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Show Fires Started by Moths. Moths and flames are universally connected, yet few peoplesuapect that danger could arise therefrom. The insects are ot such frail structure that generally thoy rjet destroyed beforo it Is possible for them to Inflict Injury, and It is hardly credible that the wings would ignite and retain the flame long enough to enable the moth to fly to Its surroundings. That, however, has occurred. The moth was a very large ono and its wings must have been very dry, so that when It floundered through the flame it set fire to ono wing and darted onto a curtain nearby, which at once flared up. It is possible that many summer evening fires In the country could be attributed to a source or this kind. It is notorious that mysterious fires often arise at sunset In the hot months. Strand Magazine. |