or almost 59 per cent. Some large industrial fires accounted for this increase. One fire particularly, which originated in a fur-storage plant and caused a loss of $827,570, was almost unique in the annals of fire protection on this continent and accounted for more than half of the year's increase. The average fire loss for the ten years, 1933 to 1942, is $1,994,092. There was an increase in incendiary fires from thirty-four in 1942 with a loss of $24,325 to forty-four in 1943 with a loss of $373,509. One of these fires, involving a loss of more than $130,000, occurred in the City of Vancouver; while two such fires, totalling over $123,000, occurred in new developments in the northern portion of the Province. Three incendiary fires occurred in the Kootenay District west of Nelson, involving a loss of $64,057. There was an increase in the number of fires of unknown origin, although the loss was $201,470 less than in 1942. During the year 2,073 general inspections were made by the staff of the office. These do not include the inspections made by local Assistant Fire Marshals as recorded in Table I. There were also seventy-eight hospital inspections, 165 school, 225 theatre, 168 bulk storage plants for gasoline and oil, and eighteen dry-cleaning plants. Three plans for the alterations of theatres were checked and approved. Thirty projectionist examinations were held as follows: Fourteen first class, of which six passed; four second class general, of which four passed; seven second class restricted, of which seven passed; and five third class, of which five passed. Plans for one new film exchange and one film processing plant were checked and approved. Plans for sixteen bulk storage installations for gasoline and oil were checked and approved. Also plans for four schools, two hospitals, three nursing homes, three hotels, and one old people's home were checked and approved. Thirty-four inspections of Government owned and operated buildings were made; nine shipyards and twelve war supply manufacturing plants were inspected. Nine special oil-burning installations were checked and six manually operated oil-burners were checked and approved. Twenty-four lectures were delivered to fire services. Surveys of fire defences were made in sixty-nine centres and assistance rendered to fire department authorities. The Fire Prevention Week Poster Competition, inaugurated two years ago by the Dominion Fire Prevention Association, with the assistance of Provincial Fire Marshals and Fire Chiefs, has created quite an interest in the schools of British Columbia. This is a poster competition for High School students during Fire Prevention Week and the subject is, of course, Fire Prevention. There are three prizes in each Province and one Dominion grand prize. Competition was quite keen in this Province and some very fine posters went forward to Ottawa from the local judging committee. E 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA. There were twenty-nine deaths by fire in 1943—twenty-four adults and five children. This is a slight improvement from last year, especially among the children, as in 1942 sixteen children met death by fire. During the year there were sixty-two fire investigations and ten inquiries held. Sixty-four appeals were heard and decided, with no appeals therefrom to the Courts. There were ten arson prosecutions with nine convictions and one acquittal; two perjury prosecutions with one conviction and one acquittal; two false alarm prosecutions with two convictions. There were twenty-nine prosecutions under the " Fire Marshal Act" and regulations, with twenty-eight convictions and one acquittal. In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation to my staff for their splendid work and loyalty during the year as in the past. I also wish to thank the local Assistant Fire Marshals throughout the Province, the Commissioner and members of the British Columbia Police, the city and municipal police, as well as insurance companies and adjusters for their co-operation. