The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-04-25
WORKING FOR FIRE PREVENTION
Second Visit to DonaIdsonviIle by
Members of Society for Reduc-
ton OF Fire Waste-High School
Students interested.

Students Interested.
For the purpose of completing the
inspection of business and residential
premises in Donaldsonville inaugural,
ed on the occasion of previous visit
to this city Feb Is last, with a
view to offering recommendations for
diminishing the fire hazard, COM
mittee of members of the Louisiana
| State Society for the Reduction OF
Fire Waste arrived here yesterday.
The party was composed of expert
| inspectors connected with general or
state agencies IN New Orleans of the
leading fire insurance companies of
the United States, and it's personnel
was as follows: Alonzo Church, vice
president of the society, represent
ing the Insurance Company of North
America; H. Ferchaud, of the Liver
pool & London & Globe; F. L. Sea-
| man, of the Niagara; Linden F.
Braud, of the German American of
New York; R. S. Rust, of the Queen;
M. Henderson, of the New York
Underwriters Agency; E. A. RACIAL,
of the general agency Of J. D.
Kitchen & Bro; F. B. Davenport, Of
the Home Of New York; w. E. Hor-
ton, Jr., of the general agency of
Trezeyant & Cochran, of Dallas, Tex
as; o. T. Sadler, of the Springfield,
and E. T. French of the Aetna In
surance Company. State Fire Mar
shall Charles Trousdale was also a
member of the party.
During the day inspections We're
oT hYri11
in about sixteen blocks of the city,
and the work will be continued this
forenoon. The insurance men were
accompanied by male students of the
upper grades of the DonaldsonVille
high school, who have been organized
into a class for the study of this i'm
portant economic problem. With each
inspector were two high school boys,
TO whom was pointed out the remedi-
able defects that should be called
to the attention of property owners,
and the unnecessary risk of fire re-
sulting from the lack of common
sense precautions in heating and
lighting, and in neglect of ordinary
ficient number of premises had been
visited to enable the boys to get
the hang of the work, they were
permitted to make the gradings
themselves, and from the degree of
interest they manifested it is be-
lleyed their cooperation in this
great work of conservation will have
far-reaching, beneficial effect, and
be the means of bringing about
better understanding of the vital
problem involved in the prevention
OF fire waste.
The results of the inspection will
be reported in bulletin to be is
sued in due time by the Fire Reduc-
ton Society, and after certain Pc
riod has elapsed an inspector from
the office of the state fire marshal
will be sent here to make another in
spection and see If the suggestions
advanced by the members of the So
ciety have been carried out and the
hazardous conditions corrected. II
no action has been taken to remedy
the defects, it is within the pro-
vince of the fire marshal to insti-
tute proceedings against the offend
ing property owners to compel their
compliance with the recommends
tons issued
DonaldsonyilIe is the first place, in
the state where the great work of re-
ducing fire waste by the simple ex-
pedient of lessening the hazard has
been inaugurated among the school
children, and the movement is meet |
ing with the cordial approval and |
support Of every citizen of the COM
munity, who welcomed the insurance
men on their visits of inspection and
facilitated them in their work.