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Show DANGER IN 'FLOOR OILS. There Is a warning to housekeepers housekeep-ers and to all who have tho care of buildings in the fatal fire at Nantucket Nan-tucket last Saturday night. The boalhouBc that bprned so rap Idly that two young' women were killed had Just been oiled There are oils and oils, some are highly Inflammable, In-flammable, others are comparatively ( safe, though nearly all used for this purpose will burn when a flamo is applied to them. A mop used for tho o.llng was near-the match thrown to the floor by a careless guest It caught Instantly, and the fire spread so rapidly that those who escaped did so by jumping into tho water sur-roundlnc sur-roundlnc tho boathouso Probably there was a largo amount of the oil, applied carolcssly to tho floor, in tho expectation that It would soak in. But tho lesson Is thnt oil should not be used too liberally, as' It bo often is, wherever matches may be dropped. Test your oil beforo using It, and then bo careful. Chicago Record-Herald. |