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. A. WALKER, Fire Marshal. REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 7 TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS. Inspections. Orders. City Municipalities (83). 49 264 55 372 53 31 525 144 18 445 708 36 665 770 3,170 1,211 296 104 126 763 15 905 15 552 23,301 288 18,053 5 16 7 4 7 12 2 2. 2 2 582 68 39 2 42 2 97 7 52,934 1,626 District Municipalities (28). 74 79 76 64 93 576 330 69 505 5 1 3 10 16 16 E 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS—Continued. • Inspections. Orders. District Municipalities—Continued. Tadanac West Vancouver- Totals Village Municipalities (22). Abbotsford... Burns Lake_. Chapman Camp- Cranberry Lake._ Creston Dawson Creek Gibsons Landing- Hope Mission— — McBride New Denver Pouce Coupe Qualicum Beach- Quesnel Silverton Smithers Stewart.— Terrace l- Tofino Vanderhoof Westview Williams Lake Totals- Fire Districts (12). Cariboo, County of loco... Kootenay, County of.. Nanaimo, County of ... Pacific Mills, Limited Powell River. Prince Rupert, County of- TJniversity Area.- Vancouver, County of Victoria, County of Westminster, County of-... Yale, County of Totals- Grand totals-... 30 2 2 403 1 12. 108 46* 5 32 30 86 56,344 Grand totals, 1942- Grand totals, 1941- Grand totals, 1940.. Grand totals, 1939.. 70,181 75,717 76,912 73,464 17 1,702 1,536 2,134 5,104 5,530 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 9 TABLE II.—FIRES REPORTED. Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. City Municipalities (33). Alberni Armstrong Chilliwack Courtenay- _. Cranbrook — Cumberland Duncan Enderby Fernie Grand Forks •Greenwood Kamloops Kaslo Kelowna Ladysmith Merritt NanaimO— Nelson - New Westminster- North Vancouver- Port Alberni - Port Coquitlam Port Moody Prince George Prince Rupert Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm Slocan Trail Vancouver. Vernon Victoria Totals. District Municipalities (28). Burnaby Chilliwack Coldstream Coquitlam _. — Delta Esquimalt Fraser Mills ■ Glenmore Kent Langley — Maple Ridge Matsqui— _ Mission North Cowichan— North Vancouver- Oak Bay Peachland — Penticton Pitt Meadows Richmond - Saanich Salmon Arm Spallumcheen : Sumas.— —- iSummerland Surrey 19 12 2 32 1 31 13 6 41 22 111 62 24 5 2 14 30 14 15 7 1 21 1,973 22 327 2,853 106 21 2 14 12 23 1 1 1 16 20 9 3 22 23 64 2 31 4 44 105 12 3 31 2,309 1,363 3,774 3,141 220 2,489 500 1,276 34 20,612 25 12,295 542 5,227 3,190 2,862 45,619 18,924 30,696 753 2,010 15,735 91,662 31,651 4,013 3,423 35 24,799 1,585,053 19,268 100,353 $2,034,433 $42,363 14,438 5,872 8,437 182,300 3,204 600 4,400 650 13,915 43,236 6,241 1,680 9,227 23,116 15,051 47 20,813 1,281 115,057 13,751 9,345 20,150 1,459 26,629 E 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE II.—FIRES REPORTED—Continued. Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. District Municipalities—Continued. 21 67 $3,401 16,846 Totals - 661 $603,509 Village Municipalities (22). 5 $79 2 526 4 7,700 2 345 28 212.451 2 10 1 1 1 160 9,431 30 1,700 700 5 392 5 j 127 1 20,653 Tofino 2 3.100 4 4.220 8 1,856 6 5,697 Totals 87 $269,167 Fire Districts (12). 63 $238,840 59 132,984 7 5,651 6 769 17 132,618 5 290 47 59,028 39 30,062 17 | 41 484 80 120,892 Totals - - ! 467 ] $1,088,878 j NOTH.—Construction of buildings—- Fire resisting. _ _ Brick or concrete Frame 85, 306, 3,727, 4,068, $15,515 1,276,150 2,704,322 $3,995,897 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 11 TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES. Causes of Fires. Amount of Loss. Acetylene-torch carelessness . Alcohol-vapour explosion....... Ashes against wood Asphalt boiling over— Boiler insufficiently protected.,. Broken gasoline-line _ - Bunsen burner, carelessness with _ Candle carelessness. ..