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Show Fire Waste Grows The National Board of Fire Under writers reports that the fire loss for August, 1930, was .$30,043,679 $5,-590,780 $5,-590,780 more than for August, 1929. The total loss for the first eight months of this year was .$313,231,190, an increase of $20,700,009 over the total to-tal for the same period last year. At - this rate, the 1930 waste will be more than .$30,000,000 in excess of 1929, This loss is practically all preventable which makes it an indictment of intelligence. |