THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT STATISTICS, 1946 VICTORIA, B.C. : Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1947. To His Honour C. A. BANKS, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1946. GORDON S. WISMER, A ttorney-General. Victoria, B.C., March 31st, 1947. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Report of Fire Marshal „ 5 Table I.—Inspections made and Orders issued 7 Table II.—Fires reported 8 Table III.—Causes of Fires „ 10 Table IV.—Classification of Property burned 11 Table V.—Summary 22 Table VI.—Loss of Life . 23 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL. Office of the Fire Marshal, Vancouver, B.C., March 31st, 1947. The Honourable Gordon S. Wismer, K.C., Attorney-General, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—Pursuant to section 44 of the " Fire Marshal Act" I have the honour to submit herewith the Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1946. I am happy to report that there was a loss decrease of $1,809,894 from the year 1945, although there were 371 more fires during 1946. The average fire loss for the year 1946 was $629 as compared with $1,030 for 1945. This would indicate that more fires were extinguished before they had a chance to spread or get out of control. During the year thirty-six persons lost their lives through fire in the Province— twenty-one men, seven women, and eight children. Fires occurring where children were left alone in the home accounted for six deaths. There were ten fires during the year with a loss in excess of $50,000 each. These fires accounted for $893,346 of our fire loss, and the greater number occurred in industrial plants. Fire-prevention work was carried out during the year, both by educational propaganda and by actual inspections. During Fire Prevention Week the annual poster contest of the Dominion Fire Prevention Association was conducted among the junior and senior high school students of the Province. Three prizes of $25, $10, and $5 were given for what were considered the best posters on fire-prevention, and these were sent to Ottawa for the Dominion judging. The following are some of the activities of the Fire Marshal's Office for the year 1946:— General fire-hazard inspections 1,976 Special inspections of halls : 125 Special inspections of hotels 236 Special inspections of schools 320 Special inspections of hospitals 157 Plans checked for new hospitals or alterations to existing ones._ 15 Plans checked for new schools 26 Plans checked for new hotels and apartments 14 Plans checked for new arenas : 6 Inspections of bulk storage plants for gasoline and oils 240 Inspections of oil-refineries 14 Inspections of gasoline service-stations 141 Inspections of sawmills 75 Inspections of dry-cleaning plants 30 Inspections of Government owned or operated buildings 50 Inspections of theatres under the Theatre Regulations 247 Plans checked for new halls or alterations to existing ones 28 Plans checked for new theatres and alterations to existing ones 27 Projectionists' examinations held 26 Inspections of film exchanges and processing laboratories 74 C 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA. During the year 121 fire investigations were conducted, with the following results:— Fire inquiries held — 6 Prosecutions under the " Fire Marshal Act " and regulations—. 