PAGE SIX THE NYSS\ GATE CITY JOURNAL. NYSSA. OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1W2 Fire Loss Ai All-Time High, Nyssa Fire Chief Claims Fire tosses throughout the United State«, when measured in dollars, are at an all-tim e high! This was reported here today a-, the nation, spurred by President Truman's Fire Prevention Week pro­ clamation appeal, took stock of its 1951 three-quarter billion dollar lo» m property and 11,000 lives. Basis for the report were statistics of the National Board of Fire Un­ derwriters that put fire losses for 1951 at $730.064.000. In commenting on these losses, Frank Morris, chief of the Nyssa fire department, declared that the $730 million loss for 1951 was $80 million, or 12 3 per cent more than for the preceding year. The NBFU statistics on the num­ ber of fires, compiled from reports submitted by fire chiefs throughout the country, reflect a substantial rise In the number of building fires in urban areas during 1961, when they amounted to 400,000, an in­ crease of 7 4 per cent over the pre­ vious year. Much of this loss In lives and property, he observed, resulted from fire In the home and cited the esti­ mate of 856,703 fires in U. S. cities 27 Worst Fires In U.S. History Here is a h ■ f the 27 w.>r-t fire» and expl >r.a in American history—wor t fr m the view­ point of the 7.375 live» to»; in contrast to the imUions of dol­ lars In property damage They are arranged m the order of the nuniaer of ^ fatalities resulting lrom each fire. 1. Pesh.igo. Wis., and en­ virons il871i 1.152 2. New York. N Y S S. Oeneral Slocum ilSO*( 1.021 3 Chicago. I ll, Iroquois Theatre (1903 < 602 4 Boston. Mass , Cocoanut Grove Night Club il942i 491 5. Texas City. Texas, Water Front Explosion (1947* 468 6. Cloquet. Minn., and en­ virons (1918* 400 7. Columbus. Ohio, State Penitentiary (1930* 330 8 Chicago, 111., ' Great Fire" (Oct. 8, 1871* 300 9 Nt v London. Texas, School 1 1937* 294 10. Brooklyn. N Y„ Con­ way's Theatre (1876) .. 289 11. Natchez. Miss., Dance Hall (1940i 207 12. Collinwood, Ohio, Lake View School (1908) 176 13 Boyertown. Pa., Opera House (1903* . 169 14. Hartford, Conn., Circus 0944) _ 168 15. Hoboken, N. J , Docks and Ships (1900) 145 16. New York, N. Y„ Tri­ angle Shirtwaist Factory (1911) 145 17. Asbury Park, N. J„ S S . Morro Castle (1934) 134 18..Cleveland, Ohio, Gas Plant (1944i 130 19. Cleveland, Ohio. Clinic Hospital (1929) 125 20. Atlanta, Ga , Wynecoff Hotel (1946' 122 21. West Frankfurt, 111., Mine Explosion (1951)..... 119 22. Centralia, 111., Mine Ex­ plosion (1947) .... I ll 23. Camden, S. C , School (1923' __ 77 24. Effingham, 111., St. An­ thony's Hospital (1949) . 74 25. Chicago, 111., La Salle Hotel (1946i 61 26. Davenport, Iowa, Mercy Hospital (1950) 41 27. Chicago, 111., Street Car- Gasoline Truck Collision (1950) 34 U-t year Nearly half, or 418871 if them, were building fires, nearly three-fourths of the building fire . of 293.776, being residences. He explained that the figures rep­ resent estimates of fire.» in clues of 2.500 papulation or more and did not, by any means, represent »11 the fires that occurred in all communi­ ties. This means that one fire oc- , curs every’ 38 seconds—with an un- tJld number of additional fire» on farms and in smaller communities. The major cause of these fires was careless use of matches and smok­ ing Such carelessness, he declared, accounts for close to 27 per cent of the nation's reported fire losses. Other major causes of fire, he concluded, were misuse of electri­ city, ejrposure to fire originating off premises, sparks on roofs, overheated or defective chimneys or flues, light­ ning, overheated stoves, furnaces or boilers, ignition of hot greases, spon- I taneous combustion and explosions. Lowest balance for one day in the U. S. Treasury was $28.239.61 on Dec. 31. 