The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-12-23
WARNINGS s5FOR THE HOME;
DANGERS OF FIRE

/ With the Tfearness of Christmas
comes the season dreaded by fire.
men and insurance people. Fire
works, Christmas tree decorations
and other causes tend to make the
holiday season figure conspicuously
in the days news in reports of
property loss and loss of life from
fire. State Fire Marshal Thos. Par
nell has issued the following warn
ing, requesting the papers to give it
publicity:
Every year there are many chill.
dren burned to death and many
khomes destroyed by fire from the
Christmas candles.
do not decorate your Christmas
tree with paper, cotton, or any in
fammable material. Use metallic
| tinsel, or other non-infiammable dec
orations only, and fasten the Christ
mas tree securely, so that children
| in reaching for things on the tree
cannot tip it over.
do not use cotton to represent
snow. If you must have snow, use
| asbestos fibre.
do not permit children to light,
or re-lignt the candles while the par
ents or older persons are not pres
ent They frequently set fire to their
clothing.
| do not have matches lying around
within easy reach of the children
Candles are meant to be lighted, and
if the children get matches. they will
experiment with them. Children i'm
itate their elders. Use only safety
matches.
do not allow Christmas trees to
remain in the building after the
holidays. The tree ignites readily
when the needles have become dry.
A large number of fires occur from
Christmas trees being lighted in the
home after the holidays. Think
| this over
How are you going to arrange
and fix your Christmas tree in your
home? What are you going to do
;bout the wax candle and the
match? What about the boxes, eX-
celsior straw, paper, ETC.? Unknown
| to you, the loss of child, or the
loss of your home may hinge and de-
pend upon your actions and answer.
| Remember that the use Of all fire.
| works, such as Roman candles, fire
| crackers. toy balloons and other
pyrotechnic display is prohibited.
Fire prevention leaves no alter
math of regret. Remember the old
and true saying, An ounce Of pre-
vention is worth pound of cure
Fires in winter impose unusually
severe hardships upon the firemen.
Frozen ears, feet and hands is his
lot, and are common when fighting
fires in the winter. Pneumonia
and sickness follow exposure to the
firemen, and those driven by fire out
into the snow, ice and wintry
weather. Remember the fireman is
soldier in a war that never ends.
When he leaves his fire station he
does not know whether he will ever
return. Think this over, and prac-
tice Fire Prevention
Don't forget the family garage.
Never allow open flame lights in q
garage. Run the automobile outside
when filling the tank, so that gaso-
line vapors will dissipate. Never
heat a garage with an open flame.
A metal waste can should be located
outside of the garage, for oily waste
and rags. Keep an approved fire ex-
tinguisher and a pail of sand in the
garage. Water thrown on gasoline
merely serves to spread it. Remem-
Der gasoline vapors stay close to the
ground, and will explode when they
come in contact with flame. Fires
are easier to prevent than to extin-
guish.
Have the telephone number of
the Ere Department on special
card ut your telephone. Instruct
the family how to operate the fire
alarm box, and locate the one near
est your home After sending in a
fire alarm from fire alarm box,
stay near the box to direct the fire.
men to the location of the fire. Ev-
cry minute is important. Don't fail
to notify the Chief of the Fire De-
partment of anything you may see
that is dangerous or liable to cause