Bulletin, Edição 5 |
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Página 10 - I lurk in unseen places and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me, but you heed not. I am relentless, I am everywhere; in the home, on the street, in the factory, at railroad crossings and on the sea.
Página 10 - I lurk in unseen places, and do most of my work silently. You are warned against me, but you heed not. I am relentless. I am everywhere ; in the home, on the streets, in the factory, at railroad crossings. and on the sea. I bring sickness, degradation and death, and yet few seek to avoid me. I destroy, crush or maim ; I give nothing, but take all. I am your worst enemy. I am carelessness ! — Exchange.
Página 10 - I am more deadly than bullets, and I have wrecked more homes than the mightiest of siege guns. I steal, in the United States, alone, over $300,000,000 each year. I spare no one, and I find my victims among the rich and poor alike, the young and old, the strong and weak.
Página 20 - ... afternoon before the day set for the first service, some of the ladies of the congregation wiped the woodwork with oily cloths. When they had finished and were going home, one of them suggested that it was a pity to throw away the new dusters, and accordingly they were put into a closet for safekeeping. In the night the church was entirely destroyed by fire. The cloths in the closet had caught fire by spontaneous combustion. A painter I once heard of was up on a ladder painting a house ; he used...
Página 19 - It has been discovered that cotton waste, oily rags, moist hay, and certain other things, if left to themselves, will grow hotter and hotter and finally burst into flame. There was once a nice new church that was destroyed in that very way. It had just been finished, and on the afternoon before the day set for the first service, some of the ladies of the congregation wiped the woodwork with oily cloths. When they had finished and were going home, one of them suggested that it was a pity to throw...
Página 8 - Here are some figures that should open our eyes. In 1913, the year before the outbreak of the war, the average fire-loss for each man, woman and child in France was 49 cents ; in England it was 33 cents; in Germany, 28 cents ; in Austria, 25 cents ; in Italy, 25 cents ; in Switzerland, 15 cents ; and in Holland, only 11 cents. In the United States for the same year the direct loss was $2.10 — and the indirect loss was far higher. Our record was, therefore, more than four times as bad as that of...
Página 8 - If you are honest with yourself, the answer probably will be Yes, for almost everybody in this country is careless. That is the principal reason why we have so many fires. Here are some figures that should open our eyes. In 1913, the year before the outbreak of the war, the average fire loss for each man, woman and child in France was 49 cents; in England it was 33 cents; in Germany, 28 cents; in Austria, 25 cents; in Italy, 25 cents; in Switzerland, 15 cents; and in Holland, only 11 cents. In the...
Página 20 - It had just been finished, and on the afternoon before the day set for the first service, some of the ladies of the congregation wiped the woodwork with oily cloths. When they had finished and were going home, one of them suggested that it was a pity to throw away the new dusters, and accordingly they were put into a closet for safekeeping. In the night the church was entirely destroyed by fire. The cloths in the closet had caught fire by spontaneous combustion. A painter I once heard of was up on...