Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-05-12


The first thing 10 do in case OF 9
fire. and a thing that every man, Wo-
man and child should know, is to send
in an alarm first and then fight the
fire while waiting for the arrival Of
the firemen with the department ap-
paratus. Many lires get beyond con
troll because people frs try to put
out the fires themselves. 4 delay in
sending in the alarm al the Equitable
building in New i.ik was the cause
of losing six lives and three million
dollars in pToperty.
The property loss in the United
States from fire annually is estimated
at over two hundred and fifty million
dollars. or about three dollars per
capita 10 the people OF the United
States, while the loss in European
countries amounts to only about thirty
cents per capita.
This comparison furnishes a Teflec
ton on the intelligence Of our people.
The loss by fire in this country in
January of this year was 49,, 6l3, 450
and for February, S26.6Ol $50.
II all Of the buildings destroyed by
fires i'm the year 1910 in the United
States could be placed together, al
lowing a frontage OF siNty-fiye feet,
I they would form street that would
reach from Chicago TO New York,
with houses on both sides OF the
street At every fourteen hundred feet
on this imaginary street YOU would
find an injured person, due TO fire. and
at every three quarters OF mile you
would find the body Of someone sac
rifced to the fire god.
From 1903 to 1910 five fires, the
COllinwood school, the BoyertOn NOV
ing picture SOW. the IriquOiS theater,
the steamer General Slocum and the
Ash building. caused the death Of
more than 2.l0O persons
The fire loss in Berlin. Germany
for 1910 was approximately 100000
while the city Of Chicago, about the
size of Berlin, suffered fire loss Of
over six millions.
Fire Prevention
In many states. state fire protection
bureaus have been organized 10 edU-
cate the people in fire prevention
measures. Ex-chief Croker OF the New
York fire department, resigned to de-
vote all of his time to the study of
property protection and FIRE proven
ton
Our physicians are actively engaged
in a campaign against disease that
may be prevented. We are taught that
the mosquito and the housefly carry
/ the germs of disease and We are urged
to destroy their breeding places. The
physicians are lessening the danger
of these diseases by education and We
must not be less progressive in re
duCing and preventing as far as We
may the waste Of life and property
by fire. In no case does the old com
nonsense adage An ounce Of pre-
vention is worth pound OF cure" ar-
ply so aptly as IL does in the matter
Of FIRE prevention.
I In one OF the southern colleges
husbands, wives, sons and daughters
/ OF each year attending summer
are invited to spend six or eight weeks
/ school to hear lectures on agricultural
and domestic science topics and every
/ subject that pertains to the home
except the protection of the home
from fire.
Keep Matches Safe.
/ 4 thoughtful father or mother will
have no match in the home except
those that light by striking on the
Iox. A single match may cause the
I destruction of a city-and all fires are
alike when they get started
/ In a great many states q certain day
OF the year is set apart and observed
as Fire Prevention Day In the state
/ OF Illinois October 3, the anniversary
of the great Chicago fire is observed
\ in this manner and at Oak Park, H..
schools are dismissed one afternoon
each month and the children gather
all paper aud rubbish about the
grounds and school buildings that
might ignite from a carelessly thrown
match This measure is not only n
I fire preventive. but a disease proven
tive. ! notice that the Review has
called attention to papers and other
rubbish being thrown on the streets
of Bisbee. SO that the example OF
/ Oak Park might be followed with
profit by the city OF Bisbee.
The subject OF educating children in
matters pertaining to fire. prevention
aud the danger OF fire has received
attention OF economists in some. parts
of the country and in the states OF
Ohio, Montana, Iowa and Nebras La