Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-24
FIRE PREVENTION ESSAYS
 BY NORWICH SCHOOL cHnBRE

BY NORWICH SCHOOL CHILDREN
 Among the essays written by Norwich
 public school children on the subject of | fire prevention were the following: Tx Our Worst Enemy.
 NFirel Fire! Our worst enemy Its
 sweeps everything before it. It is aI- |
 most impossible to stop when stared, | but we can avoid it.
 II Many fires are caused through the |
 carelessness of people. Often lighted ] matches or cigarettes are carelessly | dropped. This spark, still alive. grows
 and before you realize, it has become | a blaze.
 , once heard of great fire which | , cost many lives. This was caused l through the carelessness of a man who meant no harm. He simply dropped a
 lighted match in dry leaves. l Prevent these fires. Keep your at- tics and cellars free from rubbish. Do
 not pour oil into stove where there
 is still live spark. Have your chim- ney cleaned. Keep matches out of reach 7 of small children. Be careful in the~I
 forest, save our wood for future gen. i erations. If few of these rules were , obeyed there would be less call for our firemen and fewer homeless children. GILBERT MURRAY, , Laurel Hill. Fire freTent10n.
 Fire is one of mans best friends. It ! cooks his food, gives him heat and turns Il the wheel of his mills It is also his en- |. eny if he Goes not watch 1t. n n A great many fires are due to careless n ness and each year many. millions of
 dollars are lost result.
 lion is trained to do many useful ' things. His master treats him like he 1, would a pet dog. But he has to keep III an eye on him all the time or he might . some day harm him. So it Hs with fire. | It will do great many useful things, but man has to keep his eye on 1t. :, All fires are not caused by matches. u Rubbish Indoors and out may at any = time burst into flame through a condi- ~, ~ ton known as spontaneous combustion. o Don't allow children to play with
 matches.
 Don't allow chimneys to go too long a without cleaning. ea Don't use Kerosene or gaselene to start af fires with. % %el, Don't use gasiline for cleaning purpos- . es near an open flame Don't let rubbish accumulate around
 your home or yard. I, Don't put hot ashes in wooden ash bar ho rels.
 o Don't throw away lighted cigars oi ad cigarettes except in proper receptaeles.
 Don't leaye electric fiat irons witr ed cord attached when you leave ironing tc +z answer the door bell. :. Don't throw oily dust rags in place. .a where there isn't free current of air. .. CHARLOTTE GEER. ,ss Greeneville.
 tz- Fire Prevention. nd Sixty-fve per cent of all fires occur h eft homes. Most all of these are started lot many homes burned down. and lives los til by earelessness. You should not hay
 piles of papers in the attic, or matche in within the reach of children, or rubbis ion about.
 nd We have had many great forest fires
 the United States, which were cause the mostly by dropping lighted matches c io- cigarettes or. cigars. Then, too, peopl an- often leave fires in the forests that al vas smouldering.
 ,dy WILLIAM sHERRoD INGALL. old Falls.
 Fire Prevention. lis Many buildings such as stores, house
 mills, schools, churches, theatres, war'
 houses. granaries, and even lives are d.
 stroyed by fire every year. The countr
 also suffers geat loss from fire gettir Av into forests and mines.
 Fires are oftsn cauSed by careiessnes UT UT Perhaps one of the most frequent caus the of fire is the dropping of matches or ha lee burnt cigars in places like barns full nls hay, on floors of buildings, or in dri' oeE grass. Other causes would be by leavil
 n lighted oil stoves, leaving lighted ga ',H- emptying hot ashes in wooden barrel sle- lamps exploding, and by chmineys gettir or afire from being full of soot 'res In order to prevent fires, match ter should be kept in a tin box where "a VII and children cannot get them; nev un- leaving small children with a light as lamp, or allowing them to play with fl | hzy fu1 vra h the ashes are placed; by taking great ca
 where cigars are dropped; by never lea out ing an electric flat attached to sock an- and by cleaning chimneys once year
 least
 led, One should know where the nearest f pay alarm box is and how to work it o. it should be a small fire, the best thi or to do would be to throw rug over ing or pour water over it. Fire from gasoli eral or oil should be smothered by rug ing sand, fires from burning wood should H. put out by water If a persons cloth 1ay get afire wrap a blanket quickly srou op- him and smother the flames. n's- MARY BOARDMAN lean D'O'D"" Le- Fire Prevention-Leaf Disposal. 7ars Tn the fall after a frost the leaves l bra gin to fall off the trees. The peol of don't like to let the leaves lay on 1 med ground. so they rake up the leaves rger piles and start fire. Now I wol
 make fire on night when t Is goi in- to rain, or I would dig a hole in by ground around the aDnle trees and br with the leaves, covering them over with al lapd This will help to make the trees rrc with the ground fertile, and help to get rid ocal the leaves
 the If you make fire Of leaves. you sho' vder not make 1t on a day when the lea rade will blow around, as that is too dang hold ous.
 pub DOROTHY BLATHERWICK
 Bridge School
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