lFigures show

needless waste

A sori‘y- story of needless firelwc are face to face with the ;~-'Cadaistoldb th: ll'."lll'L9."-lnﬁoatil‘ in life and plzoilef-laminar‘ sllrely we CT“ mm? m '_\' ‘!l(‘ national yearly loss is" f‘ ‘f’m°th‘“3 350“ 1l- Legisla- app,-(._-whjng an a11.iime nigh ‘tion is certainly not the answer. ~10 Llurupeﬂn nﬁtion even hr eé IEiiucation in individual respou. - i .y approac es us. per ea ' ~ - . :9“) gcpulation, in our ‘evident 5punSlblmy' as the “r e ‘erV.‘°' .Un5um,'ng desire to bu,-n U p 95 Point out, offers real and tan- Iul‘S(l‘i'(.‘h and our possessions Q 131° b°”°m"

. _ -. indeed a h f Let's get rid_of the notion Im- :l_l:,'Ta:,; lacking ms :33: to rglch plied by the figures that we're jgmened cmuumn I ‘ ‘IIVIIJZ an easy come. eas go

. . 3' , what “any hurt’ (hm ° 3 1' il'‘l>:llleolohgl'ed1tilll;scllillingiilbhdiajillaf prove our salvation In the long|thctic thinking. run) is the realization that: Let's throw out trash from most of the fires are caused by our attics and In our thinking human carelessness. New thatiaud habits of fire.

FIRE IS BURDEN TO ECONOMY .

Estimates of the cost of fire Drotectlon to citizens of Can- , .

Fire marshal urges war on carelessness

Fire department annual op- erations — $7 , . Ca Ital I t, I) ll - ’ .,,g._”e,c._°“‘;2“Z,f,’j°“‘ . “ ‘' av EARLE MACLEOD levelled to the ground by fire,- ciiims also paid (1961) ""'“""'~"“' “"'-‘ M“"l“" f'°l;°"¥ I053 523333 0“ Feb- ;g:,_1 mg“ in ed (1 _ . . 0_ ire destroyed a large feed insurance I:;.';niun:a_m‘ re 1 By D'0m1-man Procldmaition. mill at ins1oe,-- loss 834,587. This was . new record ‘or the weel. of Oct. 7-13 is design- On March 21, a cattle barn gt

fire insurance protection ir- Canada. comparing with 8213.- 6 millions in 1960.

Against the 1961 premium total of $223.6 millions, the figure for loss claims (includ- ing adjuxting expenses) wan $1I6.5 millions, or a loss ratio of 52.21 per cent. about 4.5 per ccnt lower than the previous

G. C.

COUNCILLO-RS REG. MacALEER RUSSELL DEIGNAN J. J. McISAAC

NEVE

PREVENTION

CITIZENSOF BORDEN

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK ocroiisii 7I'II to 13th National Fire Prevention Week is being held throughout Canada from-October 7th to 13th inclusive. We urge the citizens of Borden to do their share in the prevention of fire. Oheck your home or place of business for any possible firi- hazards that may cause fire, the result. being heavy damage and sometimes the loss of lives. Remember for your protection Don’t Give Fire A Place To Start.

TOWN OF BORDEN

CHESTER LAKE EVERETT McKEN NA HAROLD PALMER

yea: .

Fire is indeed a heavy hur- ‘5‘3§“;i§§:°;':,f§fge§"‘,’;" 3,e‘°‘;:o‘,’,f

59“ °" the Candi” °°’°"°m"' ince for the year 1961, with a property loss .43. am- age amounting to $91,908 was sustained in a fire in a Char-

FIRE WEEK ,

OCT. 7 - I3 and EVERY WEEK

'nada. is an imperative remind- er of the control of fire and its hazards. and appeals to all citi- zens to take the proper precau- tion.-1 to curb the careless caus-

department of industry and na-

lottetown Pharmacy and‘ ad- joining occupancies on Jan. 13, 1961. A total damage of $65,308 was incurred on Feb. 19, 1961, when a fire starting in a Snack

e. Figures released through the

Bar in Kensington, spread to tho adjoining occupancies in the busiess block, with 22 losses in all On March 14. 1961, a hotel

