Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-09
FIRE PREVENTION
EXHIBITION OPENS
/ IN THE CITY HALL
How to Guard Against Loss of
:. Life and Property Is
= Demonstrated.
MAYOR GIVES PRAISE TO
/. BUREAU OF CoMBUSTIBLES
Day Set Aside by Governor
! Fielder Is Fittingly OBJ
served Here.


Mayor Haussling's suggestion to
prevent loss of life and property by
Ere is being carried out at the annual
exhibit of the department of COM
bustibles and fire risks, which opened
today in the City Hail. 1t will con-
tinue this week and next. The exhibit
was formally opened at noon today by
the mayor and Fire Commissioners
Thomas E. Burke, chairman of the
Committee on fire risks. II the rules,
as shown by the department, are OBJ
served, then, it is believed the people
kill profit by the thoughtfulness of
che mayor
The event is also in keeping with
Governor FEEDERS proclamation set
ting apart October of this year, as
Fire Prevention Day.
The mayor made brief address, in
which he stated that Newark has a
fire department second to none. He
said that one of his pet ideas is to
prevent loss of life and property by
fire.
."If the people of Newark will do
their part to help the firemen, by
eliminating carelessness, then / know
that this exhibit will be great sue
cess" said the mayor.
II have devoted a great deal of
time to the study of fire prevention"
the mayor went on. After due
consideration, ] have concluded that
the best way is to educate the public
by having an actual demonstration of
this kind.
Newark, at this time, is growing
1cf
bp to date in this line. as well as in
every other. The department of COM
hustibles and fire risks deserve espe-
eial mention for their work, and / am
sure that, after this exhibit, the peo-
Die will be more careful"
The exhibit is complete. There Is
nothing, from the cleaning of an
automobile to the lighting of kitchen
stove that is not being shown and
thoroughly explained by the men en-
ployed in the department of combus-
tibies and fire risks. The rules and
regulations of the department, to-
eether with the specifications of build
lngs, as approved by the city, are
shown. Captain G. Albert Gasser,
head of the department. has been at
work for the past three months max
ing ready for this exhibition, which
Is the largest of it's kind ever held in
this State
In one corner of the room on the
third floor of the City Hall is the
small boys temptation-the bonfire.
During the past year Captain Gasser
has worked hand-in-hand with the
pplice and school authorities to stamp
out this evil During 1918 nineteen
boys lost their lives by playing about
Aonfires. Captain Gasser shows just
how the boys start the fires and how
easy 1t Is for those about the flames to
be burned when there is a sudden
shift of the wind
Adjoining the "boys' temptation" is
the temptation of scores of house
hives. There it is shown how a care
less housewife piles UP rubbish and
pil-soaked rags in corner of the
room near a stove. This Is how a
great many of the small fires start,
according to the records.
stAlong the right side of the exhibit
tion room is an improyised Kitchen.
Here two stoves are set up as APP
9Jroved by the department. Along
hide of the stoves are two galvanized
pals, into which ashes are supposed
10 be placed. These are shown to
compare the methods of the careful
housewife with the careless one. The
chreless one at times takes shoe box
or a wooden box places 1t beside the
lighted range and puts hot ashes into
ii. This causes many fires.
The motion picture exhibit is one
attracting the special attention of
visitors. Here an Edison machine is
being displayed. The department APP
proves of every machine with COM
hination magazine. One OF the rules
of the department in this matter is
HAT all operators and assistants must
%
The operator is not permitted to
bmoke while on duty, nor is the firm
allowed to use any film that is not
jlreproof. Samples of the old-styl'
films are shown together with the
modern types. Captain Gasser and
mis- men demonstrate the difference by
applying a match to both.
The fact that Newark, during the
past three years. has not lost O life
By fire crackers or similar articles on
the Fourth of July, is displayed in big
letters over a large table. Under II
are samples of every type of fire
cracker, cannon, and other imple-
fnents Of the Independence Day cele-
brations of the past which are now
prohibited in the city. Next to this
liable are sparklers, ETC., the now
practically harmless fun-makers OF
the Fourth which are permitted To
he used in Newark. This table inter-
ested the numerous school children
who were In attendance.
Warning TO the smoker is pro-
claimed in one of the displays. Graf
dngs which are seen along the street:
of this city are on exhibition. 1t il
demonstrated how O piece of glas:
can be broken and how passerby
can throw a match or a lighted ciga'
rette through the aperture. In many
Instances paper and scraps ar,
sthrown into these holes. This stuff
furnishes ready fuel for the match
according to statistics.
Gratings of large furnaces are OF
hand, and 1t is illustrated how t
empty them. These are explained IL
detail by the men in charge.
"Don't clean gloves with gasoline II
the house, and especially near {
1ighted lamp or stoves" is another