Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-09-17
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.Jagsr Get In Their Work.
Then. too, not II few good fellows
begin to he taken homo little tho
worse for wear about this time and
try to hic-light thc--hlc-ga and
whom the match burns their fingers.
drop il on the lcd or IN Il waste pa
per basket. But especially at this
time are homes without their adults.
MIR and Mrs. Ncwlywcd are at tho
thcatc- and their flat is vacant save
Tor Annie Grccnhorn. Father and
mother and sister and brother are at
supper in restaurant, or at Il pacc
of amusement and the little children
after nurse has gone to he'd wake up
and want light and get the matches
and also the fire engines. Ana fires
in ash barrels down cellar and smol-
dcrinr flucs. like mice. piVfcr tn como
out when no one Is about
The fires after midnight are. in
many eases. modcs,v fires Tho baby
wakes mp and mother IN dishabillc
rises to attend To him She strikes
a match and then realizes that the
shades arc up So bcfo-e she lights
the gas she goes, lighted match in
hand to the window TO pull down
the shade and. of course elccpily
sets fire to the lace curtains. This Is
not very effective as a measure of
mCdcsiy. because soon mother and
the whole family are probably taking
n trip down the fire escapes without
any chance To dress for The occasion
the worst monetary damage hv
fire was in December January and
February when S2.a3S.S3a of loss uc
cured. The lowest month for loss
IN August The summer. when no
heating apparatus is used and fcw.
est lights ara burned, Ia the time
when there Is least damage To build
inss- OF the summer mouths. July
hhd the most fires. 5O3 and of these
many were contributed by tho Fourth
of July fireworks. hut. apparently he
cans" every one expects fires on and
about the Fourth ana is worry watch.
iul, the damage was VERY low
These facts as To the time of firas.
with other elaborate data. are collect.
cd by the fire Insurance. companies
lor inc purpose OF establishing their
| rates.
Training Fire Engineers"
The work of collecting all this ma
terial has created demand for mon
| with new kind OF technical training
| IN architecture. industries ana I'm
! ilammable and explosive materials in
their relationship to nic hazards: I'm
! short. tho fire engineer
| Tho universities are already begin
ming TO meet this demand by giving
special courses on fire science. Al
most amy Saturday afternoon IN tn,
| winter one can see Il group of mcI
climbing around New Yo.lIs mfin
ishod skyscrapcrs, factories ana ten
emcnts. studying, under the direction
OF an engineer from the INSURANCE,
loaiI. the points which make build
ing safe or unsafe In the eyes of tn,
| nyro specialists These men are stu
dents In the night course on fire in
Surnncc, given at the New York Uni
vcrsity, by r. II. Ear'ly, speciality o
the New Yo.k fire underwriters.
For the most part these structn,
/ climbcs are insurance agents an,
clerks who wish to become inspector:
ana fire engineers. A number, @
Them, however, are prosperous an,
stout. though canny. real rstat,
agents lawyers and owners. They Il,
not relish especially to climb owe
scaiiolding. and have 10 desire t,
take up such feats as n life worN
lilIt they are wise To the fact that b,
knowing how to make n building safe
ana by avoiding the things the in
surancc people condemn, they cal
put their property in the ''low rate
category, and icduca their yearly III
surancc bills.