The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-11-09
CAUSES OF FIRES
HOW TO PREVENT AND TREAT
THEM WHEN THEl OCCUR
4 Very Useful List OF Fire Don'ts
Compiled by Fire Chief for ali
Emergencies.

Smer:cncicS.
With tie arrival o: cold weather
.omes the coastaa, AID ever incTess-
as menace o: Ares. and some sus-
:estioas along the i!2e OF what 70 90
case OF a condas-a,ioa. are apt
Just !, this ;:@e:
l: would be good thing L everv
:ouseholce. IN tie city were 20 Gam
:l!ar:ze h!mse.t with each and erer*%
one OF ;ae following don IS:
Don, get excite! when ycu dis
over H-e-ac; coolly and quickly.
Don't 5e without means 20 e1-
.l1suish snail fires 4; any '!me-
Dor; delay sea:ins IN al alarm
when you discover fire.
Doa., hesitate "a send N an alarm
I Are or telephone 10 the nearest
Are station !: you cannot fad the
.ause o: unusual smoke IN your
building. OF immediate neigh oo:-
aoo6.
Dent neslec, to ascertain 'he
.ause O: unusual smoke. o. smell! OF
smoke. II i: indicates Are ;e.e-
phone 20 the nearss: FIRE station.
Doa., 70 10 bed aad leave ke1o-
seae lamp burning in the house
Doa; neglect 10 watch gas and o.!
stove when IN use.
Don; use kerosene and s2so!!as
. k:ndle d.es w!;A.
Den, leave oily rags lying about
tie premises.
Den; allow aues O: ch!mneys &c
become detective. Haze them Clean
n =. le2s; twice each year.
Don't keep matches where .a;S
and mice can sc, >, the2,. Above All
aon'; le; baby play with matches.
Don: place ashes in wooden re.
cep,ac!es.
Don; :av.te fires b. neg!ec:lns 20
card against md be prepared 20.
them.
! Defective .ues are o2e great cause
>. Ares. and care should. therefore
Be taken tia. each AID every chin
aey n the house se:s tho-oGsa
leaning before The cod weather sets
| FOR good. Ali necessary repairs
should be made now.
I, should ao, be inferred. how
ever. ,ha; faulty chimneys are tee
oaly causes o. useless Ares: othe.s
nigh, be mentioned. such as kind.
ing fire with ;ae help o. ke.c.
sene, or worse yet. with gasoline
| and the careless disposition o;
matches and Tampa a FIRE chic:
who his ha! occasion 20 study tae
! errors which are committed by The
average person when handling keso
seae aad gasoline. and IS cssu.:
J says tha: the following facts anG
| precautions should be borne in min
by the users o: the exp:csive:
First. that com5us;:bie vapor ::
constantly rising from the ex2oseN
| surface o. . lot OF gasoline.
Secoai. that this va2o- viii d!f
fuse and spread II ali directions 10!
1 considerable distance from II:
| source.
Third. tha. a fame. glowing fire
| Or even a tiny spark. will cause INC
vapo. 10 ignite and fash back 30 "a,
:Escl:ne proper.
Fourth. that only small poT;:oi
;: this rapor is needed in m:Stu-:
With air 70 produce an explosion
| .aults. i!!-vcnti!ated rooms aa1
places in which the vapoc OF saso'
| tine is present are as dangerous as
ne p-overhial powder magazine. anI
match CT lighted candle is there
'ore liable to bring about the same
results /: brought into such place
| Fifth. that burning gasoline :.
! 5es, ex;;asuishe6 by the s2.o,heri:s
| process. which. X correctly applied
! Will cut OF al! supply Of oxygen and
thus st!le s2e oiaze.
The ca:iowi2s p:ccau:'1rs high,
also be OBSERVE ". ! great aivan-
age By househo!ders when na'..i:cc
kerosene lamps:
DO not olow out 4 lamp while inc
| "acle is ;n~aea uu 1igh. Doing 81
nay force he aame down no ;ht
lamp bowl. aad cause an explosion
Gr al TIE veTy !eas; may cause l..
chimney 20 crack. The proper NE
:hod is 70 turn down the wick u2u!
the blaze is hal: lis usual size. and
then 70 blow across ;he chimney S
:op. no; INTO IL II the Wick is 100
nall 20 al the neck Of the lamp
bowl. the flames are very aps TO
lash down aaj ignite the vapo: aris-
.rS from the kerosene with which
The vessel is a!led. and thus cause az
.Ip!os!oa.
When lamp. which has been -
;se needs real!:ns, do not take OF
the burner near another light or a
a-e. Many children are badly burn
I'd. and even burn; 10 death. b. the
ovc-tu-2.Gs or explosion c: q ke1o
'eae lamp.
Above all remember TIA: the re-
ili;ag o: lamp without having first
cX;!nSu:Shci the l!ghc IS very d..a
Serous practice When ;wo-;ai-is .:
iae contents OF lamp have te"a
:SeG up. the remaining third should
De tl;crei through a S,-a!aer o..
piece OF c!o;a in order 20 remove a.!
particles ot dirt wh:ch may have se:-
led on Tie lotion OF ;he bowl. TIE
char ShoG1d be removed from the
w:cH .; ;ac lamp every day. a hal:
assG-up wick shou:d always be re
2!aCed ~ new ore. 4 lamp care
Eo- along the lines suggested above
H;I, aiways give 4 bright cie2. lisa:
and viii not b!ackrn the burner 0!
explode.
The attention OF all householder
IS also Cai:e! TO ne fact 'ha, o!@