Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the East Bay Times and Bay Area News Group.
“Berkeleyeans should be on their knees thanking the Almighty that any of the city was left instead of criticizing the Fire Department,” the head of the National Board of Fire Underwriters was quoted as saying a century ago in the Nov. 1, 1923, Berkeley Daily Gazette.Berkeley, a Look Back: Citizens grapple with how to rebuild after 1923 fire
Mallalieu, who had just arrived in Berkeley after a cross-country trip, called for an adequate water supply, fire lookout towers in the hills, and empowering the Fire Department to recruit civilians to help fight brush and grass fires. “There were a dozen reports of lights being suddenly shut off in houses street lights being shot out with slingshots.” A young woman reported a “young man in gray suit put his arm around her at Ellsworth Street and Channing Way.” Also, “several youngsters were taken to the police station and given a good lecture and their parents called,” the Gazette reported.On Nov. 1, 1923, the Gazette reported that the Chung Mei Home for Orphan Chinese Boys had opened at 3000 Ninth St. in West Berkeley.
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