20 Convictions 20 Prosecutions for arson 5 Convictions 4 Acquittals 1 Forty-seven appeals from orders issued by local Assistant Fire Marshals under the " Fire Marshal Act" were heard and decisions given. There were no petitions to the Courts f rom the decisions of the Fire Marshal. In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation to my staff for their splendid work and co-operation during the past year. I also wish to thank all local Assistant Fire Marshals throughout the Province, the Commissioner and members of the British Columbia Police, city and municipal officials, 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, 1946. C 7 TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY FIRE MARSHALS. City Municipalities (3&). ASSISTANT Inspections. Orders. Inspections. Orders. 12 2 3 3 15 678 2,527 289 181 6 34 407 117 340 46 88 449 96 25 84 118 623 7 2 2 944 103 614 10 616 Trail 809 16,588 377 19,751 5 818 Vancouver Vernon 54 2 Ladysmith 192 291 Totals 762 47,106 984 District Municipalities (28). Burnaby 852 3 2 2 Oak Bay 782 13 Peachland Delta 310 365 8 Esquimalt 78 2 3 Kent Langley 99 8 15 63 2 4 10 105 Totals 2,682 44 Village Municipalities (28). 16 1 24 6 5 99 32 10 1 Hope Torino 48 328 Westview Totals 512 58 C 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS—Continued. Fire Districts (13). Cariboo, County of loco Kootenay, County of Langford Nanaimo, County of Pacific Mills, Limited Powell River Prince Rupert, County of.. Inspections. 55 417 11 Orders. University Area Vancouver, County of Victoria, County of Westminster, County of.. Yale, County of Totals- Inspections. 12 2 604 Inspections. Grand totals, 1946 60'904 Grand totals, 1945 60.638 Grand totals, 1944 58,496 Grand totals, 1943 56,344 Grand totals, 1942 70,181 Orders. 10 Orders. 1,096 1,350 1,598 1,702 1,536 TABLE II.—FIRES REPORTED. City Municipalities (34) ■ Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. 6 6 30 12 12 2 17 8 8 9 4 37 39 6 8 6 59 $2,055 854 5,636 1,017 825 53 102,026 12,733 848 1,967 9,356 27,581 43 119 111 28 8 10 9 30 6 7 2 3 26 2,764 31 369 $61,766 78,618 12,847 7,790 5,313 5,849 1,521 7,492 306 971 45 635 Trail 2,603 10,449 9,344 1,628 5,560 14,487 802,640 9,363 72,714 Merritt 3,835 $1,276,892 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 9 TABLE II.—FIRES REPOBTED—Continued. District Municipalities (28). Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. 186 17 1 15 11 45 3 2 12 36 30 13 8 8 51 $16,918 17,717 141 152,160 205,402 9,526 6,560 650 4,262 44,648 23,076 9,438 12,271 53,713 25,016 Oak Bay 95 2 40 7 52 120 1 10 9 58 32 70 $5,856 143 41,251 6,780 Delta 109,567 16,526 1,800 Kent 14,646 14,429 39,179 12,694 12,385 Totals 934 $856,654 Village Municipalities (28). Fire Districts (13). 8 1 2 1 1 2 8 12 5 7 8 1 3 $6,447 250 170 56 40 37 1,449 3,510 178 4,568 3 2 1 6 7 2 1 2 9 3 $22,422 6,223 25 360 5,717 700 Tofino 25 260 1,506 100 1,105 546 Totals 192 95 $55,886 Cariboo, County of loco Kootenay, County of Langford Nanaimo, County of Pacific Mills, Limited Powell River Prince Rupert, County of. 75 $202,800 2 36 88 136,691 1 900 128 302,270 6 4,193 11 7,353 29 171,808 University Area , Vancouver, County of.... Victoria, County of Westminster, County of. Yale, County of Totals 7 64 73 27 . 600 $181 169,880 48,106 75,538 128,220 $1,247,976 Number. Grand totals 5,464 Note.