Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-12-13
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Timely Adyics from the
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| very pVactlcai suggestions IN regard to
precaution against fire:
| Failure to protect nearby wood work
from the heat of stoves ranks next ia
defective dues as a cause cf fire waste
rnis l sss in our state exceeds 176. 900
q year, while the cost of sparks falling
on shingle roofs. as result Of careless
ness in feeding or giving draft to
stoves. is hslf rs much.
Among heaters the cook stove
sacrific: IS most property, and the
gasoline s'ove most lives. The worst
cuprit is the cook s.ove WHICH has no
eight hour day nor Sunday of. The
gasoline stove auses greater number
Of fires, bat the loss is smaller by half
hecaus3 ate ation is attracted to the n
before they have time for a good
start The gasoline fire starting with
an explosion sounds its own alarm,
and, addict to this, there is usually a
cry of the burned which summons
immediate help.
The wood or coal stove often takes
advantage of thu absence OF its
general manager to fire something.
usually the nearby wood work A
stove is likely to ignite laths from
| which tho plaster has fallen or a
wooden partition within three feet.
The danger signal 10 the browning of
the wood. which occurs if the heat
reaches 414 degrees Fair. If the wall
is protected by tin, zinc OF sheet iron
the stove may be placed within a
foot. The metal to protect the wall
must have a space behind it 20 that
circulation Of air will keep it COOL
This may easily be secured by hanging
the sheet of metal on screw hooks
The pipe is often the hottest part of
the stove. therefore the metal to
protect the wall should be run three
feet above tho stove.
Bright tin reflects heat better than
any other metal. If the elbow Of q
pipe is within q foot OF the ceiling
sheet metal should be placed above it.
A wooden floor under stove must
have on it sheet of metal extending
a foot in front of the ash pan, and if
wood is used the metal should extend
that distance out under the stove door
All cold air entering the room falls to
the floor and is drawn toward the
stove, 80 an air space between floor
end zinc is necessary. However, 1t
is q very proper precaution to put a
layer of one eighth inch asbestos cloth
under it. for it may have to catch some
very hot Goals.
Many Tres occur from clothes
horse or chair holding clothing or
laundry being placed too near a stove
or CRATE and few from kirdliok put
in q warm place over night to dry.
The newspaper accounts of many
horrible accidents fcom using kerosene
or gasoline to start fire do not seem
greatly to lessen the number b1rned
in that way. Kerosene may be safely
used for the purpose if the stove is
cold or if the kildipg is blazing.
Heat without blaze converts it int
gas which will explode when blszs
starts. Gas line SO used is fearfully
dangerous. =
A parlor or bedroom stove should
always have metal under it and it the
wall is within eighteen inches 1t
should be protected By sheet metal on
ons eighth inca asbestos cloth. When
night. remember that coal sWells enc
likley to call out Of the open door or
over the CRATE bar. Manv houfes were
fred last year by drapery over CRATES
"n Fr e;u'es 45 5SA to- 500 mothers and
children are burned to death, and
three times that number ssrionslJ
burned and disbgured7 in the United
States each year by ga.oline stove
accidents. Last week : mother essayed
with one arm to III the tank of .
lighted stove while holding her baby
with the other. Both have deid from
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