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Show third degree burns which caused her to die in agony three hours afterward. The pity of it all! It is an unpleasant task to comment upon the tragic event while the bereaved are beset by grief. It seems to be a newspaper's duty to do so, nevertheless, while public attention is directed upon the accidental and needless fatality. Times without numbei, fieuuent warnings have gone forth regarding the peril of using dangerous dan-gerous cleaning fluids, even of keeping them " in homeswhere Ihey Constitute a roost dangerous fire hazard and a threat to human life. There are available other fluids affording complete safety, most of them noninflammable and all of them nonexplosive. Risk of using the dangerous fluids taken into account, there if no possible economy in cm-ploying cm-ploying them heedlessly, thoughtlessly or carelessly. care-lessly. Only experienced persons working in the open air should ever do so, and even yiis practice prac-tice does not wholly remove the element of danger. dan-ger. From unimagined and unexpected sources there may come a flame or spark to ignite a volatile vola-tile gas. If in such case a fatality does not result, there is still the likelihood of sustaining painful burns and of destroying property. ' There is only one safe rule to follow: Do not use any inflammable liquid for any cleaning in and about the home. While this latest deplorable death is fresh in mind, let every householder ponder the wisdom of keeping this menace away from the home. Children should be taught concerning the haz-efficient haz-efficient substitutes. fS Should there be any imperative necessity Inward Inw-ard and everyone become familiar with safe and keeping the innocent-appearing but highly dangerous dan-gerous fluid available, advice should be sought from the fire department as to precautions to be taken. It is as dangerous as dynamite and should be so regarded. Death From Heedlessness USING inflammable and explosive fluid for cleaning a scarf at her home and then going to an incinerator where fumes were ignited, a young wife and mother sustained second and |