—Construction of buildings— Fire-resistive 58 Brick, concrete, or heavy timber 347 Wood frame : 4,622 Metal or corrugated iron 437 5,464 Amount of Loss. $3,437,408 $37,416 319,097 2,928,758 152,537 $3,437,408 C 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES. Causes of Fires. Number. Amount of Loss. Causes of Fires. Number. Amount of Loss. Acetylene-torch carelessness Alcohol-vapour explosion Ashes against wood Asphalt boiling over Boiler insufficiently protected Broken equalizing-rod Broken gasoline-line Broken oil-line Bunsen burner.carelessness with Candle carelessness Canvas ignited from exhaust-pipe.... Carburettor back-firing Car upset Children playing with fire Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe. Coal-gas explosion Coal-oil carelessness Coal-stoker back-firing Collision Curtains from stove Defective battery connection Defective brooder Defective chimney Defective electric motor Defective electric switch 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 on brake-drum Friction on conveyer-belt Friction on emery-wheel Friction on pulley Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Gas explosion Gasoline carelessness Gasoline on exhaust-pipe Gasoline-pump damaged by car Gasoline-torch carelessness Gas-plate insufficiently protected Grease dripping on hot sawdust Grease on stove Hot stove-lid falling on floor 7 62 1 4 1 8 2 1 62 1 34 9 14 121 11 11 3 4 6 1 8 303 1 1 2 29 4 27 1 23 35 2 259 1 62 19 2 31 16 57 18 1 17 4 3 83 2 463 25,536 50 1,254 45 1,157 110 251 2,157 5 17,287 2,973 2,171 8,396 10,074 5,863 134 760 228 356 2,002 94,760 25 30 6 5,865 1,162 12,689 25 12,946 73,553 515 47,168 14,473 51,146 1,911 668 1,720 777 9,750 17,503 13,708 91,827 3,501 112 15,312 646 635 17,374 21 Ignition of paint Incendiary Lamp explosion Lamp upset Lantern upset Lightning Live coals Match carelessness , Matches, children with Mattress too near fireplace Mattress too near furnace , Molten metal Oil-burner explosion Oil leaking from defective oil- drum into furnace-pit Oil-vapour explosion Overheated machinery bearings Overheated oven Sawdust-burner back-firing Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene-torch Sparks from boiler Sparks from bonfire Sparks from bush fire Sparks from chimney Sparks from engine Sparks from fireplace Sparks from forge Sparks from furnace or furnace- pipe Sparks from mill burner Sparks from picker-machine. Sparks from slash fire Sparks from stove or stove-pipe Sparks from welding-machine Spontaneous ignition Static electricity Steam-pipe insufficiently protected Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Sun's rays Tar boiling over Thawing pipes Unknown Varnish boiling over Water in lime , Wood too near furnace. Wood too near stove Totals 1 85 5 6 56 78 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 12 237 2,178 27 9 50 4 215 9 292 23 93 11 41 1 197 2 8 4 376 1 2 4 4 $567 144,538 4,267 22,580 4,754 20,594 469 16,810 14,821 185 100 364 2,500 139 113 8,835 160,927 327,645 28,293 1,776 14,079 5,672 75,122 90,665 22,268 185 3,110 8,796 75 3,152 54,410 7,298 296,260 484 765 144,013 50 17,948 84 1,357,941 90 65 895 2,004 5,464 $3,437,408 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 11 TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES. Property. Amount of Loss. Aeroplane hangars . Apartments 1 345 Automobile camps Automobiles Incendiary . 1 Ashes against wood 3 Candle carelessness 4 Clothes too near stove 8 Coal-oil carelessness 1 Defective chimney 26 Defective fireplace 3 Defective oil-burner 2 Defective stove-pipe „ 1 Electrical appliances \ 22 Exposure 2 Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected.. 2 Gas explosion 4 Gasoline carelessness 1 Gasoline-torch carelessness 3 Gas-plate insufficiently protected 1 Grease on stove 5 Incendiary 1 Lamp upset 1 Match carelessness 5 Matches, children with 3 Sawdust-burner back-firing 2 Short circuit 5 Smokers' carelessness 192 Sparks from bonfire 1 Sparks from chimney 26 Sparks from fireplace 3 Sparks from furnace 2 Sparks from stove 2 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected 4 Unknown 10 Electrical appliances , 1 Grease on stove 1 Short circuit 1 Smokers' carelessness ... 