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The Daily Gate City And Constitution Democrat
Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa
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Illinois fire losses in April 1921 totaled $1,012,044 from 947 incidents, down from March and year-to-date vs. 1920, per State Fire Marshal John G. Gamber. 53 dilapidated buildings removed in prevention drive.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., May 15.--Fire losses in Illinois during April amounted to $1,012,044, according to State Fire Marshal John G. Gamber's monthly report.
This loss was caused by 947 fires.
The total loss showed a decrease of $251,716 from March. There has also been a decrease in losses during the first four months of the year over the first four months of last year. The loss during the first four months of 1920 was $6,238,081, a decrease of $140,707.
As a result of the drive on dilapidated, fire-breeding buildings, fifty-three such structures were removed during the month.
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Illinois
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April 1921
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$1,012,044 in losses from 947 fires; decrease of $251,716 from march; year-to-date decrease of $140,707 from 1920; 53 dilapidated buildings removed
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Fire losses in Illinois during April amounted to $1,012,044, caused by 947 fires, according to State Fire Marshal John G. Gamber's monthly report. The total showed a decrease from March and the first four months of the year compared to 1920. As a result of the drive on dilapidated, fire-breeding buildings, fifty-three such structures were removed during the month.