The Irish standard., 1918-10-19
fires THAT HAVE been DUE
TO cARELESSNESS IN america
Take Toll Of $45e,0oo,eoo, With 6,eoo Lives Lostover
$7oo,ooo,ooo Burned Up In kitchen--Duty Of
Every Patriot to Help Stop This Waste.
less,
We Begin to Think.

We Begin to Think.
The catastrophe set the American
people thinking Fire Prevention was
born, and the date of the horror be-
came fixed as one upon which to
clean up fire hazards and eliminate
the causes that lead to CONGREGATIONS.
Later the word accident" was added,
since carelessness was also mainly
responsible for the awful toll to life
and limb.
This year above all others, we of
Ohio should begin at once to prepare
to commemorate November End. That
period should be graduation day for
1918. We should be able to say upon
that date "Ohio goes into a long, hard
! War winter, clean!" Clean not only
of those things which make for fire,
but also those that cause accidents,
that not only slow up the vital pro-
duction of munitions and necessities,
| but also have deadening effect on
the morale of the working men and
the working women in the factory
where the accident occurs.
The total number of an army is
but weight and unless this weight
has morale, the army is impotent.
[ In other words, morale is the punch
in the shoulder of the human ma
chine!
We must have morale in order to
combat the deadliest enemies Amer
lea has at home-Fire, Accident and
Disease.
Appeal Is Sounded.
l appeal to all people Of this State
to at once rid their homes, factories
and warehouses of dust, dirt, cob
webs, piles of intlammable junk and
all other conditions that are fire
breeders and menace to health.
With the coming of winter, there
is desperate effort to keep warm.
Stoves and make-shift heating con-
trivances are fired beyond capacity
and fires result. Coal, wood, paper
anything that will burn is pushed
into CRATE and stove.
Before winter see that your stoves
are tight, rigid and that the wood
and floors about them are protected
with metal mats or asbestos.
Examine chimneys and flue open.
ings, and see that the stovepipe does
not pass through floor or partition un.
less there is ample protection.
See that gas fixtures lighting and
heating) are tight and safe.
Store your fuel so that the rains
| and SHOWS of winter will not reach
J it, and add spontaneous combustion tC
J your other perils.
l FIues and Lamps.
Never paper over f1ue-hole; and
2 keep gasoline away from the house.
$ If you use coal-oil, get different
3 shaped can from that containing gaso
: line. Mistakes are easily made in the
/ dark.
D Never fill lamp when it is lighted
Fill by daylight only. See that the
S wick fits tight, and is we'll trimmed
| Keep your matches out of the reach
e of children, and out of pockets OF
: clothes hung in closets.
Never carry an open flame about
: your home. A slip may cause fire
4 or wOrse-a life lost
f DO not use flexible tubes for gas
connections.
Watch your gas pressure, especially
= at night. If you smell gas, open the
r windows and call a plumber
t These are only a few of the hun
! dred of fire prevention lessons that
r must be learned if we are to be pa
! triots and lessen our terrible, careless
: extravaganza.
a Let us say on November End, 1918
j, 81 am prepared against fire and &C
r cident! Now I will help my neigh
e bor!"
| Make Fire and Accident Prevention
4 Day in Ohio 1865 days long!