2 Sparks from stove 1 Stove insufficiently protected 1 Unknown 1 Acetylene-torch carelessness 1 Alcohol-vapour explosion 7 Ashes against wood 3 Broken equalizing-rod 1 Broken gasoline-line 6 Broken oil-line 2 Canvas ignited from exhaust-pipe 1 Carburettor back-firing 17 Car upset 9 Collision 3 Defective wiring - 16 Electrical appliances 1 Exposure 1 Friction on brake-drum 2 Gasoline carelessness 11 Gasoline on exhaust-pipe 18 Incendiary 2 Match carelessness 3 Matches, children with 2 Short circuit 141 Smokers' carelessness 124 Sparks from acetylene-torch 9 Sparks from welding-machine 2 Tar boiling over 1 Unknown 29 $6,034 353 222 12 1,947 274 195 240 1,695 47 165 51 18 202 15 280 170 19,234 SO 195 310 6,461 19,953 22 10,848 106 65 1,831 169 28,892 $11 40 24 1,329 42 10 655 $10 463 158 45 882 110 5 1,665 2,973 510 1,054 10 400 668 3,040 3,501 472 586 41 15,104 10,253 1,647 529 275 13,586 $11 100,086 2,111 57,987 C 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 5 15 1 1 1 1 $480 35 25 32 39 3 3 $611 $40 150 535 Unknown Smokers' carelessness 725 $128 2,127 1 2,255 25 29 $3,500 1,665 4,754 11,085 3,200 1,994 13,211 156,666 4 1 196,075 $6,500 7 3,071 500 1 1 1 1 2 10,078 7 $1,200 1,050 164 175 5,495 7 Short circuit 2 Electrical appliances 2 1 2 1 1 1 8,084 $59 14 20 7,514 2 Sparks from chimney Smokers' carelessness 7,607 $12 2,450 3 1 12 2,462 $483 1,236 1,301 Defective oil-burner 1 1 3,020 200 Bridges $25 408 893 20 2,630 25,658 62,178 2 Gasoline carelessness Short circuit 1 1 Sparks from chimney Sparks from stove 1 1 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected 4 Spontaneous ignition Gasoline carelessness 2 1 91,812 254,841 Canneries Chemical plants 2 1 28 $4,538 2,203 Spontaneous ignition 1 6,741 14,505 Chicken-hatcheries Defective brooder $2,002 5,050 3,210 Exposure REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 13 TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Churches Clubs 25 Dairies 3 Dental laboratories 2 Dry-cleaning plants 10 Dwellings 3,320 Lamp explosion 1 Matches, children with 1 Short circuit 1 Smokers' carelessness 1 Stove insufficiently protected 6 Unknown 8 Candle carelessness 1 Incendiary 1 Match carelessness 1 Smokers' carelessness 1 Sparks from bonfire 1 Sparks from chimney 1 Unknown 1 Defective chimney 2 Defective oil-burner 1 Exposure 1 Gas explosion 1 Grease on stove 1 Smokers' carelessness 14 Sparks from chimney 1 Stove-pipe insufficiently protected 1 Unknown 3 Defective chimney 1 Match carelessness 1 Short circuit 1 Electrical appliances 1 Stove insufficiently protected 1 Boiler insufficiently protected 1 Defective electric switch 1 Defective oil-burner 1 Defective wiring 1 Electrical appliances 1 Gasoline carelessness 1 Match carelessness 1 Unknown 3 Acetylene-torch carelessness 1 Ashes against wood 35 Candle carelessness 55 Children playing with fire 13 Clothes too near stove 96 Coal-gas explosion 8 Coal-oil carelessness 7 Coal-stoker back-firing 2 Curtains from stove 5 Defective chimney 237 Defective electric motor 1 Defective fireplace 25 Defective furnace or furnace-pipe 3 Defective oil-burner 12 Defective stove or stove-pipe 18 Defective wiring 12 Electrical appliances 190 Exposure 28 Firecrackers 10 Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected.. 