Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-09
SOME VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON
FIREPR00F HOME CONSTRUCTION

! FASTING paper over them Is . very
pernicious practice.
| mo smokepipe should be within nine
| inches of any wood work. or any wood
en- lath and plaster partition or cell
| ing.
They should not be permitted to
| pass thru floors nor closets or Other
concealed places. A smoke pipe should
never enter the chimney in an attic or
garrett. and should be securely an
chored in position with tightly drawn
wires. This Is very important.
Gas stoves, ranges, and heaters
| should be vented to a regular mason
ry chimney flue the same as similar
| heating devices using other fuel The
size of such flucs should not be less
| than 10 square inches.
Gas appliances without ffue con-
| nections. when burning properly in a
room produce an unpleasant and un-
healthful atmosphere, because they
burn up the oxygen rs we'll as dis
| charge their products OF combustion
such devices frequently burn improp-
erly and they then discharge the
deadly carbonmonoxide in the atmos-
phere. This gas is inodorous and so
insidious in its effects that persons
breathing it may not be aware of the
danger until they have become help
less.
FIkerN1eA lA0t1n0 t0HD
Fires originating from defective
electric wiring are frequent and in
sidious for they usually occur in hid
den places where not likely to be dis
covered until beyond control. 1t is
therefore most important that all cleo
trio wiring. apparatus. or appliances
for furnishing light, heat or power,
should be IN accordance with the Ma
uonal Electrical Code.
Before attaching electric irons.
vacuum cleaners or cooking utensils
sockets. consult an electrician as to
tho ability of your wiring to Withstand
this additional load. Electric wiring
systems are designed to carry only a.
certain current and il overloaded
may cause fires. Numerous fires
have been caused by leaving electric
irons with tho current on Dtscon-
meet them Immediately when thru
using them
Do not destroy the insulation on
electric fan or heater wires by looping
them over hooks or nails
In all dwellings there should be
trap door thru the ceiling into blind
attic, IL any. or roof space, so that
electric wiring and chimneys can be
inspected.
Suggestions for the proper con-
struction of frame dwellings are given
in detail m tho Dwelling Code and
should be carefully studied by archi
tecte ana builders.
For Fire Proteetso.
Every dwelling should be provided
eIfinguishtng a fire wherever 1t may
occur. One or more approved two and
a half gallon Fire Extinguisher. of
either the soda-acid or the foam type,
should be placed where ready for in
slant use and not subject to freezing.
Large dwellings should have several
of these exunguishers located on diff.
ferent floors easy of access One
should always be in or near the
kitchen. Every able bodied member
of the family should be instructed
how to use such devices. Be sure to
have tho extinguishers refilled once
a year. This is simple operation
costs but a few cents II neglected
they may fail to be efficient.
Anyone considering the construction
of a dwelling should carefully coneid
cr tho above suggestions.
Fire losses and the cost Of IRE pro-
vention in the United States amount
annually to $3.50 900 900. or moro than
gold, silver. copper. and petroleum in
a year. Tho annual per capita fire
waste in tho United States Is $2.54. in
Europe. sac Cause: Tho latter has
better construction, less carelcasness
and increased responsibilities Fires
in the United States cost over $500 per
minute. Defective flues arc rcspon-
sible for a largo percentage of all
fires
Fifteen hundred people are killed
and 5000 are injured annually as
result OF fire
If each building burned IN tho
United States in one year. was placed
on "a lot of SIS foot frontage. they
would mako an avenue OF dcsolatton
reaching from tho city of Chicago TO
tho city of New York and limo both
sides of that street, and every 500 feet
along that trail of dcsolaton. would
be found some person who had been
seriously burned and at every half
milo tho remains of someone sacrificed
TO the Red Plague of Fire