The evening world., 1918-06-04

1. Keep matches out OF the way OF
children. Teach them the dangers OF
playing with fire.
.. Avoid throwing lighted cigars.
cigarettes and matches into waste
paper baskets or other places contain
ing innammable materials.
3. Make 1t a point to know how TO
get out OF every building you enter.
4. Avoid the filling OF lighted lamps.
Avoid the use OF kerosene to light
fires.
s. Provide a sufficient number OF
metal cans near stoves and furnaces
TO receive the hot ashes. Provide a
different kind OF can for rubbish
never mix.
6. Avoid toy wax candles.
Z. Keep greasy and oily rags in
tightly closed metal boxes provided In
one place for the purpose.
s. Use gasoline. naphtha, or benzine
for cleaning. II at all. out of doors
and during the day.
Q. Place substantial slre-resisting
guards in front of all woodwork
nbout sources OF heat. h open
flames OF gas, kerosene. alcohol ami
gasoline stoves should be particu-
larry shielded.
10. Avoid placing articles made OF
celluloid, pyralln, ~xylonite,s hberoid'
yiscoloid, and similar materials. such
as collars. combs. toilet articles &C.
upon or near sources OF heat. as they
ore very likely TO cause fires. Great
caution should also be eNerclsed
when articles made OF such materials
arc worn upon the person.
The need for observance or the
above rules will be understood more
fully, perhaps, after II glance at the
following table, compiled by the state
Fire Marshal Of Illinois. showing the
causes OF the PSI deaths resulting from
,ires in that State during 1914. A sim
liar table OF deaths from fires in New
York or any other state would vary
onlu in number Of deaths. not In the
causes.
starting fire. with kerosene .'.''''' W
CIo,b,na Ixnited by stoves and crates. I'D
Claiming lgnited by matches. ....... ~
gasoline explosions ....... go.
CIothlng lgnited bv bonfires ..'' -
burned In burning buildings. .....'. 80
CIoth,ns ignited In manner unknown -
Gas rKpio-ions - ''' .''''' ;"
CI,,b,ox lxnlted nv kerosene lamps. . "
p,.r,,ocut.d or burned with live wires D
Dynamite explosions '''''''''' "
~rswor DISPLAY explosions ...... u
stoye-poIish explosions ..'. '.''.' %
CIotbinr Ignited nv sparks from blues. .
struck by lightning ..,.......''
Cioth,nR Ixuit~d by lighting candles... y
Fir. setting clothes on hre..... =
No,ion- Picture film rsrio-ion-. ..... z
clothing lgnited BY Christmas trees.
Misuse Of kerosene leads the list OF
tenth causes In the foregoing table,
and a few words OF warning are
timely at this point. Keep Kerosene
in a metal can. Keep the can closed
and at a distance from the stove.
Keep kerosene away from fires.
FIJI lamps and oil stoves by daylight:
nev,r while lighted. Place lamps on
a secure level surface or hang them
from substantial supports.
Gasoline, benzine and naphtha dit
fer only slightly from a fire or ex-
plosion standpoint. At ordinary tenn
peratures all OF these liquids readily
give off vapors which burn furlously.
When any considerable quantity OF
the vapors become mixed with the
air. violent explosions may occur II
a Same is brought near.
Gasoline should therefore be II
died with extreme care and should
not be used for cleaning purposes la
| side the house. or II 1t is. the con-
talner should never be left open and
the room should be thoroughly ventl-
lated; otherwise a lighted match IT
cigar within such a room may cause
a very serious explosion.
Extreme care Is necessary In using
n gasoline stove. The supply tank
should never be filed while the stove
Is In operation. and when 1t is filled
| there should be no overflow so that
vapors Of gasoline will be present.
when the stove Is lighted. The sup
ply tank should never be completely
filled.
Keep gasoline outside of the house
even though safety cans with self
closing lids are used. Keep gasoline
away from lighted stoves and all
open lights, lighted cigars or cigar
cites and matches, Throw discarded
| gasoline outside on the ground and
not into sinks or drains.
Benzine stove pollshes present a