Show Chief Urges Fire Hazard Check b by Y Manti Citizens Citizens' Fire Chief Edwin Carpenter has asked that residents of Manti 1 check their houses for possible e fire haz haz- ards He pointed out that the spring of the year is often the time of many fires tires and quoted figures figures figures fig fig- ures to show that the destruction of property properly by fire has more than doubled in tha th past ten years Dried leaves in the valleys of home roofs or in eaves caves troughs are often the cause of spring fires Chief Carpenter pointed out and I asks that Manti residents check their roofs for possible piles of dried leaves This condition n has I been the cause of many fires in Manti in recent years and is really just a sign of carelessness by the owner he said In quoting figures to show the property loss by fire in the last ten years Chief Carpenter said that the total national loss by fire in 1939 was The national total in 1948 was a staggering In those ten years the loss by fire inc increased eased every year over the previous year ex except except ex- ex in 1940 and in 1942 The I eX-I sharpest increase was noted in 1946 when the loss of property to Ithe I Ithe the ravages of fire increased some over the 1945 total he said l I Manti ManU is fortunate in having some very good fire fighting equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment he said and the property loss to fire in this community is much less than than thanin in in most communities ties of this size throughout the nation He said that this fire loss can be cut a n great deal if the property owners will just make periodic checks for fire hazards in in their houses o o Mr and Mrs Royal Bown Mr I and Mrs Robert Bown Mr and Mrs Ed Higham Mrs Thelma Thclma Whitlock Mrs bIrs Wallace Vallace Tatton I I IReuben Reuben Braithwaite and Mrs Eugene Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- I I gene Brown Drown all of Manti ManU and Mr I land and Mrs Lucien Bown of Chester I I all went to Spanish Fork the fil first t I of the week after hearing of the death last week end of their uncle and aunt Lynnes Roland Braithwaite Braithwaite Braithwaite Braith Braith- waite and Catherine Mackley |