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Show 2 SAFETY FIRST : Whaf greater responsibility does a community have than the preservation of human life T The Safety First movement haa taugh' us that most accidents are preventable. pre-ventable. Carlesness accounts for the destroying of thousands of human hu-man lives annua'ly, through accidents acci-dents that eould be reduced o a minimum if we would all practice the habit of "safety first" in our daily lives. , f , : . , During the past score of years there has been a rapidly growing accidental death rate, due to the increasing number of motor cars on our s'reets and highways. It is unfortunate ' that this great boon to human kind should, thru carelesnesa be the accidental cause of so much unnecessary pain and grief. The automobi'e itself cannot can-not be blamed it ,is the owners ( nd drivers who must be held accountable. ac-countable. Adherence to" the safety safe-ty first movement would mean a tremendous reduction in the loss of life through automobile accidents. acci-dents. Common sense on ttie part of the driver would reduce this hazard. A man who takes unnecessary unnec-essary chances, such as trying to beat a train at the crossing should have his license revoked. If the owner would inspect his car with the care that a railroad engineer checks his 'ocomotive, or an aviator avia-tor checks his airplane, fewer people peo-ple would be killed in automobile accidents. Poor lights, faulty brakes, or steering gear, lack of safety devices such as tire chains, horn, etc may all result in accident, acci-dent, even with a careful driver, and the remedy for this is frequent fre-quent inspection and occasional repairs. Fire is another danger that may be avoided through proper precautions. pre-cautions. Matches should be kept out of reach of young children. Inflammable In-flammable cleaning fluids should never, minder any circumstances be used or stored near a fire. Open Op-en fires should be screened. Electrical Elec-trical wiring should be properly insulated and should occasionally be inspee'ed. Gas burners should be tightly turned off when not in use.See that a match is really out before it is thrown away and also cigarettes and cigars. Carelessness in this respect has caused innumerable innum-erable fires. Think of the people you know-that know-that have been victimes of accidents. acci-dents. Read the papers and make a note of the accidents reported resu'ting in injuries or death. No-ihe No-ihe carelesnes of some one. You say to yourself, " If she had waited a moment to cross the street, she would be alive today". Or, "if that little cut on his finger fing-er had been treated at once, his hand would have been saved," or, tice how many of them are due to "That mother should have knowto l etter than to have left the room. That is just it, we should all know-better. know-better. .We shou'd all practice the sensible precaution of "safety iir-t" in little things, as well ar big. In Chis respect, each of us i- his broO.or's keeper. So l.r u i f mi ii'ber tl at somet imes the least carelessness can cause the liigyest disaster, and make up our minds that will not be responsible for any i eedless accident |