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The fellow who drops a lighted
cigarette on the road through his
car window may not be an arsonist
at heart-but he can cause a forest
fire! The person who smokes in
bed isn't intent on destroying his
home, yet that's a frequent result!
The housewife who collects com-bustibly-laden
rags doesn't want
to threaten her family, but a fire
hazard lurks in those rags. Make
yourself personally responsible for
fire prevention: and have ample in
surance protection against the
carelessness of others!
and Maims More Children Every Year
Than Polio
and
Fire every year in the past twenty has, in each such
year destroyed more property in the United States
than the combined destruction in all our wars.
The Following Are Among The Common Causes of
Fire
Lamps, lanterns and stoves.
Gas and appliances.
Grease, tar, etc.
Spontaneous ignition.
Fireworks.
Lightning.
Thawing pipes.
Sparks from machinery, friction.
Incendiary, suspicious.
Miscellaneous.
Explosions.
Exposure.
Chimneys - flues, defective o r
overheated.
Sparks on flammable roofs.
Defective or overheated heating
equipment.
Rubbish.
Combustibles near heaters.
Open lights, flames and sparks.
Hot ashes, coals.
Oil burners.
Smoking and matches.
Children and matches.
Electrical.
Electrical appliances, motors.
Flamable liquids, misc., includ
ing home dry cleaning and starting
fires with torches, welding, cutting,
plumbers, etc.
One or more of these causes may be in your home
now and threatening all you hold dear
FffiE PREVENTION WEEK - October 6-12 1946
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To Proieci Our Farms!
To Project Our Moines!
To Proled Our Churches!
To Protect Our Schools!
To Protect Our Jobs!
To Protect Our Forests!
To Proieci Our People!
The record of fire losses in the United States by months for the first eight months of 1944. 1913 and
a uiMieariening story:
1944
January .... $ 38,572,000
February 38,280,000
March 39,084,000
APril - 34,746,000
Mi,y 32,815,000
June - 30,555,000
Ju,v - 32,706,000
AuS"st 30,618,000
1945
$ 44,865,000
41,457,000
40,876,000
37,950,000
34,153,000
34,090,000
34,054,000
34.096,000
$ 49.S0S.000
51.739.000
53.252.000
52.133.000
4G.094.000
44.210.000
40.99S.000
40.019.000
Toal $277,376,000
$378.293.0W;
$301,541,000
THIS MESSAGE BROUGHT BY
E. L. WITHERS & CO.
Phone 100
ATKINS INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 100
L. N. DAVIS & CO.
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