Show fire record for last year the fact that when a servant be cornea comes master a cruel foe Is suddenly developed Is attested by the dreadful havoc and loss of life occasioned by fire in the united states within the 12 months covered by a summing up of these losses for 1906 this record shows that nearly 7 lives were lost and more than worth of property was destroyed by fire dur ing that period in no other country in the world is the fire loss in bulk or pro rata anywhere near our own last year owing to the devastating fire that followed the earthquake in san francisco this loss was in great excess of the average but the average for or some years past has been a year |