| Show oam AKE A NUISANCE BUTI BUT 1 the alio southern So uthera dance hall tire fire in which about negros en died the lawt horrible of deaths achs Is simply one mow more ot of those conflagrations which could have iwen vented the ire firo it la is reported rl was waa started deliberately hyi byj a drunken mer ry maker noue none eave the criminal cuu can bo be blamed for that but had 11 minimum of rethought hwu bew tho the hazards haz ariLi that make for a serious nry fire would not have existed the dance hall was waa decorated deo orated with stream qs of moss a which alch la Is practically practice tica ily explosive dry ou on top of that all windows aud and ou trances aavo for the tarrow narrow front door had been barred la in order to klel out possible gate aate crashers tuo inevitable result was that when tb blui match tou clied the moss broke loo ilow flames shot to tho the belling cel cell ling hig vast pillars of black smoke billowed out in a few we bee oud oads the bauce hall was an inferno ferno lu lt leinor inor blinded by smoke rua aud clinking from fumes beat with futility against the barred windows and doors doom A few escaped by the front entrance the majority I 1 ty perls perished thed from suffocation and flame jn in this alila fire the simplest most obvious tenets of fire prevent prevention lou and control were violated under no circumstances should inflammable materials be used for doe dec orations ma many a disastrous tire has haa started from that cause eyen even worse la Is the practice of lo burring arring windows and exits gate crushing crashing may bo I 1 an a 1 but its considerably less annoying than being cre eted alive the country pities gitil s tue the victims of tills oils fire hut but kletthe country lovirn a lesson from their needless need leea deaths deaf fis thia first then you wont have to bo be vainly sorry after warda |
