Safety Maintenance & Production Volume 19 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ... off; public box alarm; duration, 9 hours; no private apparatus. Damage, $26,000. January 16, Minneapolis, Minn. McClellan Paper Co. and Minneapolis Drug Co.. Third street and First avenue, North; 6-story and basement brick building; protected by automaticsprinklers; low pressure alarm received at 2:19 a. m. by central office; watchman in drug warehouse heard sprinkler bell ring, but before he could turn in an alarm the fire department and salvage corps arrived; fire in basement of paper house; entrance to paper warehouse gained by breaking open door; fire spread to second story; 27 sprinklers operated, emptying the tank; finally estinguished with chemical streams. Sprinkler protection restored at 1:58 p. m., January 16; central office men remained on premises until 7 a. m., at which time communication was secured with sprhikler company and a request was made to restore sprinkler service. A second report expressed the belief that there were two separate fires at the same time, one in the basement and one in the uppper part of the building., PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE COST IN. The variety and extent of the day's work of a large inspection and rating association in securing reductions in fire hazards in the interest of the people is indicated by the activities of the Philadelphia Suburban Underwriters' Association. How property owners, architects and insurance engineers get together in fire prevention work, the study insurance people make and the character of their recommendations, the watchfulness of insurance bureaus in seeing that efficiency of private fire protection is maintained, the benefits to the insured from diminished premiums and valuable engineering advice without fee--all these are shown in the article...