21 Gas explosion 3 Gasoline carelessness 19 Gasoline-torch carelessness 5 $50 20 11 45 1,351 5,798 $22 55 25 100 1,107 5 200 $106 139 28 11 157 5,908 16 1,134 6,120 $10 9,375 599 $1,475 30 $559 30 45 4,035 25 275 41 704 $25 16.795 1,743 2,081 4,414 3,310 3,951 122 97 74,609 25 6,712 1,147 2,482 12,371 26,422 11,404 17,317 1,552 16,041 234 16,748 2,131 $17,537 1,514 13,619 9,984 1.505 5,714 C 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES ■—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. manufacturing plants 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 39 69 2 37 3 2 4 5 32 55 2 2 1 1 1 8 41 1,393 27 2 159 281 16 69 13 128 2 5 1 145 1 3 4 $9,172 21 55,851 4,202 26 93 119 1,505 12,452 53 99 30 100 364 478 11,016 59,239 1,021 50 57,927 21,770 2,042 12,817 6,418 62,644 50 1,405 10 148,162 30 795 2,004 Oil leaking from defective oil-drum into furnace- pit Sparks from bush fire Wood too near furnace Wood too near stove Overheated oven $693,698 113 $2,703 225 200 (grain) (broom) (candied fruits) (casket) 3,128 $3,190 69,038 72,228 60 87 Factories Smokers' carelessness Defective chimney Factories 33,924 $2,273 20 484 22,658 Smokers' carelessness Friction on conveyer-belt 25,435 150 Factories Factories 47,567 Varnish boiling over $20 90 (roofing material) (spring manufactur- 110 13,078 Factories Boiler insufficiently protected $60 1,479 130 12,543 Friction on conveyer-belt Sparks from boiler Sparks from forge 14,212 10 27 ing) Smokers' carelessness $200 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 15 TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Flour-mills Foundries . Freight-cars 2 Fruit-processing plants 1 Garages (private) 64 Amount of Loss. Garages (public) 28 Gasoline-stations 17 Carburettor back-firing Clothes too near stove Coal-oil carelessness Defective oil-burner Gas explosion Gasoline carelessness Incendiary Match carelessness Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Spontaneous ignition Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Exposure Defective chimney Molten metal Smokers' carelessness ... Sparks from furnace Unknown Wood too near furnace Unknown Water in lime Stove insufficiently protected 1 Ashes against wood 2 Defective battery connection 1 Electrical appliances 1 Exposure , 3 Gasoline carelessness 2 Incendiary 3 Lamp upset 1 Match carelessness 1 Matches, children with 1 Short circuit 1 Smokers' carelessness 16 Sparks from acetylene-torch 1 Sparks from bonfire 10 Spontaneous ignition 1 Stove insufficiently protected 1 Unknown 9 Carburettor back-firing Exposure Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-pump damaged by car Ignition of paint Incendiary Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene-torch Sparks from furnace Sparks from welding-machine .. Unknown Clothes too near stove Defective chimney Firecrackers Gasoline carelessness Short circuit Sparks from acetylene-torch . Sparks from stove Stove insufficiently protected $11,967 75 1,750 1,432 11,522 11,158 500 4,214 5 15 500 2,850 4,550 $50 155 2,310 151 175 100 $1,050 35 $504 356 400 450 3,672 149 1,358 429 220 600 5,616 10 543 150 8 14,264 $150 114' 3,828 112 567 10,482 399 2,527 13,833 604 6,167 2,377 $15 4,393 5 455 49 4,700 6 2,682 $50,738 62 2,941 1,085 9,938 28,729 41,160 C 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 2 3 1 $1,713 $14,018 $350 350 1 Live coals 1 1 1 1 1 1 700 55 4 $550 96 23 6,495 21 3 1 6 1 6 1 1 2 2 1 7,164 $75 95 18,005 2 8,652 884 976 4,427 2 33,116 $125 25 1,668 60 42 9 172 1 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1,920 $240 1,775 240 36,304 746 6,670 212 465 68,953 225 200 13,881 3 8 8 1 33 3 2 2 2 148 4 1 2 129,911 $141 15 50 Unknown 1 1 2 206 $182 369 35 3,220 1 Smokers' carelessness 2 3 1 3,806 $206 2,009 463 55 10 98 1 2 Smokers' carelessness 1 1 2,841 30,000 Clothes too near stove 1 1 $1,566 14,473 16,893 2,299 8,395 6,711 5,622 1 2 