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Show How to Avoid Fires Now that Fire Prevention Week has passed and the people of this county have settled back with the conviction that, after all, it was just anothed one of those kind of weeks, it mit,ht net be amiss to make a few reflections in the hope cf saving some lives in this county during the coming winter. Two-thirds cf the fires that occur in this country blaze up in dwellings dwell-ings and are responsible for the loss of 7,000 lives, half of them children. Statistics show that there are eight majcr causes of fires in the homes: rubbish, defective chimneys, chim-neys, combustible rcofs, defective heating apparatus, matches and careless smoking, gasoline, kerc-sine, kerc-sine, electrical defects and hot ashes. Householders mipht keep the list in mind and by taking care in regard re-gard to these dangers avoid a fire which might cause death. They shuuld remember that individual carelessness is the greatest menace to safety, whether from fire or other hazards, and should not ig-uore ig-uore safeguards to prevent fatal mistakes. |