Show Fire Loss in United States t If one could Imagine all the buildIngs build build- I Ings lags destroyed by fire in the United States in a n year arranged along one highway each building occupying a alot alot lot Co 65 feet wide the highway would extend from New York to Chicago r rand and the buildings would line it on f each side Such is the calculation of ot the department of Interior Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- r f more a person traveling this scene of ot desolation would pass in every thousand thousand thou- thou 4 i sand feet a n ruin from irom which an nn InJured injure injured In- In jure 1 person has been taken At every v I three-quarters three of ot a mUe mile he would en- en j J. 1 counter the remains of ot human a n betag beIng beIng be be- Ing tag who had been burned to death I IFor J I For years it Is estimated the tho value of ot actual property annually manually tl 4 I consumed by fire In this country t reaches and another sum of ot about like proportions Is spent for tor i j ithe I the maintenance of fire departments I waterworks Insurance premiums etc to prevent still greater Cleve Cleva losses Cleve Cleveland 4 land Plain Healer ealer J |