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Show FIRE PREVENTION WORK Ihe great Astoria fire occurred two months after the state had observed fire prevention week. To record the amount of loss as being ten millions or twelve millions, or loss to the insurance companies as t-vo millions or three millions is not the most important part of the story. (ff'j'.'ij The significant interest is, the fact that the city's entire business section was destroyed, and that despite much oratory in evidence on Fire Prevention Day the annual ash heap grows larger instead of smaller. Instead of these annual celebrations, spasmodic weeks or days devoted to teaching the lessons of prevention, what scorns to be needed is a f ire Prevention Year twelve consecutive months tie-voted tie-voted to this education. i l ire losses are still the biggest bill the business man and property proper-ty owner has to pay. |