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Show Kj LIVES LOST THROUGH CARELESSNESS. 1 The fire insurance compnnics through a committee oa fire prc- 4 ventioa, aro sending out bulletins intended as words of caution to K those who ifsc highly inflammable fluids. Their warning, as to tiie 1 , danger of carelessly handling gasoline, presents these facts: B) A pint o gasoline left open in a basin in a room at a normal Ml or average temperature will entirely evaporate in twenty-four K hours.' The gnsolinc vapor is heavier than the air and sinks iramc- R diatelv to the floor and. unless it is disturbed b active air cur- j rents, will remain in the room for many hours. One pint of gaso- R line will makQ two hundred cubic feet of explosive mixture. With- R out becoming too scientific, it may be said that this gasoline vapor H is SEVEN TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN GUNPOWDER. R Every gasoline explosion and fire that occurs in the home is R due to ignorance and. carelessness on the part of the user. Gloves R ' must be cleaned, fabrics must be dipped in gasoline or alcohol and H their use "will continue. For that reason, it is vitally important that H thejiser should have all the information possible about the danger Hj incurred. H Gasoline should be used in open air wherever possible but, if Hk it must be' used in the house, all the windows should be opened H; wideband-a sufficient draft created to drive all the vapor from the Hj room. IT IS ALMOST CRIMINAL TO USE GASOLINE IN THE R laTGLLEN OR OTHER ROOMS WHERE IT IS EXPOSED TO H FIRE." The vapor has boon known to jump thirty feet from a tank B in the open air and explode with such violence as to wreck the tank H car and burn all the buildings in the immediate neighborhood. Hl It is not necessary to touch a match to it. A SPARK FROM B- THE HEEL OF A SHOE STRIKING A TACK OR NAIL WILL H EXPLODE THE VAPOR A lighted gas jet will produce the same H result. Keep gasoline away from every kind of flame even if that H flame is enclosed, as in a stove or furnace. Hl Articles dipped, washed or soaked in gasoline give off an cx- H plosive vapor for hours after. They should be thoroughly aired be- H fore being used and always kept away from exposed flame. A H woman cleansed her gloves with gasoline. An hour later she put H them on to go out. Before leaving the house she stopped to light H the gas. The gloves caught fire and severely burned her hands and H arms. This occurred in Rochester, New York. H Every day the dispatches carry news of people fatally burned Hl and property destroyed by gasoline or coal oil, and almost in- H variably to carelessness in the disregard of the ordinary rules of H safety are traceable these disasters. |