El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-02

Fuel should not be kept in cellars
near furnaces.
All waste-pGper baskets and trash
cans should be made OF metal. All
rubbish and papers should be kept in
them and not allowed to lie around
loose. Hot ashes should not be thrown
on the ground.
full to see where they lay their cigars
or cigarets. They should also be
careful about knocking the ashes off
the end of them, and about throwing
away the stubs of them without first
looking to see if they are completely
out Some men are very careless
about this. I have seen many places
on floors, tables and the arms of
chairs. which have been burnt by
cigars or cigarets.
In many plays. parties and enter
tainments candles and Japanese Ian
terms are used. They should not be
them. they should be kept away from
curtains or other things which would
easily be caught on fire.
To Prevent Explosions.
To the last water used to rinse
children's clothing, bed clothes, cur
tains and other things, one ounce Of
alum should be added This renders
them uninflammable. or so slightly
combustible that they viii take fire
very slowly If at all, and viii not
flame This is simple precaution
which may be adopted in families
where there are, children.
Householders should exercise A wise
precaution against fires by directing
that the last person awake, Just be-
fore going to bed should ascertain
that all fires are safe and lights ex-
tinguished BOnfires should be
watched when the wind is blowing.
II these precautions were observed
fewer fires would occur
Fourth Prize.
Elise Crowder in the high Eighth
in Mesa school. who gets fourth
prize submitted the following essay:
Average fire is no more to be ac-
cepted as natural than is the col
lapse of building. Both may be as
cribed TO the same causes: careless
buildings. careless inspection. care
less usage. Both are preventable. The
work of fire preventing is not
hopeless task. II owners Of buildings
would adopt and put into effect a
proper standard of cleanliness, inspec-
tton and common sense carefulness,
the number of fires would be reduced
fifty percent within a yer.
Protection against fire is secured
by fire-proof buildings. Fire roofing
has reached point of perfection that
provides security in builders comply
with necessary requirements. A fire
proof building is n matter OF design
and structure. None but the best fire
proOfing is good enough. Internal
fire-proof walls should be carried up
within large structures and floor
areas should be restricted and cut off
by flrc-proOf partitions of metal
doors. Elevator shafts must be in
closed by wireglass in metal frames
The panels must not be too large to
prevent the flames from running up
the shaft and breaking out on upper
floors.
Necessity for Good Wiring.
To prevent fire you must have good
electric wiring. If it is not wired prom
erly there is danger of one of the
wires breaking and causing blaze
You can never be too careful with
matches. You should not throw them
down without first looking to see If
they are lighted, as many people care
lessly do Many fires are caused in
this way On the Fourth Of July
there are many fires. Some caused
by throwing lighted matches away,
others By fireworks. Children are very
careless about their fireworks, espec-
tally Roman candles. The paper
balloons should never be used because
you can never tell where they will
Oil stoves and oil lamps are often
knocked over. This Immediately causes
a blaze which is very hard to extin-
guish because of the quickly spread
ing oil They should be entirely abol-
ished.
Menace OF Gasoline.
OllE OF the IRE IuenaGeS 10 lie and
home is gasoline. Gasoline won't
stay where it is put. As soon as its
containers stopper is removed, its
VapOr races away. If there is a fire
near it viii bring il back to the open
container. The consequent explosion
brings a dangerous fire
Men hOuld be careful about throw
ing cigar and cigaret ends through
gratinSs- These ends fall to cellars
and often cause a fire.
People are very careless in factories
Smoking should never be allowed The
factnTics should be kept clean and all
the rubbish picked IN. The floors
should be kept free of all oil
Keep Place Clean.
People should keep their houses
clean and have light Easements If
YOU throw paDer, matches or any
kind of rubbish around your house It
helps the fire to spread If your
Easements are dark. tenants going
after something would have to strike
matches to see. They forget to extin-
guish the blaze and a fire is the re.
suit
There is TO case where the old adage.
An ounce Of D. evention is worth
pound of cure" is more true than with
fire. It is not .c.i much to say that
this education toward carefulness in
regard to fire Should begin with the
training OF children in the public
schools.
C.-,.--,., M T