Show If Is Always Like This MUNICIPAL AL government in San Francisco is running true to form AFTER a night club filled with merrymakers had been turned into an inferno four persons dying a 3 horrible death burned alive and several others held at hospitals hos hos- pita pitas s in precarious condition city ity officers garbed with dignity discover The cabaret was furnished with flimsy in- in flammable drap draperies ries There was a nar narrow ow steep stairway ending in a sharp turn at the bottom combination bottom combination en entrance entrance en- en trance and exit the exit the only one The street opened inward holding back the screaming patrons seeking escape from the rapidly spreading ding flames 4 The e place was a 3 firetrap to begin with Why were the police unequal 1 to clearing traffic so that the fire department had difficulty difficulty culty in getting near the f fire ire Why did not the police know that the torch dancer widely advertised was using an un open flame in public without a permit in violation of a city ordinance AFTER this tragic and horrible occurrence all an these things things' come to light Evidently the only one to come to grips with the law is the dancer BEFORE this ghastly and needless occurrence occurrence occurrence occur occur- rence all the conditions which brought it about i could have been seen to One would think that the people of San Francisco and every public servant servant ervant after having seen their beautiful city once destroyed overnight before their staring eyes would have developed an almost fanatic fire lire prevention consciousness Officials who should have forestalled this tragedy by the faithful performance of their routine duties now boldly and pompously announce an an- flounce that nothing like it will happen again Mark it down that it will will and and for the same reason eason incompetence and laziness on the job |