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Show excepting 1906, when llie San Francisco fire put the property low ibove $500,000,000. In 1932 (lie value of property destroyed by fire was placed at the half billion dollar mark, 'with 15,000 persons losing their lives. These tremendous properly and life losses, with few exceptions, can no doubt be traced directly to carelessness. People fail to sense the danger of fire, experts along that line declare. Thoughtlessness in leaving an electric elec-tric Iron with the current on caused the destruction de-struction of i home. A woman, not realizing the danger, deans a pair of gloves with gasoline gaso-line while they are on her hands. The gasoline gaso-line explodes and her arms are rendered use-'ess use-'ess for life. Oily cleaning rags left In a closet become gnited and destroy numerous homes and cost nany lives. These facts are told to crowds at churches, showhouses and other public gathering places by fire officials of every city land town of the United States once a year, l yet the fire losses last year were a record, with the single exception of the year of the San Francisco disaster. More fire prevention education apparently Is necessary the year round and should be a very important part of the training of every mother for her children. : : 1 ( " j Firs Prevention j CTOBER 9, the anniversary of the day ' when the city of Chicago waj razed by fire, has been set aside by presidential proclamation procla-mation as antifire week. The story of the Chicago fire is that a cow kicked over a lantern while being milked and the flames spread, destroying a great city. The year 1922, reports show, has ;T4t-er ;T4t-er property loss by fire than any other year, |