New York City.
497 deaths by fire in 1911. Ja 7
Equitable Bldg.; loss $18,000,000. Ja 9
Liberty Knitting Mills, Bklyn.; loss $50,000. Ja 9
Terminal Storage Company Warehouse destroyed; loss est. $1,250,000. Ja 17
4 East side tenements burn; loss $300,000. F 10
Pan-Hellenic, Greek newspaper, 1 building destroyed, 3 damaged; loss $250,000. F 11
St. Nicholas Auto Depot; 30 machines destroyed; loss bet. $50,000 and $75,000. F 18
Bklyn. tar plant burns; loss $300,000. F22
2 die in tenement fire; loss $15,000. Mr. 1
Blaze in Church of Messiah ; $10,000 damage. Mr 2
Boarding house destroyed, 1 dead, 1 hurt. Mr 3
Tenement burned. 2 dead, 6 injured. Mr 3
2 suffocated, 5 injured in waterfront hotel. Mr 24
Five story manufacturing building destroyed; loss $200,000. Mr 26
Fire in Mercer St. factory bldg.; loss $200,000. Mr 27
Commissioner Johnson's rept, shows losses of over $12,000,000 in 1911, large increase over 1910 Ap7
Explosion in varnish concern followed by fire; loss, $10,000. Ap 14
Woman and 2 children burned to death in tenement blaze. Ap 24
200 women in loft fire, none injured; loss $10,000. Ap 26
Man leaps to death in Bowery fire; loss $15,000. Ap 26
Builders' Exchange Bldg. burns; loss est. $350,000. Ap 29
West Broadway loft bldg. burns; loss $50,000. Ap 29
3 tenement houses in same vicinity damaged. My 15
Fire on Vandewater St. fought from Brooklyn Bridge. Je 3
Several amusement places at Brighton Beach burn; loss est. $25,000. Je5
Isidor Steinareulzer, thought chief Harlem firebug, arrested. Je 21
$100,000 loft fire. Jl 10
Old Beck Presbyterian Church burns. Ag 8
Pier burns; $100,000 loss. Ag 10
Girl jumps from window, killed, as firemen break door. S 10
Market block burns; loss estimated, $100,000. S 16
Loft fire causes $115,000 loss. O 4
Chemical plant burns, Brooklyn; loss estimated, $175,000; 6 hurt. O 17
"Westminster Abbey" curio shop burns. N 9
Explosion in Union Sulphur Co., Brooklyn, burns 3 blocks; 13 hurt, 7-8 missing; loss, $1,000,000. N 25
2 dead, 2 hurt. 5 missing in tenement fire. D 3
1 dead, 4 hurt in oil works fire, Greenpoint. D 11
See also Triangle Waist Co. Fire.
Newark, N. J.
Hat works burn, loss $100,000. N 30
4 hurt in leather works fire. D 13
Rush bldg. destroyed; loss, $100,000. D 18
Newport, R. I.
2 dead in $200,000 fire. D 29
Nocono, Tex.
Several buildings destroyed; loss $35,000. Mr 6
North Adams, Mass.
Business district partly burned; loss estimated, $600,000. Jl 2
North Yakima, Wash.
Fire in office building; loss $150,000. Ja 8
Norwich, Ct.
Wharf and 3 buildings burn; 1 dead; loss, $300,000. Ag 29
Oakland, Cal.
Evicted, man fires lodging house; dies in flames. Ag 21
Ocean Park, Cal.
Beach resort burned; loss estimated, $1,000,000. S 3
12 reported missing. S 5
Omaha, Neb.
Building destroyed in principal retail blocks; loss $350,000. Ap 13
Pasadena, Cal.
Hotel destroyed; loss $250,000. Ja 14
Pasadena hotel destroyed; loss, $250,000. Ja 15
Pasco, Wash.
Northern Pacific R. R. icing plant burns; $100,000 loss. Ag 11
Paterson, N. J.
Department store and 5 other buildings burn; loss $500,000. D 15
Silk factories burn, loss $100,000. D 22
Philadelphia, Pa.
3 large factory buildings burn; loss $1,000,000. F4
Summer home of Barclay H. Warburton in suburbs destroyed; loss $60,000. F 6
Wharves and railroad property; loss, $1,000,000. O 1
Pottery, alleged oldest U. S. business concern, burns. O 22
Automatic alarm fails; dozen houses burn. O 24
Pittsburg, Pa.
$400,000 fire. D 12
Girl, 4, saves brother, 2, from burning house. D 23
See also Pulmotor.
Pittsfield, Mass.
$300,000 Academy of Music destroyed. Ja 27
Plainfield, N. J.
W. J. Butterfield's home burns; loss $100,000. F 4
Portland, Me.
Water front threatened; 2 vessels burn; loss $100,000. Je 30
