Show Watch Your Heating Plant During 1929 beating heating plants and their accessories used c i n fire loss in homes bomes of the United State States of 27 27 63 one one fifth of ot the total dwelling loss I ot of This presents food tood for tor thought for tor every home bomb 0 owner ner nerThe I The heaviest loss came from over o heated overheated or defective e chimneys flues lues cup cup- olas cupolas and stacks stacks 12 32 Serious as athis this Is It Is simply a problem of cor- cor correct correct correct construction and keeping these parts free 0 ot 01 accumulations of soot Good 3 contractors should know the municipal ot of a safe safo in fact fact most muni- muni cipal specifications building codes the felic le the lions and standard requirements may f maybe mabe be founds found in the RecOmmended Code Codo of the National Board of Fire Underwriters Underwriter Only slightly less v was as the destruction lion tion caused ca by by stoves stover furnaces boilers and their 11 pipes pipes-fl pipes 11 4 42 This again raises the question Of good equipment Installation and maintenance Hot ashes coals and oie open open fires caus- caus ed caused a loss of 3 The trouble here Is that so 80 many people use corn com cartons or 01 ot boxes for Cor Then It If any rubbish paper or other oth material Is near the scene Is sot for tor a dangerous fire Ono One does not think of steam or h hot water ater pipes as likely to start a fire yet they cau caused ed a loss of 69 in homes bomes homIn In IW 1 If It these those pipes continuous are arc left In con con- contact with wood or other oth burnable material a gradual grad charring will occur Finally unusual lal heat will the tho dried out and charred The Is parts to cover COHr pipes v with Ith as bestol besto Such simple pr precautions are aro well worth the time timo and md effort eort not t only to curtail th the loss of ot D jover eter er 27 21 27 but Lut also the toss loss of ot human life ires In dwellings take toll of more than COOP lives annually Annually |