The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-08-16
GOOD ADVICE ON
AVOIDING FIRES
Professor Pratt Gives Hints 10
Owners and DRIVERS on
Safety First.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRES
Principal Cause md Ore Which o..
eafs Nest Frequently 10 Back.
tisinS---0aseiime In Grip Pan
Another soarcs Of Trouble.

Automobile frea. their eaRses and
their prevention. is the general theme
taken up by prpf Clyde II. Pratt.
president Ut The Cleveland Automobile
Echeol.
~Desrlte the many general cam.
phigna of estucation Of automobile
owners aud eaaaTeurs Ia precautions
awHlaas lire. -a@saga ee%-s eassaase t.s
ocsur 10 Warrant weI " caution
and an additional word Of prevention
says Professor Pratt,
awhile automobile fires do me-, al.
ways orisluate from causes considered
su be- Within the cpElrcl NJ the driver.
the great majority are eattrely unnrc'
essaty as we'll az prvyentabie. The
principal IN lse, OF course, and the onr
which occurs most frequently. In back.
firing Although II is unnecessary 10
eu1merRte NIL the causes that lead up
to bncktring. II In well TO rpint cut
that the chlet one Ia u mfxtare that IL
; lssa l4saB ..wApts ss~a4 Ia .tsss csssees~fa.
nack.'rtng With almost invariably fol.
Low when this condition is present.
&. " .sra ;ssssss .ss==r ~ q sa3s. ilss = Sheet
~ fame bursts froiu iiia str Intake
Of the earburater. and Il there 10 any
thing inhanmahle IN tttst vicinity u
II very apt to catch Ore
"Hearne always In alftgd that gas,e
line yapaet2es very quickly II Is easy
u understand that Il, thtre Is sAsalIue
Ia tbs dfip pan there Is aluto,, sure
u be- a Sufficient pttx2urr ahoBt the
earh8fctor "a make trouble zee 'he
driver. The "Trip pan uuder he car.
buretar should be 80 arranged tha' the
gasoline Is ,srainet of bcfo+c Il has
time to sapnrtre.
Under ordinary circumstances
there should not he much gasoline
there ut any tine II Il COMES ifuin
leak In the supply pipe or the ear
haretpr connection Il salpnid he .s-
paired at once; II IL - from earhurvtcr
overflow. due a. pnor seating " the
ueat valve, the carhuNtnr should be
cleaned
"t'ntirr some conditions too fast
running may be ca,rss for IRE In the
eutouobl,e. Great sfssei usually heats
the exhaust pipe altscst ~ a glow. II
the pipe IL close 10 woodwork, partica-
lariy where there Is mn accumulation
81 gesases ssv yNrx 's,acsse 4ses '"As., 81
frr Keep 'he woodwork free from III
and grease NJ all lines and thus zee.
vent possible Haze from this psr.
tlcular cause,
OIL ard Crease Wasted.
'9rhc exhaust pipe also heats ~hcn
the engine Is 'g1 with a greatly ~
tar,i.,l spark. Here again oil would
Increase the iaenacc. Tho economical
operator vii mt allow oil or grease
10 b., wasted In this way.
@OvaslnIally when The car ~ stand
Ing In the garage the supply line will
leak Il tribe IL under thts condition
the car is loft standing IN closed
garage all night, the vaporixed scs
eu,unlation On the aoar would Ignite
frrsu nm open euteut when the engine
II started.
''ssunettmeAAsfhe tank ovsraows
~Tfarss - ~ ,.ssS AS,aEs, operator Va hi
Is In n great hurry Thea In the
further hurry ia rake quick tart
the nnf'ley eetoa' IL cpened ami the
driver finds that he IL NJ, due ~ leave
the garage fer Some fine IA cutne, u
ever. In that particular machine.