1789. Big Ben, the London clock, has four dials. For •ç,® Ò P Select Draperies From Hundreds of Fabrics and Have Them Custom-made to Suit Your Individual Needs For That "DECORATOR LOOK" — lnexpen$ively Your*— HEAT, SMOKE KILL MORE THAN FLAMES More people die from suffocation caused by smoke and from contact with the superheated atmosphere or toxic gases, than are killed by flames in typical fire catastrophes, according to the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Bodies of victims often show no outward signs of burns or even ex­ cessive heat. See Us Today DANCE At ^ IflT E R M O U N T A I N THE BARN urnitu r e co m p a n y Every Saturday Night P arm a, Ida. Phone 176-W xn mi. Ea. on Highway 20 Farm Fires Cause Nation Heavy Loss Farm fire- last year lo. >k thou- »and.» of lives and destroyed $100 - 000.000 worth of property, much of it badly-needed food supplies, ae- c rding to the National B ard of Fire Underwriters. In warning farmers that the loss | of food supplies, vital to the coun­ try's welfare and that of free na­ tions abroad, are n»o.»th the result I of individual carelessne.v» and faulty building construction, the NBFU | called for year-round support of ; community efforts fi r greater fire I ,»fety everywhere. In its fire Prevention Week state­ ment, NBFU pointed out that farm fires in general result in almost to- Farm Fire Booklet Full discussion of fire hazards and the means for overcoming them are described in detail in NBFU's new farm booklet. "Your Farm and Fire Safety." which is available on request in writing to its head office. 85 John Street, New York 38, New York. tal loss. "Unlike buildings in urban areas where fire protection and water supplies are adequate, those in farm areas are often completely destroyed when they catch fire,” it said. In telling of the causes of farm fires, the NBFU s-aid that increased use of gasoline-burning farm ma­ chinery and electrical equipment have created many new fire hazards and advised farmers to store large quantities of gasoline in under­ ground tanks equipped with stand­ ard pumps. “Electrical machinery," it added, ‘should be installed where there is no danger that hay and grain dust may be ignited by a spark and all machinery should be cleaned and I oiled regularly to prevent overheat­ ing." ARSON ARRESTS One thousand and three persons were arrested on charged of arson during 1951, according to the Na­ tional Board of Fire Underwriters. Of these 888 were men and 115 were women. Fire Prevention Week Fire Prevention Week, now a nation-wide observance, originated years ago in the Middle West. There many communities each year con­ ducted special "clean-up" cam­ paigns. as a result of these campaigns there were fewer fires and soon those communities began referring to their “clean-up” day as Fire Pre­ vention Day. As the years went by most com­ munities began observing Fire Pre­ vention Day on October 9, the anni­ versary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Thus it came about that in 1911, 22 governors issued proclama­ tions calling for state-wide obser­ vance of Fire Prevention Day. Nine years later President Wilson issued the first national Fire Pre­ vention Week proclamation. This year marks the week’s 33rd national observance. ma-M >r-lr.g f oall game Kn­ ew , M M. Hap Riggs and family. M i m Hel en H a t c h A big fam.lv dinner to* fat­ r t M i Parma I $71 her was enjoyed in the Ralph irk home Sunday Th e pre-ent his sister. Mr Joe Stone and Tlie 1. it a Pi'.lsbury place w.is sold his mother. Mrs. Chet Smith, tor i h Acre iy.bu.nd, cf Gaston. Ore.; Mr. and thi- la»'. w ..k ; a family from Utah vi»:t with tier moth* ,i Mi tives m Nebraska They :<•’ mtur- Mrs. Ira Pettis. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph 1’ettls. of Boi-e; Mr and Mrs. L. E. i Pill'bui> ' 11 g ti New V rk to day for a two m ak Gary Smith is staying with hi» .. mi. Aufderhar. of Caldwell; Mr and make their home. Mrs. Tom Fergu. on, of Apple Valley; , Visitors over the week end in the Mrs. Frank DeMurk all.!' M-s. Pauline McGinn.» and Mr». Joe Brumbaeh home were her broth­ ents are away. J.iyce Davis and baby, of Adrian, er and wife. Mr and Mr» Jack Herb Thomas, helped 'hra 1: »n Ti\ > .. j i Parma, and brother. E B Raney, who us In the at the home of her cousui. Phil Clu itev. Miller, of the Caldwell Presby­ hospital m Wei.»er cas and