Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 243, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1924 — Page 6

r— ' MBS. O’LEARY'S CT I nn tit sg -W S ■ ’hm cause® the Chicago firj.; Fifty-three years ago this week, Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow became famous by the simple act of kicking over a lantern. The burning oil ignited a pile of straw and in a few moments the barn was ablaze. Fire spread rapidly and by morning the greater part of Chicago was destroyed. Two hundred people were killed and property to the value of $190,000,000 was destroyed. Such is the history of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow. < In memory of this catastrophe the week of October sth to 11th, has been set aside as Fire Prevention Week. There is great need for a week of education each year when we realize that our yearly fire waste is costing 15,000 lives and over $500,000,000 in property. Like death, fire is no respector of persons. Every man has a responsibility to his neighbors, and that responsibility should cause every rigAt thinking person to pause anl consider what he owes the Community in which he lives. We owe it to ourselves, but' in a greater degree to our fellow citizens, to permit no condition to exist upon our premises that will invite a visitation of fire. A great majority of fires are so easy to prevent, it is certainly a moral, if not a legal, crime to toilerate the things that bring them about. The destruction of life and property is quite enough, but fire waste imposes a still further burden in the increased cost of first insurance. Insurance rates are not haphazard guesses; they do not grew by chance, they are not increased through design nor lowered without justification. Fires are a tax upon everyone. Stocks of merchandise’ are insured aAd the insurance cost is added to the price of the goods. When groceries, dry-goods, hardware, or any article of trade is bought, you will find the insurance cost included in the sum you pay, and I thus in the final analysis the public foots the fire waste bill. I A Few Worth While Fire Prevention Rules 1. Keep matches in a closed metal container inaccessible to 4. Inspect, clean and repair your chimneys' and flues before children. Handle them carefully and dispose of them prop- winter arrives. erlv, making certain they are extinguished before vou let . ... . , , , . , , • i Place hot ashes in metal cans and dump them in places tree them leave your hand. from combustible material. 2. Keep all gas lights and open flames away from woodwork or * G. Promptly collect and remove all refuse anti rubbish. K*ep I other combustible material. Do pot allow curtains to hang basements and spaces under stairways clean. g near these flames for the wind mav blow them into contact . ... , .. . ... ... * 7. 1)0 not start tires in stoves with benzine, gasoline or kero- ■ with the lire. 1 3. Always disconnect electric irons, toasters, heaters ami sim- & H gasoline or benzine is ever used tor cleaning purposes, do liar appliances from the sockets when through using them. ~ie "°rk outdoors, oi with windows and doors open. Never use any substitutes for approved fuses. 9. Inspect your property frequently. I Think of it! ' I 75 per cent of our fire losses are preventable. ■ This is the dangerous fall fore period—Be careful. One spark can do in an hour, in timber, what it took the Creator a hundred years to fashion. I Just because a town has never had a bad fire, is no reason it never will. I In the final analysis, our suggestion is: i Take every precaution to prevent fire, but if fire should occur, be prepared to guard yourself against serious j financial loss by carrying sufficient Fire Insurance. Insurance acts if Fire Prevention fails.. f To be sure —Insure! ■ * * I WE RECOMMEND FULL FIRE PROTECTION ON YOUR PROPERTY — — ‘ — 3 ? " ■ > z SUTTLES - EDWARDS COMPANY Successors to THE STUDEBAKER GENERAL INSURANCE AGENCY Morrison Bldg. Room 9 and 10 Decatur, Indiana LIFE INSURANCE FARM LOANS CHATTEL MORTGAGE LOANS L ' ‘

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY. OCTOBER i 1.1924