Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-01
SECURITY AGAINST FIRE.
PrecAuttons Which Should he Observed
A Good and Cheap Insurance.


Good and CAeap Insurance.
forest, Forge and Farm-l
TIE question now arises: What remedies
| ara to be applet, and how may country
houses b rendered more secure against fire,
| without entirely reconstructing thsms
The simplicity OF the directions are very
liseIy to lead to their neglect Oh
chimneys should be pointed up from
top to bottom; TINT is. the joints in the
bricks should bs filed with fresh mortar
Wien the i!rss are large they should be
pla strrel inside as well as out. Sometimes
rouni tiles can be put an So as to make con
tinuous fues These are safe AMI give AZ
excellent draught. The essential p int i, to
make the chimney tight and keep it SO; this
Is Imperative. il safety is to be secured.
WOOD work must not DO allowed 10 come
agains. fiues and chimneys in such way as
to cause It to fesl hot or warm TO the touch.
Six incae, clear space between st Ive-pipe
and beam OF partition is none too great
A shee. OF zirIc i, not protection unless it
has an air spase in addition. Dig mo
beams, etc at have been long exposed 70
heat ard - what conuition the timber i
in. itshsrriny has begun it il hi "a tims to
refor n the construction
Take up ashes only ia metal vessels, and
il a metal barre. or Its equivalent can not be
had carry the ashes at once to a store-house,
which should lie of brick or stone, or made
freprooi by some method OF construction.
barrel plastered inside is better than one
with no protection. In these days when
spices and many other things of the kind
ara put up in tin boxe, or cans no excuse
exists for keeping matches in wood or paper
packages. When in tin boxes they are out
=
upon NANTES or tables is q criminal act,
which too frequently brings its own punish
nent Spontaneous combustion does not
often occrr in country houses. but barns are
frequently destroyed By heating Of wet hay,
or are struck by lightning on account Of
the column Of steam and vapor which rise.
from their damp and heating contents
When hay goes into the barn in a damp
condition the farmer runs great risks which
he can not well afford to take.
The lightning rod should have a large
and heavy metallic connection with damp
earth, aud this should be inspected fire.
4reniiy TO make sure that rust has not de-
stroyei the rod and converted it into
source Of danger. Every house SD 1uld he
provided with some kind Of a portable
force pump capable IF throwing stream
of water twenty-five or thirty feet The
pumps which can bs attached 10 a pail an /
used for watering gardens answer the pur
pose perfectly. except that hoss eighteen
or twenty feet in length should DO pro-
vided. With such cheap and simple APP
paratus water can be thrown in between
beams, behind chimneys, and into all
the hooks AMI crannies that ran not tie
reached .ith pail or dipper. In such
places fires start, and though their position
Is often seen, the householder stands help
less for want If some means Of throwing a
few cupfulS Of water upon tn. snolierins
places.
II too frequently happens in winter that
q single pail OF water in the kitchen sink is
the only supply at hand IL fire shonld b.
discovered In mills, pals are set in stated
places and kept always filled The suggss
ton l. "A good one for farmsrs A few ex
ira pals of water at night or in the day
time form . very good and cheap insurance.
In conclusion it is safe to Say that careless
ness is the great incendiary, an. that watci,
fu'ns is rs good an Insurance. policy.