—,._ Carburettor back-firing J Car upset - Children playing with fire _ Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe _ Coal-gas explosion ___ ___ ___ Coal-oil carelessness - Collision _.. Curtains from lamp —_ _ Curtains from stove __ '. Defective acetylene-tank _. Defective brooder.. ____ : Defective chimney.. :.._ Defective film ..... Defective fireplace. __:_ Defective furnace or furnace-pipe.. Defective oil-burner. — Defective oven Defective stove or stove-pipe __ Defective wiring , Dust explosion.— Electrical appliances. Engine back-firing,— _ Exposure — .'. Firecrackers __ _. Friction of cable - Friction of loose rail Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected.. Gas explosion — _ Gasoline carelessness Gasoline explosion , Gasoline on exhaust-pipe Gasoline-pump damaged by car _ Gasoline-torch carelessness Gas-plate insufficiently protected — Grease on stove _ Hot slag falling on wood _. _ Incendiary ___ ___ Lamp upset _ _ Lantern upset..*- _ __ _ Lightning..... _ Live coals _ Match carelessness — Matches, children with _ „ Mattress too near stove „ Melted wax falling on smoke-pipe Molten metal— Oil-furnace back-firing.. _. Oil-stove explosion _ Overheated electric motor...- Overheated lime rock Overheated machinery bearings Paint-remover, being heated, ignited.. Red-hot rivets Sawdust-burner back-firing _ „. Sawdust-burner insufficiently protected- Short circuit __ Smokers* carelessness 2 13 55 1 1 11 1 14 30 5 7 70 4 5 4 1 3 1 7 250 1 23 15 15 2 25 28 1 169 $780 730 15,430 450 408 3,362 22 3,458 8,206 3,558 1,756 8,426 585 1,712 11,845 2 192 5 911 124,160 30 1,816 26,143 3,958 1,694 14,820 35,941 126 848,914 4 29,135 124 268,363 6 98 1 45,288 1 100 46 119,844 9 373 28 49,961 5 10,653 4 472 1 300 11 2,513 3 38 72 16,819 2 300 44 373,509 6 2,372 2 3,638 6 1,236 20 5,438 55 4,578 76 15,019 1 22 1 70 8 18,773 5 35,237 1 15,321 1 14,260 2 300 1 27,405 2 52 1 10 12 18,861 3 18 163 41,217 1,175 118,500 E 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES—Continued. Causes of Fires. Number. Amount of Loss. Sparks from acetylene-torch.. Sparks from boiler- Sharks from bonfire Sparks from burning rubbish- Sparks from bush fire .Sparks from chimney... Sparks from engine Sparks from fireplace Sparks from forge.- _ Sparks from furnace or furnace-pipe.. Sparks from locomotive Sparks from mill burner Sparks from picker-machine. Sparks from stove or stove-pipe Sparks from welding-machine Spontaneous combustion Static electricity _ Steam-pipe insufficiently protected- Stove explosion .'. Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected.. Tar boiling over Thawing pipes. - _ Thawing radiator _ Unknown. Wood too near furnace _ Wood too near stove — Totals . 3 4 5 39 16 352 3 276 2 11 1 4 2 58 2 32 2 3 13 152 6 44 3 364 2 4,068 $1,728 24,485 2,315 19,277 78,470 104,827 107,819 6,754 1,320 4,192 3,600 10,351 • 18,096 21,741 257 78,329 15,722 2,853 4,317 119,721 5,023 31,830 58 972,151 662 556 $3,995,987 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 13 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 1 254 • 1 1 263 8 2 1 $5,895- 2 $69 62 141 2 20 6,743 25 581 1,338 1,173 55 41 964 75 34 378 51 77 130 13 10,214 10 11,713 67 726 13 1,918 15 2,795 3 4 1 1 38 1 Defective chimney 1 1 11 Exposure - Furnace insufficiently protected - 2 1 2 Gasoline-torch carelessness _ 3 2 ■ 3 Live coals _ 2 2 ' 3 2 Smokers' carelessness Sparks from burning rubbish - — — Sparks from chimney !,..„',.._ Sparks from fireplace — _ 90 1 46 7 1 Sparks from stove — _ 2 11 1 10 1 1 39,443-. 253 450' Automobiles — Alcohol-vapour explosion 12 1 $705 575 3,362 1,413 3,558 1,845 251 1,969 12 781 472 62 1,025 885 8,080 7,695 2,523 58 12,631 11 26 5 3 Defective wiring Exposure — Firecrackers 8 4 1 4 4 1 2 3 83 67 2 3 23 1 Tar boiling over — — .'