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Show The burning of Bangor, Me., is a reminder that there ia mors property destroyed every year through fires in the United States than the whole gold, silver, copper and lead products amount to. And fire means utter destruction. Could the amount lost by fire every ten years be saved, it would sensibly affect the wealth of the nation. , As material ia nowadays, it would not cost very much more to have the buildings fireproof A cement wall ia the most discouraging thing that 4 fire ever burned up against we mean discouraging for the fire, and in eities there should be more strict regulations. regu-lations. It is said that the fire in Bangor started in a little straw or hsy shed. From that it spread and devastated the business portion of the town. Why waa that shed where, in rase it caught on fire, it eould burn the townf Certainly the building -inspector of a eity ought to be the most alert an'd careful and resolute of men. Where men neglect matters which are calculated to endanger the property prop-erty of their neighbors, they ought to be' stopped in their work. If necessary they ought to be sent to jail, beeause there are plenty of men who do not care one eent whether they are jeopardising other men's property or not. . There should be a concerted effort in every eity ia the union to reduce the number num-ber of Area. . |