family, from Thursday unt: terian church, to Boi»e Saturday Mr. and Mr». Phil Clucas and fam­ Saturday. morning to attend an officers' meet­ ily visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs Dyre Robert» had .t ing of the Pre- byterian youth synod. Mr and Mr.» Henry Moore in Cen­ their Sunday dinner guests, her m - Sunday she accompanied a group tral Cove. ter. Mrs. Burton Blades and fan > .if young p o p le from Parma to Em­ Darrell English accompanied his of Nampa mett to attend an officers’ meeting parents. Mr and Mrs. O. J English Mr and Mrs. Babe Hamilton u i of the Youth Pre-byterial of the and his two sisters, Mr. and Mrs Donny were supper gue»ts in the Boise district. Alice is the secretary Don Bowen, all of Nampa and Mrs. Dyre Roberts home Sunday evenn of the Boise Youth Pre.»byterial. Gale Martin, of Adrian to Halfway, Karen Roberts spent Saturday Mrs. Mary Thoina». Mrs. Dyre Ore Thursday, to attend the funeral helping care for Mrs. Martin wh Robert» and Mrs. Irma Hopkins at­ of a cousin, Mrs. Bessie English. has been 111 the last few days tended a high school P T A execu­ Mrs Boyce V.uide Water itas been Mr. and Mrs. Dyre Robert . Wayr tive meeting in Adrian Monday on the sick list, but is improving at Sharon and Karen, attended the evening. this writing. Mr and Mrs. Guy Strong, of Par­ ma. and Miss Mary Knapp, of Ros­ well. were Sunday dinner guests at the Tom Jones home. Mr and Mrs Howard Turner and family called at the Joe King horn* Monday. Mrs. Turner Is known to all her friends as Opal Johunmessen. Mr. Turner is a telegraph operator at Parma. Mi La Rayne Smith, is working at the telephone office in Boise. M i s s Janice Jones. Miss Imogene Eden and Joyce Jeleinick spent the week-end with their parents. Miss Ji lemick is working In the telephone office in Boise. The other two girls are in nurses training. Mrs. Chester Stanton and Miss Helen Hatch went to Ontario Thurs­ day as project leaders of the A and B Extension unit for gift wrapping. The demonstrator was was Miss Jessalee Mallalieu of Corvallis. Bernie Pollard, stayed Tluirsday night with Junion Eden who had returned home for a few days from Nevada and Burns, Ore., where he has been working. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weir and Mary called at the Ralph Stark home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Samer and Catherine entertained with a birth­ day dinner for Robert Weir, who was celebrating his 84th birthday Sun­ day. Amor..: those present were Mrs. Weir. Mary and Charles. 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Boilers and their Pipes 89618 Open Lights 196 610 Petroleum and its products 74.157 Hot Ashes and Coal*— Open Fires 88 079 Ignition of Hot Grease, etc. 49.357 Spontaneous Combustion 36 867 Gas—Natural A Artificial 27,386 Bparks Arising from Combasti on 35 403 Rubbish and Utter 56 54« Miscellaneous—Cause Known but not clamified 25 891 Friction. Spark.« from Running Machinery 28 01* Exploatone S.17S Firewtefc. Faii«A.ns, ete. 2.373.61« Per Cent of Claims 26 96% 1165 8 40 Property Loss Per Cent Value $ 353,837,548 226,715,008 236,314,382 17 49% 11 21 11 66 2 88 5 73 44,237,707 135,771.242 2 19 6,71 783 6 82 99,765.935 178.224.307 4 93 881 3 78 837 3 12 56 506,796 176,962 055 41.512.042 2 74 875 205 371 208 1 64 1 IS 41 ¿78.839 128.922.017 42.843.047 38 572.945 204 6 37 2 12 1 91 1 4« 2 47 26.760 504 86.566,949 1 32 4 23 109 64 844 348 320 1 10 .14 43 903 776 1 706 654 3 IT .06 100 00% $2 £23 ¿45 101 100 00 . The terror of this mother and child will no doubt be short-lived, for the fire department has come in time. But, what of the "second terror" that follows, when they realize that they cannot cope with the cash loss that fire has brought. Insurance could have saved them from financial tragedy . . . it may yet save you! Call right now to arrange for ade­ quate property coverage . . . Consult your phone directory for the names of re­ liable insurance agents in your com­ munity. This Space Contributed As a Public Service By NYSSA FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS p Phone 176-W