Appearing in the Kennebec Journal on March 10th, 1900
Chief Engineer C.W. Ricker reported that there were 35 alarms of fire in the previous year, with a combined estimate of $8,748 in losses.
Significant events of the year;
March 12th 1899 at 18:15 hours. Box 63 struck for a stable fire on Sewall Street. Damage estimate of $941. Three horses killed in the fire.
April 7th 1899 at 14:05 hours. Box 37 struck for a fire in the dump….on Capitol Street.
April 7th 1899 at 16:55 Hours. Box 51 struck for a fire in a block on Bridge Street. $475 estimated damages. Cause listed as ‘rats and matches’.
April 20th 1899. Box 57 struck for a fire in the stables at the Augusta Driving Park. Damage estimated at $400. Cause listed as ‘tramps’.
April 22nd 1899 at 21:25 hours. Box 48 is struck and found to be a false alarm. Two men were apprehended in pulling the alarm and both were fined $26.29.
May 18th 1899 at 15:12 hours. Box 63 is struck for a fire in a residence on Capitol Street. Damage estimated at $454.80. Cause listed as ‘ boys smoking in the stable’.
July 4th 1899 at 17:46. Fire in two houses on Court Street. Total damage estimated at $459.10. Cause listed as incendiary.
August 31, 1899 at 23:00 Hours. Box 42 is struck for a fire at the Broom Handle Manufacturing Company. Damage estimated at $1,000. Cause listed as the boiler.
October 17th, 1899 at 08:10 Hours. Box 35 is struck for a fire in the kitchen of the Hotel North on Water Street. Damage estimated at $440. Cause is a faulty range.
In 1900 The Augusta Fire Department Roster was;
Chief Engineer C.W. Ricker
1st Asst. Engineer E. Pedder
2nd Asst. Engineer E.H. Gay
Steamer Engineer F.I.Clark
Hose Ladder Combination 1- 18 Men, Captain H.C. Thyng, Located on Bridge Street, pulled by the City Team of Horses.
Hose #2- 14 Men, Captain E.A. Shaw. Located at Cony Street, Pulled by a team of horses owned by L.G. Haskell at a cost of $1,100 per year.
Hose #3- (2 Wheel), 12 Men, Captain Albert Folger, Located at the corner of Capitol and State Streets.
Hose #4- (2 Wheel), 10 Men, Captain Lindsey Ellis, Located at Pettingill Corner
Hose #5- (2 Wheel), 12 Men, Captain W.J. Skehan, Located on Northern Avenue
The department held in reserve a ‘ladder truck no longer in use’ and the Cushnoc Steamer #1 at the Bridge Street Station.