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 17 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. i ii i 7 4 28 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 6 2 4 $3,439 3,152 99,611 $162,161 670 $107 68 777 340 898 1,381 152 71 3,794 691 $148 1,330 84 34,960 36,522 $323 250 135 708 $82 95 509 1,345 166 205 9 4,340 4,360 87 37 213 619 5 3,220 174 Electrical appliances 2 15,366 4 545 Defective chimney 1 Stove insufficiently protected 1 $170 5,537 5,707 $163 3,318 3,481 667 60 $30 10 40 2,200 $78,782 9,000 16,495 104,277 156 $55 101 $700 50 C 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Radio-stations 1 Railway-stations 1 Restaurants 32 Rooming-houses 119 Causes. Sawmills 31 Schools Sparks from picker-machine Unknown 19 Sheds 87 Ashes against wood Candle carelessness Clothes too near stove Curtains from stove Defective chimney Electrical appliances Exposure Gasoline-torch carelessness ..... Grease on stove Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with Smokers' carelessness Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace Sparks from stove Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Boiler insufficiently protected Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe.. Electrical appliances Friction on conveyer-belt Friction on pulley Gasoline carelessness Incendiary Short circuit Sparks from boiler Sparks from engine Sparks from mill burner Unknown Ashes against wood .... Clothes too near stove . Sparks from chimney Unknown Defective chimney Electrical appliances Exposure Gas explosion Gas-plate insufficiently protected Grease on stove Smokers' carelessness Sparks from stove Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Thawing pipes Unknown Clothes too near stove Defective chimney Exposure Incendiary , Matches, children with Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney Sparks from stove Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown Amount of Loss. 12 2 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 5 3 1 2 1 2 1 78 1 6 6 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 5 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 4 5 1 $75 10,273 $20 455 950 323 561 288 2,058 2,290 5,183 25 2,882 $40 33 10 131 121 95 670 5,450 120 734 34 15 5,967 275 293 239 3,640 3,351 80 $85 1,157 3,534 91 9,700 36,194 15,000 6,250 725 3,950 8,471 56,043 $10 190 2,000 75 278 326 77,464 20 15 2,116 131,168 $459 456 $11,098 17 10 15,035 21,298 141,200 213,662 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 19 TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 2 Coal-oil carelessness Gasoline carelessness 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 1 $136 50 175 550 200 468 1,852 15 312 250 1,480 10 7,134 90 286 3,209 2,500 200 450 2,379 2,118 10,533 Lamp upset 3 1 Sparks from acetylene-torch Spontaneous ignition 6 1 16 1 2 2 1 2 1 6 7 16 1 $35,311 $5 50 9 . , 4 . _ 4 1 1 1 55 $139 776 75 173,959 3 1 Unknown 4 2 1 1 1 174,949 1,100 $500 100 500 $6,000 3,570 425 2 1 Spontaneous ignition 1 1 2 9,995 4,000 28 $220 50 15 515 6,500 50 559 2,100 75 350 145 25 25 200 250 15 3 , 171 ....: i i 2 1 2 2 6 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 11,094 635 4 $144 156 12 55 4,811 5 1 1 2 C 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 1 $35 8 16,658 4 1,269 4 104 Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected.. 