Wed.23 2.40 A. M. |231 S. S. Rowe.

John Minot.
Dolby & Hawkins.

No. 1745 Washing-
ton street, "Rox-
bury district."

The alarm was caused by the burning of a bundle of hay on a wharf near the Old Colony Depot.
Leverett
No. 73 Leverett st.

FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1870. (Concluded.)

Whole number of alarms during the month, 38, including 19 still alarms. Loss on Buildings, $7,968, insurance, $5,468. ance, $18,481. Number of Alarms during the month of February 1869, 37.

Loss on Merchandise, $18,631, insur

FIRES AND alarms during the MONTH OF MARCH, 1870.

Remarks.

Wooden dwelling
house. Fire was
caused by a defect
in the chimney.

Grocery Store. The
fire was confined
to the basement;
cause of fire-sup-
posed to have oc-
curred from put-
ting hot ashes in a
wooden barrel.
Stables. The build-
ings have recently
been vacated, and
in the opinion of
Engineers of the
Fire Department
the fire was set; no
damage.

Wooden building
used for drying and
sorting wool and
cotton. The ap-
paratus responded
promptly to the
alarm, but were

unable to save the
building. There
were six women in
the loft of the
building, who were
employed in pick-
ing over the cotton
and wool, burnt to
death.

FIRES AND ALARMS DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH, 1870. (Continued.)

The alarm was caused by a small fire on a Schooner lying at the Marine Railway Wharf, East Boston, The fire caught from the cook's galley, and was extinguished with slight damage.

JOccupied by several No. 8 Pearl Place.
families.

Dwelling house occu⚫
pied by sev'ral fum-
ilies; the fire caught
from an overheated
stove; slight dam-
age.

Fire supposed to
have originated f'm
the spontaneous
combustion of oiled
waste in the attic;
the principal dam-
age was to the roof
of the building.
Lumber dealer.
Manufacturer of rig-
ging.

Naval architect.
Dealers in moulding.
Wooden buildings
supposed incen
diary.

Torpedo factory;
alarm caused by
an explosion. The
damage was very
slight.
Grocery store; fire
caused by a can of
kerosene oil upset-
ting near the stove;