Year book of motion pictures (1925)
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Record of Theater Fires
R. F. Render of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, in Engineering of October, gave the following particulars regarding film fires, 19-3. and April 1, 1924. No statistics are available beyond this point:
a paper published in "Safety occurring between April 1,
Place of Fire Army Headquarters, Washington, D.
Denville, Va Apr
Princess Theater, Wauseon, Ohio ....... . Apr
Palace Theater, Port Jervis. N. Y May
Mexicala, Lower California May
Date Apr. 1, 1923 16, 1923 30, 7, 22,
1923 1923 1923
Cause Overheated Overheated Overheated Overheated Overheated
film. . film. . film. . film. . film. .
Tejou Theater, Denver, Colorado May
Hippodrome Theater, Cleveland, Ohio June
Elite Theater, Philadelphia, Pa June
Famous Players-Lasky Motion Picture Co.,
Long Island City, N. Y June
Blue Springs, Nebraska July
Premier Theater, Buffalo, N. Y Aug.
30
1923 3, 1923 27, 1923
22, 1923 6, 1923 14, 1923
film., film. . film.
Palace Theater, Lufkin, La Sept. 11, 1923
Paramount Theater, Logansport, Ind Oct. 5, 1923
Temple Theater, Portsmouth, Ohio Oct. 16, 1923
Cellulose Products Co., Newark, N. J Oct 22, 1923
Ideal Theater, Akron, Ohio Oct! 27, 1923
Federation Settlement House, New York.. Oct. 28, 1923
Cellofilm Corporation, Fort Lee, N. J. . . . Dec. 1, 1923
Our Civic Theater, Richmond Hill, N. Y..Dec. 3, 1923
High School Auditor'm, Kingwood, W. Va. Dec. 6, 1923
Overheated Overheated Overheated Fire started in film
storage room. Overheated film... Unknown origin in
room. Originated in films
Overheated film. . .
Films took fire . . .
Spark ignites films
Overheated film...
Short circuit ig nites films.
Started in film baler.
Overheated films. .
Film ignited by resistance coil.
Property Damage $250,000 Unknown Unknown $20,000 $2,000,000
$150 $6,500 Unknown
$500,000 $350 $10,000
Damaged theater $2,000 $100 $10,000 Small Unknown
Personal Injury
Operator burned.
14 people killed;
1,000 people
homeless. Operator burned. Operator burned.
Two firemen overcome.
Operator burned.
1 person injured. Operator burned.
Strand Theater, Greensburg, McKees
$5,000 2 persons burned.
Unknown 10 reels of films destroyed Slight
3 persons burned.
Lyric Theater, McKees Rocks, Pa Dec.
Sunbury, Ohio Dec.
Queen Theater, Navasota, Texas Jan.
Victoria Theater, Newark, N. J Jan.
Manhattan Theater, Indianapolis, Ind Feb.
Fox Studio, Hollywood, California
Simplex Supply Co., Richmond Hill, N.Y.Apr.
Strand Theater, Denver, Colorado Mar.
Strand Theater, Lerange, Pa Mar.
22, 1923 31, 1923 16, 1924 19, 1924 8, 1924
1924 1924
Star Casino Theater, New York, N. Y.. Strand Theater, Kansas City, Mo
.Mar. 16, 1924 .Mar. 22, 1924
$6,000 Slight $3,000 $200 Unknown $50,000 $10,000
$200 Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
person burned, persons injured.
Operator burned.
Operator burned.
Ind Dec. 10, 1923 Broken fuse falls in
discarded films. Exploding film. . . . Overheated film. . . Overheated film... Overheated film... Ov erheated film. . . Overheated film... 30, 1924 Unknown, fire fed by films. Overheated film... Overheated film...
Queen Theater, Fort Lauderdale, Fla Mar. 10, 1924 Unknown, fire fed
by films. Film explodes .... Film fire; origin unknown.
Total number fires, 33. Total damages reported, $2,873,500. 14 people killed, 1,000 peopje homeless
13 people burned, 3 people injured.
In a headnote Remler says: "Non-inflammable vs. Inflammable Films. — Cellulose acetate base found by scientists tn be solution of problem of preventing fires which in one vear caused $2,873,000 damage and
14 deaths."
FILM FIRES APRIL 1, TO NOV. 1, 1924
Date Location Cause Loss
April 1, 1924 Benson. Ariz Film ignited $15,000
April 30, 1924 Rock Hill, S. C Unknown 4.700
May 13, 1924 Manchester, N. H Film ignited, 1 killed Small
Tune 30. 1924 Newark, N. J Unknown Est. 30.000
Tuly 7, 1924 Culver City. Cal Unknown 76,257
Aug. 23. 1924 Lexington. Mo Unknown 25,000
Aug. 27, 1924 Somerville. Mass Film ignited 1,080
Sept. 1, 1924 Chelsea, Mass Film ignited 15,000
Oct. 24. 1924 Fort Lee. N. J Spontaneous ignition of films (?) Est. 25,000
Output of Duplex Motion Picture Industries, Inc.
Perforating Machines, Printing Machines, Reduction Printers. Tripple Reduction Printers, Slitting Machines. Cameras, Tripods, Automatic Light Changes, Polishing Machines, Rewinders, Splicing Blocks and Splicing Machines, Measuring Machines. Reel Stands, Reels, Racks, Automatic Developing Machines and Projectors, Special Machines.
UFA Opens New York Offices In September, UFA of Berlin, the largest producing concern in Germany, and one of the largest in Europe, opened offices in the State Theater Ithlg., with F. Wynn-Jones in charge.
PURPOSES AND PLANS OF THE I. M. P. P. D. A.
In May there was organized in New York City the Independent M. P. Prod.-Dis. Assoc.
Officers: I. E. Chadwick, president; Oscar A. Price, 1st vice president; Joe Brandt, 2nd vice president; Bobby North, treasurer; Charles B Hoy, business executive.
Executive Committee : Dr. W. E Shallenberger (Arrow), Chairman; Louis Auerbach (Export & Import); Whitman Bennet; Jack Cohn (C. B. C.) ; Bobby North (Weber & North) ; Oscar A. Price (Tri-Stone) ; I. E. Chadwick, Ex Officio.
Membership: Anchor Film Dist., 1442 Beachwood Drive, Hollywood ; Arrow Film Corp., 220