2 550 1 1 313 2,552 1 20 7 12,259 4 116 4 88 1 6,306 7 5,456 77 12,453 1 100 3 474 7 241 2 115 7 14,194 1 34 15 79,949 1 $113 6 1 2 541 1 15 1 1,329 1 5 1 2 78 1 23 25 739 1 10 1 12 2 257 41 5 Stores and dwellings $744 1 431 Defective wiring 1 350 4 159 ' 3 10,385 1 38 1 2,562 1 100 14 244 1 639 1 116 2 8 6 1 26,973 Stores and offices $251 163 1 1 1 7,247 4 3,757 42 2 Stores and rooms $45 1 5 220 2 2 1 4,639 12 1 70 22 4,593 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 21 TABLE IV—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES —Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Street-cars 2 Tents 1 Theatres , 4 Tractors 3 Trailers 6 Tug-boats Warehouses 40 Wharves 1 Woodworking plants 1 Workshops 1 Totals 5,464 Sparks from chimney 1 Sparks from stove 1 Stove insufficiently protected 1 Unknown 3 Short circuit 2 Sparks from bonfire 1 Ashes against wood 1 Defective film 2 Electrical appliances 1 Broken gasoline-line 1 Gasoline carelessness 1 Short circuit 1 Coal-oil carelessness 1 Electrical appliances 1 Gasoline carelessness 1 Lamp upset 1 Smokers' carelessness 2 Carburettor back-firing 1 Smokers' carelessness 1 Steam-pipe insufficiently protected 1 Stove insufficiently protected 1 Unknown 1 Acetylene-torch carelessness 1 Electrical appliances 2 Exposure 1 Furnace insufficiently protected 2 Gasoline-torch carelessness 1 Incendiary 2 Matches, children with 3 Sawdust burner back-firing 1 Short circuit 4 Smokers' carelessness 5 Sparks from acetylene-torch 1 Sparks from chimney 1 Sparks from stove 1 Spontaneous ignition 4 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected 2 Unknown 9 Unknown 1 Unknown 1 Ashes against wood l 5,464 $5 81 15 268 $232 6 37 $75 477 251 $100 10 3,300 1,650 125 3,000 10 510 500 17 $413 2,002 92 230 140 15,869 30 1,741 53,584 2,027 2,000 25 118 6,220 65 57,574 $10,085 25 275 803 4,037 142,130 1,301 3,200 10 437,408 C 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA. a < >%t •St < w .H TO H A fe OJ C s 4J.A I >ssv 5 " '8 .2 ~ >..«.S!~ IO rH ,—1 00 OS OS CO CO CO co rH OS SO so CO -rr cs eo t- rH CJ <-* eo tOOM^OOAeON MHQ0W1OIN00N "*005COOOMM10 00 O IO «D Cl N t-" «5 »oas>HcoioioeocM KHMNWNKl^ 00 Cl CS t- "t* — © Tfi 00 tH I CO OS OS CO t^" rH* io" US \ ■*r o os t-h ' CM eo as io co to co co* c-i rH*OCOOSt-rHiO©CJC-t-OS OOlOtOMWMHNfflMMH os©cscocccsio©c-t-cocs rH o oo io W 00 t- O) ID lfl 00 O) © o os co eo io" fc- cb r-T -^ cgo-tft-oooosocMM" «© rH CM (M rH rH OS O 00 o i-H t- CO Tjl eO rH O CJ CMlOt-,—lOSOSi-Hi-HOCM CJ"^-t*co-^t-COOlOO ^f ■^cot-CMCDcooseo eo i-4 cm t> O oo eo CC CO 00 rH 00100SCOC-CSOCO-rJ<COeO(M OlNHTtMNHNQtDt-M co^cjeNeoeorNiot-oioos "•J- rH CO OS OS IO CJ CO o r- eo i-4 •*& IO rH rH O © © CO t-^' CO -tfcooociCM^coeo eo -rf co co CM IO CO CO o J co tj< co eo cm "**■■# C- i—I IO OS OS t- rH CO CO t-t-CMrHT-HCO©OSOSCM<M CJCOlOCOiOOiOCl»OrHO CM OS rH CO IO IO CO 00 |CO CO O Tp IO |w q ■* o oi W M Tf t- N io CO IO CD -tH © t> ■* r*t Tf «ji uj M "# o co o t- ] io" io" -ri" ■# co" © CO IO C- CO , -■ cm © eo - ' to ia uj Tf f j OS t- CO CJ © CO OS CO CO rH 1-4 CO CO CO I O) CO t- CO IO co-tfTpeoeMeocct-oSrHosco COCMCMOCOCOCOCOC-TfCOCO cocococococMCJoaoJcoco-T}< IO CO OS CO t* co ffl Tf ia n © 00 CO I co eo" co" cm" cm* <S 3 -C J 3 "- « "? rQ 8 & OJ w +j o CO IO Tji CO CM ■* rJH tP tH tJ* oi oi os as os o o o b b HtHHtHB II REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1946. C 23 TABLE VI.—LOSS OF LIFE, 1942-46. Cause of Fire. Loss of Life. Occupancy. Men. Women. Children. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 21 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 12 1 2 2 1 1 1 Hotel Hotel Totals, 1946 8 Totals, 1945 21 Totals, 1944 Men and 1 2 1 Women. 4 4 6 5 Totals, 1943 5 Totals, 1942 16 VICTORIA, B.C. : Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1947. 765-547-3747
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