The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-01

light bulbs are also a source OF
great danger by coming in contact
with any combustable material. A
preventative for this FIRE danger is
wire guard whichis made for this
purpose, which at all times is re-
au1red by the insurance companies.
Where soft coal is used, any
pipe connecting with chimney
should be looked after very care
fully. The soot accumulations
from soft coal is very, very rapid
and highly combustable. These
Accommodations should be removed
very frequently, and should not be
allowed to burn out. Practically
half of our fires are derived from
this cause, where with a little fore
thought and cleanliness these fires
could be avoided. Too much can
not be said regarding the danger
of chimney fires, not only to the
building in which the fire starts,
but also to adjoining property.
Cases have been known where
sparks from a chimney fire have
carried two hundred feet, starting
other fires, and each person should
make it law unto himself'to guard
his neighbor property even though
| he be careless with his own. Care
less disposal of ashes is also great
source of danger especially in
. winter when it is piled in the base
ments, with wooden partitions
where waste paper and other COM
bustidle material is placed. Ashes
should always be kept in nom
combustible vault or metal re-
ceptacle. Care should be taken
that drafts on furnaces are not
clogged by SCOT or otherwise. Very
often in such cases a back draught
or an accumulation of coal gas,
blows live coal from the furnace.
This will start a fire if there be any
combustibIe material nearby.
Water fronts in kitchen ranges are
another source of danger. In
winter very often at night as the
fire dies down in stove, the water
, front freezes, and when tire is
started in the morning without
first thawing out the water front an
explosion occurs and the water is
!, blown out causing the fire to be
blown out of the stove. We have
, had several fires from this cause.
Another source of great danger is
the common practice of using kero-
sene or oils in sorting fires IN
ranges. This is not only con.
ductive to fires Int also hazardous
for the person using it, resulting as
it often does in an effective ex
plosion. Accommodations of soo
{ between oven lining and bottom
I lining of range should be removed
frequently.
y SCOT constantly burning usually
burns out the bottom range linine
I setting fire to the floor beneath
[ the range. AS most ranges do no
allow for sufficient air space be
: tween bottom of range and floor
! smoke from such fire goes out o
: the chimney and is not noticed TN
til it has burned its way to ;
draught usually resulting in bac
fire. A special air space under al
1 ranges will serve as a preventative
!. in such cases. Care should b.
exercised in regards to stove pip
! openings in chimncys. Any TN
used stove pipe opening should b
covered with hue stopper or cove
3 made of metal at least two inche
larger than the stove pipe opening
; 1t should be made fast to proven
: a SCOT explosion, which occurs il
Z chimneys. Should this stoppe
{ not blow out the fire would be con
} fined to the chimney. Obviously
B such stopper should never b
I covered with paper or other com
: bustible moterial. All stoves AM
: stove pipe should be placed a
3 least twelve inches from any com
Z bustible partition or wall. Specis
{ care should be taken in runnin
\ stove pipes through combustibl
:, partitions. The opening should b
Z at least four inches larger than tn
> stove pipe and ventilating cola
= or thimble should be fitted int
\ the chimney opening. All shout
& be carefully examined. The atti
\ is in special danger in the case of
= chimney fire. That part of tn
:. chimney is the first of the interic
I part to give way as the lining burn
y off easily and the cracks broken i
: the chimney allow sparks to fl
4 out. All chimneys should I
closely examined and repaire
4 when found in this condition. A
:. chimneys should be built wit
= ground foundations, and not O
y brackets, and every chime
q should have an opening at tt
h bottom to allow the removal
:, SCOT accumulations. This wi
Il add greatly to the life of the chin
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