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Total lire losses on property throughout the Dominion ior the year amounted to SSTANSOAGI, caus- ed by 52.931 fires. This compared with 55.400 tires and proprty loss o! $49.4l3.363 in 1N6. an increase in losses o! 15.5 per cent. In ad- dition, the report indicate-s that losses amounting to $1,348,461 were sustained in the properties of the Department oi National Deience and other Crown properties. which in the previous year amounted .o’ $1,490-0U0. During the year under review there were s total oi 390 deaths irom fire. as compared with 408 in the previous year. Oi this num- ber there were 149 children, ‘J2 woznen and 149 men.

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of three lives with property dum- age estimated at $442,000 in the Province during the year 1947, Pro- vincial Fire Marshal Charles A. Beer stated in an interview yester- day in connection with Fire Pre- vention Week.

While the main purposes of Fire Prevention Week is undoubtedly to call attention to the devastating toll oi’ life and property taken by fire each year and urge every pre- caution to be taken to reduce this loss. it is essential, the Fire Mar- shal stressed. that the public be fire conscious at all times and ex- ercise vigilance 52 weeks oi’ the year in order to save llves and property.

The Fire Marshal noted a reduc- tion oi’ fires caused from sparks on roofs and felt that this was due to more and more people using iire resistant. shingles.

In looking over the causes of fire o breaks in the Province, Mr. Beer iound that heating accounted for 69. sparks on rooi’ 45. defective wiring 10, and carelessness in smoking 39. There were only 49 cases where fires were put on rec- ord as "origin unknown."

The largest fire for the year, 1947. was the destruction of an up- to-date canning plant with pro- perty loss in excess of $50,000.

A partial occupancy breakdown

of fires in the Province shows:

Ill 1626 New York had 200 in- habitants.

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It is an easy matter to prevent ,iires and save lives in our homes .by simply being carelul and using common sense. The following suggestions are offered as a guide to every Canadian citizen: ,

Never leave young children alone.

Keep chimneys and smolcepipes clean and in good repair.

Keep storage in attiic or base-, ment at. a minimum and store neatly,

Make sure there is an alternative means oi escape.

Keep electrical wiring and sp- pliances in good repair.

Do no overiuse circuits. Fuses

covered metal container.

Never "use inﬂammable liquids

(or dry - cleaning in the home.

There ate ssie types o! cleaning

ﬂuids on the market.

Don't hang electrical cords on

sdistors or over nails.

Don't use matches or candles to

hunt in closets. Use a ﬂashlight. Don't empty ssh trays in waste-

bsskete. There may be a live cig-

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Don't smoke in bed.

Don't hunt tor gas leaiu with a munch. Put soap lather on sus- pected Joints and watch tor bubbles.

Never leave a lire burning in an

unscrcencd fireplace.

Don't use inflammable insect sprays indoors and under no cir- cumstances should gasoline be sprayed in closets, etc., as sn in- sect spray.

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Don't pile up popsr, rags, inﬂomndrle fluids In your cellar! Don't leave your fireplace smoul- dering. Don't leave liglmd cigarettes lyin| - about! Don't let o moment of carelessness cosL you a lifetime oi eiiori.

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