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Where Fires. Break Out
Number
18,000 $
64,000
500,000
4,000
2,000
2,000
400
3,600
61,000
70,000
$ Loss
255,000,000
432,000,000
431,000,000
42,000,000
26,000,000
66,000,000
4,000,000
27,000,000
158,000,000
184,000,000
Manufacturing
Stores, Offices
Dwellings
Schools
Churches
Hospitals
Theatres
Public Assembly
Farms
Miscellaneous
725,000 $1,625,000,000
Fire Control
Pop. (millions)
17.87
18.24
18.57
18.90
19,24
19.58
19.99
20.41
20.74
21.06
All Fires (No.)
79,611
83,706
85,585
83,027
75,306
68,432
68,463
65,941
64,657
64,914
Home Fires (No.)
59,079
62,096
62,353
5.0,040
53,396
47,619
47,554
45,245
44,117
44,949
Year
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Rev, T. Alfred Fleming, of
Owen Sound, Ont. After
World War I, in the 1920s,
the idea of Fire Prevention
Week bore fruit in Canada
and the U.S.
Incidentally, the legend is
that Mrs. O'Leary's cow
kicked over the lantern that
caused the Chicago fire. A
simple act of carelessness
by Mrs. O'Leary!
HURON
MEN'S
CHAPEL
HOWARD
YOUNG
'Former sales manager
for Best Lock
Corporation of
Houston, Texas will speak
REV. JOHN
McHARDY
Director of 0.M.S,
will bring greetings
HOWARD YOUNG and
DOROTHY SCOTLAND
WILL SING
8 P.M., SUNDAY, OCT. 10
AUBURN Huron Men's Chapel,
Auburri
DOIIOTHY SCOTLAND WILL SING AT
Wesiey Memorial, Goderich
A.M,
Westfield Fellowship Hour
= P.M.
ALL WELCOME
evil Prevails When Good Men Do Nothing
8 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, October 7, 1971
Fire
can break
your
heart.
The week of the 9th of
October each year memorial-
izes the Great Chicago Fire
which almost totally des-
troyed that city exactly a
century ago, in 1871. But it
was not until 1908 that a
U.S. school fire killing 175
children because somebody
forgot to keep a door un-
locked gave the idea of an
annual observance to a
former Canadian, the late
Exactly A century Ago Fire Crossword Puzzle
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FIRE IS SO FINAL
THAT'S NO EMPTY SLOGAN.
Just how final depends on how much you value human life.
In one year 620 persons died in fires, burned or suffo-
cated by smoke. The victims included 316 men, 125
women and 179 children. More than 2,500 others were
injured or scarred for life.
Possessions, a home can be replaced. Insurance can help
you to' take care of your loss.
In one year, nearly 45,000 homes were damaged or
destroyed by fire.
Almost all these fires were caused by somebody's negli-
gence.
Smoker's carelessness, mis-use of electricity, faulty
stoves and furnaces, children playing with matches,
kitchen deep-fat flareups were among the leading
causes of these fires.
ACROSS
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than fire
5 Headstone inscription
7 Belonging to
8 There is at least one in
every fire hall
9 Fire exit. (Abbr.)
10 Feminine article. (Fr.)
11 Young people
12 All that is left
DOWN
2 They start many fires
3 Knock out. (Abbr.)
4 Fire is a ...
5 Concerning
6 To escape, everybody
should have one
8 Where you should not
be smoking
9 Get out quickly
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Fire is deadly.
"It happened in a flash . . And to my dying day I
will never forget their screams in the smoke."
Think of a loved one. Could you part forever with that
someone?
"We left the children alone for only a few minutes."
All the compassion of one's world, one's friends, one's
neighbors is poor comfort in utter tragedy, when you know,
deep down, that it's part of your making.
"FIRE IS SO FINAL". That's the message by Fire Fighters
to 21,000,000 Canadians .
And we add : FIRE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART.
The cost of fire in Canada
is mushrooming each year
to catastrophic proportions.
Inflation is only part of
the answer.
The cost of major fires,
or more, is the biggest
each causing damage of a
quarter of a million dollars
factor.
Simple example: Years
ago a fire in a corner store
would cost, let us say,
$25,000, Today, the corner
store has become a super-
market. A fire here might
cost perhaps a million.
In almost all these cases,
She was one of 119 victims of a hotel fire. these major fires started
small but grew to destruc-
tive size because of failure
to use adequate protective
measures, or for delay in
turning on the alarm.
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The need of turning in the
Fire Alarm quickly
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-APERUIVE3
Clothing Can Burn
Flame - flash - fatality:
an accident report in brief.
Children are among the chief
victims of clothing fires.
Light-weight, loosely - woven
materials call for . caution
when exposed to matches,
barbecues and the .1.1k4 • Sailor, Beware!'
Stop smoking when re-
fueling. Clean bilges thor-
oughly.
SH
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FIRE
PREVENTION
WEEK OCT. 3-9
It you're
planning to
modernize
your home,
here's the place
to begin,
•
Modernizing your home can be a delightful experience. Home Improvements can do a
lot to help make your way of living better than ever. But before you start to
modernize, you should take care of one thing first: your household wiring. If you
begin your modernization programme by re-wiring, almost everything about your
home will suddenly seem better. You'll have all the electrical outlets you need. Your
appliances will perform better, and you tan add all the new ones you're ever likely to
need without the annoyance of overloaded circuits or blown fuses, Re-wiring will let
you take advantage of the new ideas in household lighting. With decorative exterior
lighting you'll be able to enjoy patio living on pleasant summer evenings, You will, in
fact, be Opening the doors to the' oys of all-electric living, including the quiet 'comfort
of electric heating. Start modernizing your home by re-wiring.
Call a qualified electrical contractor or ask your Hydro.
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