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Show Are You A Fire Fiend Fire Is responsible for a greater loss ot life and property than any other agency and 90 per cent of the fires are preventable. ' At this time, of year It is particularly partic-ularly Important to clean up and destroy, de-stroy, all rubbish and refuse. v In 18 ot the principle sPaclflc coast cities, 1135 fire alarms were rocolved In April. Vlrutally all of these fires wore due to carelessness. Think ot this terreblle loss that could bo so easily prevented If just ordinary precautions were uted, We read regularly ot a houso burning up with children locked In It, of school house tires, hotel tires, forest tiros and great factory fires, etc. and in nine cases out of ten tho cause ot tho disaster was plain carolossuess or thoughtlessness on somebody's part. It Is much easier to prevent a fire than to put It out. So careful. |