. Thawing radiator , 47,902 $5,275 200 1,534 75 4 309 4,490 '1 1 1 1 1 2 1 11,887 $20 5,627 1 5,647 E 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Barns - .. 44 . 12 Defective chimney 1 2 1 $225 1,764 202 2,255 4,717 2,689 2,038 3,433 611 500 9,365 3,600 7,277 14,101 1 1 4 1 5 1 1 9 1 2 14 2 1 4 5 2 Spontaneous combustion — $52,777 $14 15 25,617 22,471 2 Sparks from chimney 48,117 1,320 Boarding-houses 9 2 . . 6 $25 75 187 20 15 322 $1,577 33,300 34,877 ■ $1,425 1,950 350 1 3,725 452 3 9 1 4 1 Friction of loose rail $100 310 410 $260 16,000 2,300 10 1,506 1,383 2,031 Unknown _ 6 23,490 6,735 $11 50 105,926 2,556 Smokers' carelessness _ _ _ 108,543 — 21 $911 106 5 103 7 1,827 124 10 150 7,210 Grease on stove - Smokers' carelessness Unknown ., 10,453 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 15 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES -—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Churches Clubs Dry-cleaning establishments 12 Dwellings .2,389 Ashes against wood Defective wiring Furnace insufficiently protected Smokers' carelessness Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown _ Electrical appliances Furnace insufficiently protected Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace - Sparks from stove Spontaneous combustion Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Sparks from chimney Unknown Defective chimney Electrical appliances Gasoline carelessness Gasoline explosion Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Unknown Ashes against wood Candle carelessness Children playing with fire Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe . Coal-gas explosion Coal-oil carelessness Curtains from stove — Defective chimney Defective fireplace — Defective furnace or furnace-pipe Defective oil-burner Defective stove or stove-pipe Defective wiring Electrical appliances Exposure Firecrackers - Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected . Gas explosion Gasoline carelessness Gasoline explosion Gasoline-torch carelessness Grease on stove Incendiary Lamp upset Lantern upset — Lightning Live coals Match carelessness — Matches, children with Mattress too near stove Oil-furnace back-firing Paint-remover, being heated, ignited Sawdust-burner back-firing Sawdust-burner insufficiently protected Short circuit _ 10 7 58 4 4 1 177 22 11 9 21 13 115 42 3 33 7 8 2 4 56 12 4 1 5 17 40 44 1 4 2 10 2 34 $15 16,088 1,469 134 827 7,293 $27 75,000 535 25 10 1,412 30 115 608 $101 650 $203 229 22,582 603 200 24 885 $8,268 3,386 1,756 5,748 585 1,312 2 88,985 1,791 6,951 1,650 12,997 9,052 7,059 21,570 53 11,543 278 7,272 5,333 69 3,474 7,060 420 1,600 920 5,372 2,797 6,615 22 237 52 2,267 12 8,452 $25,826 751 24,726 E 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Electrical sub-stations Engines ._ - — 4 Factories (bed and mattress) .. 1 Factories (brush) 1 Factories (cheese) 1 Factories (furniture) .— - . 2 Factories (insulating material) Factories (jam) : 1 Factories (paper-box) 1 Factories (roof products) 1 Factories (sash and door) 2 Factories (spring manufacturing) .— — 1 Factories (trunk and bag) 1 Fences - - 1 Fire-halls _ _ 2 Fishing-boats Foundries Fruit-packing plants Fur-storage plants — Gaols _ 20 Smokers' carelessness — Sparks from bonfire Sparks from burning rubbish Sparks from bush fire Sparks from chimney Sparks from engine Sparks from fireplace — Sparks from furnace — Sparks from stove or stove-pipe Spontaneous combustion Stove explosion Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Tar boiling over _ - — Thawing pipes Unknown — — - Wood too near furnace . Wood too near stove Short circuit . Unknown Carburettor back-firing Unknown — Sparks from picker-machine Electrical appliances Sparks from chimney Electrical appliances Static electricity Oil-furnace back-firing Unknown