Show MILLIONS MI LIONS LOST LO BY Y BAD WIRES WIRE V New York Journal million dollars dols a year f fand p 17 Uti and and for 1899 are tS the t startling figures presented by the aa Da n board of fire underwriters und 18 as re rep resenting the losses leases lo ses by fire in the COM try occasioned ed by th the accidental eee of electricity Nearly 1500 1 tires fires have hv been caused within three years yea 18 by bv hn j perfections and breaks br aks in th the et ef electric wires The table prepared by the committee on heat and lighting and embodied by bv board in their last annual report embraces all the tires fires for the last ten years that have been bi proved pro to have occurred from this cause and ml while the figures for the ten years yea 13 foot fo foup up Uj fires with a 8 total logs hoes of 32 more than of then th conflagrations and more than the total loss less are set down to the but three year |