Show SMALL beginnings oh of FIRES unconsidered trifles frequently cause heavy loss dust Is a wonderful producer of fires there have been instances in Post offices where the dust of the mail bags suspended in the rear of a close room exploded with terrific force dust explosions are of frequent occurrence in flour and art ang g mills the origin of many fires in tailor shops may be traced to the so called dry cleaning of clothes A rag dipped in naphtha la Is frequently used in removing grease spots from garments the rag soaked with inflammable fluid Is thrown upon the floor when the shop Is closed up and the air Is confined the naphtha soaked material will of itself generate fire bales dales of cotton placed in the hold of a ship are often the cause of disastrous fires fre a spark from a cigar finds a resting place in a cotton bale where it shoulders for weeks the dark hall in tenement houses is the indirect originator of fires greasy matting or small heaps of paper lie abo it A match not extinguished or a cigarette stub Is thrown down and a blaze results fire and water |