Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-05
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THEME
04ober 9th /. 5Oth Anniversary
Of Crest Chicago
IS Fire VI .

Next Sunday has been set aside by
Gov. Pre,s and the State Fire Mar
shall 40 Fire Prevention Day in Mini
1iesota when all citizens are requested
to give consideration to the subject
Of reducing fire risks
zs The Fire Prevention Committee of
W1lmar held q meeting Monday ey-
enfng at the City: Hall when it was
decided to ask Wilmar citizens to
heed the proclamat zion OF the Cover
nor and observe Fire Prevention Day.
The pastors of the churches in the
city are asked to call attention of
their audiences to the significance OF
the day. Ii was also decided to noti-
fy@ ill properly owners to burn all
Weedsand dry grass on their vacant
and other lots and remove all, COM
bustfble rubbfsh from Easements,
back lots and other corners where
such litter will gather as soon as
possible, but not later than Oct. 25th.
Those attending this meeting were
Mr.. O. A. Norman, .b,rilding inspector.
n. w. Blomquist, OF the Board of Ed
ucation and Chief of Police o. J.
Westgard, of the Fire Department.
| Most destruction of property by fire
is the result of carelessness or lack of
forethot, hence this attempt to arouse
forethot and reduce the fire risks. All
citizens. whether property owners or
not, are interested in fire prevention
because the safety of their homes and
their own lives and comfort are in
volved. - :. :. = -
The following suggestions are clip
ped from the State Fire .Narshal's
Bulletin: 49,. ''T
About $50 of all fires that occur
in our nation annually are dwelling
house fires. More than 1870 of these
fires are strictly preventable and
12.4% of these originate from defec-
tive fues and another 1870 from
stoves, furnaces, boilers and their
pipes.
| ..''Why. take a chance? Gasoline va
pOr is heavier than air, consequently
it will float along on the ground and
may carry thirty feet, or more, and
under favorable conditions ignite. One
gallon of gasoline has substantially
power equal to SO to SS % pounds of
dynamite. " $50: !:
The danger is greatest in the base
ments. All sorts of rubbish accuwu-
lates, dries and becomes inflammable
and the hazard is increased by the
frequent custom of keeping oils and
other dangerous materials there.
Many fires start !. from spontaneous
combustion, from defective wiring or
from the matches and stubs of care
Less smokers, and if excelsior, old
boxes and waste paper are scattered
about the blaze gets such start that
there is little chance of saving the
property.
"Too much cannot be said against
the common crime OF leaving small
! children alone in their homes. some
times locked in. while their parents
are at*the movies or elsewhere, but
| absent. "a
. $40. YOU know the telephone num-
Der or call OF the nearest fire station?
Learn it at once,
I 1.-The dampness of the stock barn is
| destructive. to wire insulation, and a
| short circuit may at any time ignite
| the gathered cobwebs. In the hay
loft, straw. cobWebs and dust are US
1 ually in contact with wires, fixtures
and unenclosed switches and fuse
blocks. Under these conditions the
slightest electric trouble may cause
a disastrous fire. Conduit wiring is
advisable in barns"
!, Next Sunday is the fiftieth ami
! versary of the Great Chicago Fire
/ State MARSHALL Nettleton even sug
T gests the following verse from Exodus
22:6, as applicable to serve as text
i for talk along these lines:
+ If fire breaks out and catch in
thorns, SO that the stacks of corn, or
the standing corn, or the field, be
Il consumed Herewith: He that kind
! led the fire shall surely make resti
i tuition"