Show FOURTH OF JULY WARNING Manager Jolly Urges People to Guard Against Fires E J Jolly local manager of the Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific Pa-cific urges people to guard against Fourth of July fires > Ho calls attention atten-tion to the fact that the fire loss from fireworks In the United States on Jujy 1 3S09 amounted to 422570 and that thirtyfive people were killed and 1851 injured on that day as the result of celebrations and says The extra hazard caused by the burning of fireworks on the glorious Fourth of July can be greatly reduced if the citlKons will lake the necessary Interest and remove the cause Rubbish has been allowed to accumulate ac-cumulate in the rear of many of the business houses and recent Inspections by l the Fire department and Board of Fire Underwriters reveal many places where paper excelsior old box packing pack-ing material shavings and other infiam inable substances are strewn around inviting the skyrocket and firecracker to start a conflagration it Is not necessary neces-sary to call attention to the particular places where this is in evidence as every proprietor knows that all rubbish rub-bish should be cleaned up and burnrd at once to insure poinparativc safety to his premises and if this Is delayed I until after the Fourth may result In a general conflagration Several of the business houses have added large quantities of fireworks to tholr Htock and do not seem to know or appreciate the fact that I they have voided the inmirancc both on the building build-ing and their entire stock If thoy have not asked for and received permission from the Insurance companies to deal in fireworks other than fliect ackers torpedoes and paper caps The rule of tho Board of Fire Underwriters Un-derwriters In this regard roads as I follows For tho privilege of keeping I fireworks for sale on storage or as samples a charge of onehalf of 1 percent per-cent additional premium shall be made for each month portion of a month Without this permit the policies arc void and a fire caused from the firework fire-work would cause the assured trouble In the event of an effort to collect from the Insurance companies In yards of many of the private residences dry grass should be burned 01 he t yards thoroughly wet during the Fourth to prevent fires being started on the premises An ounce of prevention Is better f icU1 a pound of cure and the parties > i I > L 1m to 1 whom this warning applies will feel much cater and take more interest in t rio celcbiatlon it they devote a few hours uiiring thIirst two days 01 next weel to cleaning up their premises |