Milford News | 1931-10-08 | Page 4 | Prevent Fires to Reduce Waste

PREVENT FIRES TO REDUCE WASTE Fire Prevention week is to be observed from October 4 to October Oc-tober 10. President Hoover has issued a special proclamation to observe ob-serve the week in fitting style- Fire prevention should be uppermost upper-most in the minds of all at all times. Last year property loss due to fire was $500,000,000, an increase in-crease over 1929 or $40,000,000. But in addition to the direct or financial losses, there are the indirect losses, such as the losses of rentals, broken contracts, unemployment, and interruption of business. It is a matter of record for years past that 50 per cent of the business institutions which suffer fire loss fail to continue in business thereby curtailing employment. Much of fire is preventable. The matter of fire prevention is one which you and 1 can help in. We should do all we can to prevent pre-vent fire vaste in Beaver county. May we thoroughly ponder the great hazards of fire and help reduce the great devatating waste of the coming year.