The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-17
Although Insurance Publica-
ton Refers 10 Them as
Built to Burn"
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
DOUBT STATEMENT
With Possible Exception or Academy
Building IN West Bratt3ebo-o. Local
School Houses Are Not Considered
Dangerous Fire Hazards.

Bu-ulng II Wc5G 5-a-rtebcCo, Local
School Houses Arc Not Considered
Dangerous Fire Hazards.
BTartlc5olo is uamei in tile current is-
sue OF Insurance Engineering. a New
Nos2, publication. as one Of the towns IN
Vermont having detective school build
inze, 50 far as they relate 70 the security
Of children aEains, fire. Just what build
ines are unsafe the magazine does NOT
state. and a survey ct the situation far
this paper fails to reveal dangerous
building. with the possible exception al
REattle6g-O academy Iu West E-at-.ennEo.
There the conditions might bc improved
Buit to Burn the ina-aziuc Says l
placard that could be tackled gn 2Ea.-
COO slhool-h0u-es in the JulteI States
without violating the truth. III can-
Times: I'm constant peril I.1m Hge aH8
panic are children and students Ia schools
and colleges in the cities and taWu- ln
the list that follows Tie m1 GRITTY ui tae
10W0UeO school children and students
ia the United States ARE housed H hmla-
uEs that are hge traps. The local jail
IS usually a safer building than tine -o#ll
school house.
Alter giving lzt eE tae states with
the cities having detective school build
iugs the article says. "BeTsI5Hs conditions
IN school houses exist in all the rlt5a~
aamea herewith In every place Ice pua-
lie authorities have work To- d. rn pro
sect the lives of sehaa. children
When asked relative ta t-a situation
5n ETattlChpro. Res. r. q. = t--aaa-
chairman of tine school boafd is tine iH-
eorpyratrd district. ~aia today taat zaE
a--d wears aEo. alr ire tfy
I.sHf.f=.re.4
their l1Ec-. tile selloa. narl asnt aNer
thc ~ltgat.ou carefully and las'e -a.H
changes and improvements g~ seemed uv.
essarg. The doors wprg made tn Open
outward and AN feasible precautions were
taken
THE conditions are rof perfect said
Dir. o>-0Ud. "but they afe such tEat Hn
parent need feel alarmed as 10 the safe
~ OF the children. The primary b-G.dn--
are ef wood. hut the aeg.s aIe af au
the ground floor and II Is hsr6.E posi-
bic that the children ia them raHd he eu-
aanlgred hy fire. Iie hf-I sal.al la.a.
au4 has been equipped with fine escape
= aut there fs H0 need o. Hre escapes af t..
. Canal street building a~ taCre E- am nE.i
an both sides U- tEn ua..aiug IH t#-
new Oak Grove Building only sHe 'assef
? floor Is used and there s ample eaaar
t,nty Iu case of FIRE The subject nr fire
Ha~ been talked over Thoroughly s. with tH.
children and fine drills haE hean u-ttH
ed iii the Main street anil t.aa stgee
L schools.
Surt B. +. Storer reports tile sakao
3 houses I'M thg town districts to la rrag
p ticai as TAR as they rotate ri the Tass.
biltv of escape In ease q are. IN ae Gen
@ tegyi5le school house. two rooms ara utl
+ lied both being on the ground floor
O tlehoro the conditions are less assuHn
p as There are no fire escapes provided I
r this building rooms on the second Goo
2 There are two entrances 60 TINS luiala-
4 At the academy building in West Brat
are used ior Junior grades There are r.
r. stairca-es both wInGlug Tie cutsss
d doors. however swing ont. In taiS ralr
3 ing the hall j. u-eI ior public meeting
r. and entertainments and -anefat auN.et
~ has been ozpresseud about the DANCE
r of being trapped there by fire