The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-07
FIRE PREVENTION
INSTINCT URGED ON
LIONS BY Won SIEN
Fargo Insurance Man Pleads for
a Permanent Organization
Against Flame Peril

A plea for TIC development Of fire
consciousness. whereby p%recaution
against fire becomes an instinct. was
made before tho Lions club luncheon
at oon today. by George Won Sien.
of Fargo, speaking as the representa-
tive OF the underwriters in a series Of
Fire Prevention week talks here and
At Mandan.
The best way TO fight fires. MI. Won
6ien said. is before they start. So
serious is the fire peril that its losses
are averaging 81. 900 a minute the
country over. while $4,000 deaths and
/ 5000 serious injuries arc assignablc
annually to flame.
On an average. he said, 300 women
lose their lives annually BY expert
menttng with dry cleaning In their
homes. An average OF IS fires every
"a hours arc due to electric flatirons.
Must Reduce Fires BY Education
The losses in this country are about
SO. OOO. 900 a month, said Mr.. Won
Sien. and so per cent are OF the avoid
able type. Thus. the reduction OF
losses cannot come from fire depart
mcnts. but must como from education
against tho peril itself-by prevention.
he added.
In 1913. the average fire losses per
individual in France were 40 cents. in
England. 80. III Germany. 80. III Aus
tria, IS. i'll Italy. Is. in Holland. II.
but in the United States. $40. This
loss in the United States had risen to
nearly SIS in 1926. This in spite Of
the high intelligence IN this country
end the constant effort to educate
against fire peril.
u. S. Losses Increasing
Comparing Great Britain's losses
with those OF the United States. Mr..
von Sicn said that III 1920 the losses
In the former. with 43. 0O0. 900 popula-
ticn to 10000. 900 in the United
States. was $50. OOO. 900. while in the
United States they reached the total
CT SAT-. OoO. OGO. Great Britain re-
duccd it's losses to $2l .OOO. 900 by 1922.
while the United States losses rose
to $4,000. 0C0.
The medical world is spending mil
lions to learn the cause Of diseases
81 as to prevent them. said Mr.. von
Sicn. Hero a cause Of II great drain
0AI " 1tatsOAA ~ oHSAAJ WAS ASNo
is known. What to do?
For one thing. he advocated every
CITY having a permanent fire preven-
ton organization. It should be. he
said. a regular study in school. where
lj.OOO. 900. or approximately M
fourth Of the nations population. is
attending.
Would Hold Careless Guilty
Another deterrent would be to have
a law in this country. whereby those
! rho cause fires can be held person.
ally responsible. as Is the case in for
| Cirn countries.
Insurance IS no answer with which
to dismiss the subject, said the speak
or. The insurance companies have
ocdlcs Of money to pay the losses. but
/, this money come out Of the pockets
/ Of the people. The result is that a
tire tax is paid every time anything
IS bought, from a loaf Of bread to a
house.
/ The Match
We have said Mr.. Won Sierl, IAN
article which is the most valuable ara
i most dangerous article madc-tllc
match. Although small. 1t has within
Il the power to rob you Of your home,
syour loved ones. even your life. It
r.has been In use q little less than 100
years. The first match was invented
By IN English druggist. John Walker.
Before that people used to start a
1ire by rubbing two sticks Of wood
t0gcther: and later on they used flint
stones 70 make q spark. The United
states = using more matches than all
the rest % the world. Every day 700.-
oooooo matches are used. Every min
W $4,000 flames are being struck.
4hcfe q not one Of these flames but
WIT IN cause ! destructive fire II
g hoS the chance. Never strike q
uSSteh toward you Or upward. Al
downward. Buy the best
ooo~tlnoGe that are labeled BY
- National board Of Fire Under
1reper throw away = match
- certain It Is extin-
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