Show fire loss in united states if ono one could In ingine all the buildings de destroyed stroye I 1 by alre in tile the ignited states slates in ili a year sear ni ranged arranged niong one highway cacti building occupying a lot 05 feet wide ade tile hie highway would extend from now new york to chicago and tho the buildings monid line it on anch side such Is tho calculation of the department of interior furthermore more it person traveling tills this scene of desolation would pass in every thousand feet it ruin from alilce Alil ci tin an injured poison person lias has been taken at every three quarters of a mile lie he would encounter ilia remains of a human boing who aho had been burned burne a to death for years it Is estimated tho the value of actual property annually consumed by bra in tills this country readies reaches and another sum of about like proportions Is spent for tho the maintenance of alro departments insurance premiums etc cite to prevent still greater loss losses esC ave vve lend igind plain dealer |