Show SMALL beginnings oh FIRES unconsidered trifles frequently cause heavy loss dust Is a wonderful producer ot fires there have been instances in where the dust 0 the mall bags suspended in the rear ot a close room exploded with terrific force dust explosions are ot frequent occurrence in flour and drug mills the origin 0 many fires in tailor shops be traced to the so called dry cleaning ot clothes A rag dipped in naphtha 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 0 itself generate fire 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 tor weeks the dark hall in tenement houses Is the indirect originator of fires greasy matting or small heaps of paper lie about A match not extinguished or a cigarette stub Is thrown down and a blaze re suits fire and water |