Show FIRE STORY TOLD the message which mr air jay W stevens vens of 0 the san sail francisco fire prevention bureau delivered to the business men ot or this city and the students of oe the box elder high school yesterday ought to and doubtless will remain with them tor for a long time to come speaking from long years of 0 experience peri ence as a fireman and chief ot of a fire department in one of the lar largest abt western cities gitles mr air stevens lid did not guess conclusions at he drew I 1 hem from actual life and the things which lie he himself had experienced therefore he spoke as one having authority and in an ail impressive way his whole ambition being to start people to thinking of 0 the responsibility they themselves bear in ili the matter of preventing lires fires two outstanding thoughts thought al mr stevens drove home and which lie he stated encompassed his entire message they 1 were first there e human lives roasted out last year by fires 99 percent of which were preventable and second water never yet has extinguished a fire when it reaches the conflagration stage under suh such circumstances cum the fire is extinguished only when it burns itself out or runs up against a wide street dovd wall or some other barrier the property loses from f fire ire annually is air stevens emphasized the human side ot of the tragedy however tor for lie he has seen so many pitiful scenes which might have been totally averted had just the ordinary precaution been observed with lantern slides lie he illustrated sonie some of the common causes of 0 fire ir e one ot of the commonest being the small child and the match that will ignite by striking it against anything this condition has claimed the lives ot of more babies than any other one thing and sir mr stevens argued strongly l in ili favor of the safety match which can call only be ignited by w striking it against the special preparation against the side ot of the box butil the people get to using this kind ot of a match tile other safeguard is to keep keel matches high away from children another very common cause of fire is the looping of an ail electric light I 1 cord over a metal hook screwed into the wall or ceiling and through the natural vibration the insulation on oil the cord becomes worn a short cir cut is made and a fire started electric irons frons permitted tor to stand on oil the ironing board with the current turned on oil ashes dumped in lifto to wooden boxes stovepipe chimneys and the careless use ot of gasoline in the home are other agencies cles which have caused tremendous loss of 0 life and property air stevens maintains that 99 percent ot of the aires fires that occur are preventable it if people can call only be educated to become more careful and appreciate the hazard that is ever present in every building he declared it his earnest earliest beliet belief that he could go into any home in this community and find fire hazards and the only reason wily why fires have not developed is because all the agencies necessary to bring about that result have never been present at the same time business men were urged to make a practice of 0 looking over their stores and lid shops before going home in the evening to see it if all is well and every danger from fire has been removed cleanliness and system backed by intelligent tell igent direction are the best agencies to prevent fires mr air stevens declared that the fire proof buining does not exist and people should nover never allow themselves to become careless because they have an idea they the live or work in a fire proof building in large and tall buildings the should become familiar with the location of the fire escapes awl aul illustrations trat ions were given where this knowledge wo would u III have saved in pru human lives in ili the afternoon and evening at the liberty theatre interesting films were shown depicting fires and conditions I 1 hat promote conflagrations I 1 mr air stevens was assisted by alar mgr I 1 IV story of the salt lake fire prevention office |