Bound Volumes
August 18, 2022
160 YEARS AGO
Causes of fires: The aggregate number of fires for six months in New York is reported at 183. The causes and frequency are as follows: Stoves and stove pipes, 55; Gas in windows and leakage of gas and window curtains, 21; Carelessness with lights, communicating fire to beds or bedding, 20; Defective chimney flues, 10; Sparks on roofs, 11; Grates, fire places and fire boards, 9; Children playing with fire or lights, 8; Furnaces, 8; Steam boilers, 6; Hot air registers, 6; Intoxication 6; Matches 6; Fluid and camphene lamp explosions, 5; Dripping fat in smoke houses, 5; Ashes, 5; Spontaneous combustion, 5.
August 15, 1862
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