Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-03
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1000 NILES LONG
APPALLING Loss DUE TO FLAMES
TOLD IN STATISTICS OF COM.
MISSIONER.
ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
LIVES TAKEN EVERY YEAR

New Yseis Pips csmmlssiensr Reviews
Pisvsss On Devastation Of BIaxss.
oays lt Costs . Per caplta-Firss Of
Ten Ysars Cost Mere Than Wheat
crsp md Twice Corn Crop.
Following ere . few startling state
ments IN a. article on "Fire Proven
ton n the Home BY Fire Commits
sionef Joseph johnson Of New York
city IL III Pictorial Review:
.'lf III tie buildings burned last year
IN the United States were set up side
BY side, On both sides Of the road, they
would limo an unbroken avenue Of des-
olation which would reach from New
York to Chicago Set up on one side
of the road only, these burned wrecks,
most of them silent monuments Of
carelessness, would build q wall 1000
miles long-every year. mind you!
"And since 1900 lives are lost and
over 5000 people seriously injured ev-
cry year you would find 4 dead and
charred body Ola man. woman or little
child every three quarters Of mile rs
you walk along that stretch Of wanton
waste. Get the picture we'll into your
mind. ~
...When syou begin your light against
nrs in your home tell these things to
your husband and then add these fg-
ures which affect his pocketbook. That
Il the way to make the men help you.
II he % q business man or farmer tell
him this:
.The loss by nre in our forty eight
states every year represents about 40
per cent Of the total unused United
States government receipts or total ex-
penditures for 4 year or the net earn
ings OF the American railways for
year. II represents 50 per cent Of the
United States internal revenue yearly
receipts. In the last ten years the
fire waste In the United States exceeds
tile amount Of gold held in the United
Kingdom. Austria. Hungary. Italy and
Spain. Il exceeds the annual value Of
wheat. hay, rye and oats 1t is twice
tie annual value Of our entire nation
al corn crop.
THE nrs loss In America represents
g per earata - against 80 cents in Eu-
rope. Nothing 10 b very proud of.
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Commissioner johnson further ex-
plains, particularly warning women:
sPortable gas stoves must Of neces-
sitys have rubber tubing attached to
them but It should be renewed every
few months. Rubber IL very scarce in
this arc and the quality none too good.
The rubber tubing OF gas stoves de-
teriorstes with age. often leaking or
breaking outright. allowing the gas to
escape. This causes the worst kind of
IRE, because It means IN explosion
as we'll. Gas stoves should Be connect.
"a with iron tubing. not rubber, wher-
ever possible. even If the initial cost
IL Z little bit more.
4 How often do you clean the grease
out Of your gas oven? Ovens are FIRE.
Quently used for broiling purposes. and
women have been burned to death by
their clothes catching IRE while trying
to remove the burning meat from the
oven. Many foolish wise women have
thought first Of their meat and then Of
themselves and their home. In case
your meat catches IRE in the oven
quickly turn OF the gas and throw salt
By the handful on the blaze. but do
not use any water. The salt will put
ont the flre; you can scrape OF the ex-
cess salt and the meat will still be
palatable.
almost every country home boasts
Of large cellar and spacious attic.
both Of than used as an out Of the
way place to store useless bits of
broken furniture. rag bags. old clothes
and other innammable articles. When
the housewife wants to explore these
rubbish heaps she takes lighted can
die or kerosene lamp. sometimes mere
II a box Of matches, striking one after
the Other, throwing the dead ones
away a. they go cut Where do they
fall? She knows not Neither does
she care - long % she finds the par
ticular piece Of Old carpet she is hunt
ing for.
AS you read this these things may
seem Ike trihes, but they are large
enough when you recall the fact that
the nDose disastrous fires In years. the
ones which have swept away the
greatest number Of human lives have
bceh started by the careless use Of q
match. The Triangle shirt waist fac.
tory IRE, which burned up 147 per-
sons. most Of them young girls, was
started BY the careless use Of q match
The Equitable Life Assurance building
iire. which Quilted city block and
burned up8a million dollars worth Of
-
use Of match. Do not argue that
such a dre will happen but once in
lifetime. Surely this ID enough. And
remember that your daughter can
burn 10 death but once, just as did
those helpless young girls in the Tri.
angle shirt waist building"
cANNlBALS FATTENED HIM.
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