Incendiary - - Spontaneous combustion Unknown Sparks from boiler — Unknown Electrical appliances Exposure — Sparks from burning rubbish Smokers' carelessness — Sparks from furnace Exposure Stove insufficiently protected Unknown _ Defective chimney Electrical appliances Exposure Furnace insufficiently protected Molten metal Short circuit — — _ Sparks from chimney Sparks from furnace Spontaneous combustion Unknown Unknown _ Electrical appliances . Smokers' carelessness 682 3 15 4 256 1 262 6 44 7 11 91 1 32 150 2 $39,779 915 777 2,476 85,295 1,750 6,545 377 12,148 4,362 2,801 25,846 15 9,512 149,826 662 556 $1,400 3,122 $961 3,104 $25 16,022 $35,000 2,535 $50 5,555 $52 2,856 $1,150 150 9,265 $300 100 285 45 18,489 200 4 128 14,725 29,350 $578,602: 4,522 4,065 158 187 2,262 37,535 46,207 438 3,137 5,605 11 253 5 2,908 10,565 63,626 17,821 827,570 20 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 17 TABLE IV.- -CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Garages Gasoline-stations Graders Greenhouses Halls .... 66 t - - 1 8 11 1 $180 50 5,750 5,100 61,388 13,393 220 124,200 125 541 14,844 3,156 351 182 5 897 143 257 2,298 2,256 10,750 1 Carburettor back-firing , 1 2 Exposure „ 7 4 1 Incendiary „ 3 1 5 1 Short circuit 8 5 3 1 Sparks from chimney Sparks from engine Sparks from welding-machine .-: 4 l 2 1 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protecte Unknown - d - 4 - 10 1 $120 300 20 7.358 1 1 1 1 1,000 $65 200 10 1 1 1 Defective wiring 1 1 $4,250 6 23,565 233 110 5 698 2,890 2 1 1 2 1 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protecte d 2 2 Incendiary _. — 1 1 $1,072 400 Hospitals Hotels 12 _... 115 Grease on stove -* Match carelessness — Smokers' carelessness - 1 1 3 4 $551 98 275 763 100 1,453 203 1 1 1 Ashes against wood Candle carelessness Curtains from stove 1 1 1 3 $9 10 170 12,193 8,067 59,922 658 21,236 150 50 176 4 3 6 Smokers' carelessness 84 1 1 3 2 E 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES -—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. House-boats Ice-cream plants Launches - Laundries Logging camps 26 Lumber piles .. Machine-shops Mining properties Motor-cycles Offices Oil-houses Oil refineries Paper-mills Spontaneous combustion ,. Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown , —— _. Sparks from chimney Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown Carburettor back-firing Exposure Gasoline carelessness Matches, children with _ Short circuit Unknown - Defective chimney Incendiary Match carelessness Sparks from chimney „. Unknown Engine back-firing Friction of cable .... Short circuit _..- Smokers' carelessness U Sparks from bush fire _ , 1 Sparks from chimney _ Unknown _ —IX Unknown Defective acetylene-tank Exposure Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Short circuit . Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney Unknown Carburettor back-firing . Bunsen burner, carelessness with Clothes too near stove Electrical appliances __■— Exposure — 1+ -— Grease on stove ,.-.__—. _ Incendiary z. Match carelessness Oil-stove explosion Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney Sparks from stove Spontaneous combustion _ Stove insufficiently protected Thawing pipes Unknown Unknown Sparks from furnace Defective wiring $605 19,809 166 $15 175 $32 250 300 50 150 3,400 $186 19,451 416 48 2,690 $23,333 45,288 1,641 3,471 75,989 141 34,710 $5 3,415 109 96 650 3,240 $5,468 75 265 250 $22 10 28 4,439 1,027 1,554 4 15,321 660 883 204 30 35 1,059 500 5 $496 $123,221 190 14,984 4,182 184,573 71 7,515 6,.058 50 25,781 3,300 30 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 19 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 5 Sparks from acetylene-torch 1 $1,500 49,310 2 _. 1 $51,306 $887 35,236 214,018 2 3 Spontaneous combustion — 1 3 Sparks from chimney — 1 :. l 250,141 Piggeries - - $900 3,450 Short circuit .