Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1917 — Fires Kill 9,000 Annually. [ARTICLE]

Fires Kill 9,000 Annually.

The National Fire Protective association estimates about 9,000 persons are klllejf every year In the United States'Tfy fire ; as a result of conflagrations or burns otherwise inflicted. The property loss runs into the million*.