— 2 1 4,350 Power-houses $1,658 1,150 6 1 2,808 Printing-offices $1,967 66 70 284 7,135 1 25 X 1 Melted wax falling on smoke-pipe 1 2 1 1 9,522 25 1 $5 400 171 17,906 4,500 80 4,407 11,909 2,078 123 118 705 9,779 1 1 Exposure —_ — 2 1 Gas explosion — „__— Grease on stove . .... 1 4 3 .:! Short circuit - 3 4 Stove-pipe insufficiently protected Thawing pipes '■ - Unknown — :..- Tar boiling over ' Clothes too near stove . — 1 2 1 1 1 8 Rinks ;■ $22 132 86 4,330 23 15 22 41 1,545 689 70 10 25 3,672 43 Rooming-houses 113 _. 1 4 2. :. Incendiary . Live coals .'— — — „ ? Match carelessness j:—- .... Matches, children with .... 1 1 2 2 71 E 1 Sparks from chimney '"' — .-.._ 7 4 • . Stove explosion ^ _' __ ! 1 1 • : 8 1 10,682 6,400 Roundhouses Sawmills ... * _ 1 $600 408 1,900 50 14,260 27,405 23,682 10,271 71,914 12 1 1 1 1 1 ; _ Sparks from boiler - : :__- 2 ._ 2 13 Alcohol-vapour explosion .■•■,-■■•- ■ „.- Clothes too near stove —„ - 1 1 150,490 $25 10 E 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 72 2 Electrical appliances 1 1 $42 775 6,422 51 105 377 713 Sparks from burning rubbish - 1 2 1 1 Sparks from stove.. 3 3 $8,520 Sheds $70 10 40 6,500 700 2,009 5,690 100 678 20 882 900 904 210 76 221 3,899 20 7,847 1 2 4 1 1 7 1 8 1 >' Gasoline-torch carelessness _ — Incendiary - Match carelessness Matches, children with 10 Sparks from bonfire Sparks from burning rubbish 1 4 3 1 2 Sparks from mill burner _ Spontaneous combustion _ 6 2 14 1 30,775 $3,342 180 3 4 6 14 Sparks from acetylene-torch Sparks from boiler — Unknown 1 1 2 1 3,522 47,423 Shingle-mills $753 46,670 $10 120 255 2 1 Short circuit 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 385 Shipyards ■■ $12 48 110 171 Sparks from burning rubbish 341 $25 150 550 75 40 300 300 400 700 75 150 2 1 Defective furnace Furnace insufficiently protected _ 1 2 Overheated lime rock , 2 2 Static electricity— 1 1 1 2 1 Unknown 2,765 3,136 Stables 183 4 $725 5 4,036 4,136 3,570 31,163 Clothes too near stove 1 6 1 Defective wiring - Electrical appliances — _ Exposure — „ 12 21 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. E 21 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 15 26 2 42 Firecrackers — 2 2 1 1 1 2 5 2 2 4 6 78 2 4 1 1 2 2 5 4 11 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 6 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 17 4 6 1 4 1 2 1 2 $33 489 16 1,307 78 19 560 148,626 142 2,321 4,458 17,595 1,432 206 75 5 7,411 871 1,687 20,929 32,698 Gas explosion — Gasoline carelessness Match carelessness — _ _ Matches, children witfi — Smokers' carelessness _ x Sparks from stove - _ Spontaneous combustion Thawing pipes - _ $284,592 $315 25 12 6 1,997 60 449 725 Match carelessness - 3,689 $9 4,173 1,042 19 5,742 4,315 165 12 215 2,367 119 2,100 Smokers' carelessness — —. Sparks from chimney Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Tar boiling over — — ' Thawing pipes 20,278 $19 20 39 $2U5 134 204 864 26 1,825 150 3,380 50 17,271 S Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney 24,099 $10,000 1,003 6 11,003 $30 105 Electrical appliances E 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES •—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 1 1 Exposure - - - 2 1 $392 2,428 1 $2,955 1,010 1 40 6 1 1 $2,200 384 320 150 100 4,500 38 2 . . 1 1 1 . _ 1 3 7,654 $3,064 160 126 174 3,700 24,909 410 6,759 316 25 700 1,750 1,152 17,938 7,811 18,806 72,971 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 Matches, children with _ '. - 1 1 Smokers' carelessness _ Sparks from picker-machine ■ — j 5 1 2 4 7 1 160,771 $135 65 3 Unknown - — — — .'-■— 1 2 200 $2,750 3,352 8 4,068 1 1 1 1 4.068 6,102 $25 1,300 107 Steam-pipe insufficiently protected — .._. Unknown — 1,432 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1943. 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