MR. MacLEOD Suuunepside burned to the ‘ Feb. 19, a fire in a large Stor-

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in gy-(,und_ causing . 105, of 357, 1 age Warehouse in Charlottetown ooo_ 0n~Sgptembe[ 11, 195 3 écause a loss of_approxlmate1y large poultry building at Central $30.000 to the bulltjlmﬂ and fill‘- Bedeque was destroyed by fire. nltllre Sl0T€d therein- with 3 1055 of 3(;7_o52_ L On Jan. 3, 1962, a potato ware- To date in 1962, in Charlotte. house in North Wiltshire, burn- town, the largest iii-e loss oi-ig- .ed. causing a property loss of irated in the Newson Block in l$2l.276. On Jan. 14. 3 Church at Ch rlottetown on Sept. 3. The ILot 65. burned to the ground, ion. has not yet been adjusted, causing a property loss of $5118. but it is presumed that it will be 485. On Feb. 8, a dwelling and

deaths 11 a

bo_v of ii years, died in a fl sh

fire, caused by lighting the chen stove with gasoline.

‘at. Fire Prevention Week. Sherwood was badly gutted by Tllli‘ proclamation, made in the {ii-e,_ losg $40,062, on Sept, 39, 11131"? of Queen Elizabeth of Ca- a motor vessel burned at Sourls

—loss approximately $60,000.

It is with regret that we must port at we have had four om fire, to date II 1962. 0 e of these persons

ii kit-

time. the danger of k e e p I n g

flammable liquids in un-mark- ed containers.

Members of the fire depart- ments will be carrying out In- spections in buildings, such as stores. apartments, places of assembly, dwellings, warehous- es, etc., in order to discover fire hazards, bring them to their attention, and have them re- moved Home owners and busi- ness people are urgently re- quested to remove all condi- tions found likely to cause or promote the spread of fire.

As in previous years, I would urge all organizations and citi- zone to remember these endur- ing Fire Safety Appeal Slogans: “Don't Give Fire a Place to Start";' “Fire Prevention is Your Job, too"; “Stop Fires Be- fore they Start"; and " No Smoking In Bed." ‘

the (Ion-din. Charlottetown. Wed, Oct. 10, 1962. 1_i

You can fix a burnt out fuse with a penny but the final cost may be far more than that—— it could cost you your life.

ii PENNY FOR YOUR LIFE

ed for the house wiring. Wires carrying too heavy a load car

Firc authorities warn that fuses should never be used ‘ an electrical

tr... Ill carry load heavier than that intend- and have caused tragic fires.

Iobs. money

BE-LL, Mayor.

IEOPIIRDIZE YOUR LIFE on PROPERTY

IITTEMPTING. TO DO DRY‘*Cl.ﬂNlNG“' WITH __Gl_l_SOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE FLUIDS

~ “FIRE PREVENTION WEEK" OCT. 7-13

FRESHEN up YOUR g FAIL ANDWINTER’ FINERY . . .

prevent accidental fires!

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Prevent Possible Disaster - Send Us Your Dry Cleaning

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in the vicinity of $32,000. On dental office in Alberton was

Educational plan aiming to cut toll

A reduction In the past spir- lthe country wide promotion of; ailing losses of property and hu- Fire Prevention Week. in sup- maii life by fire! This is the, goal ‘port of fire safety drives and of a new public education cam- inspection programmes. Direc- paign, now in its fifth year, ;toi-9 and officers serve ' without against fire carelessness in ‘compensation. Progressively ex- Canada. By 1957, Canada’s loss- ;pai:derl, the campaign is financ- on of human life and property ed by grants and subsidies from by fire were at an all — time ‘public and private sources. The high. Per capita. the property Ieffort is endorsed by all levels destruction was one he Iof government, and most gen- worst of any nation. In 1958 un- l crously a s s I s t e d by editors, der the sponsorship of the Asso- }broadcasters and poster media. ciation of Canadian Fire Mar-; The Association of Canadian shale and the Canadian Associa- _Fire arshals comprises the tion of Fire Chiefs. a Joint Com- ‘Fire Marshals and Fire Com- mittee was setup by official niissioners of the provinces charter Its primary objective: and the Nort..west Territories.

’ as well as the Dominion F i r 1-. Commissioner, and the Fire Marshall of each of the three armed services, Navy, Army and Air Force. The strength of the Canadian Association of Fire Ciiicfs is drawn from municipal land industrial Fire C h i e f ii

FIRE TRIIGEDIES CIIN BE IIVOIDED

The hand of human care- lessness writes a ghastly mes-

than 5,000 lives were lost In fires (many of them, young children). More than 500,000 omes were/destroyed or damaged. More than one bil- lion dollars in property was consumed. ‘

A tragic picture -— a dis- grace?

tant in national tragedy th at co‘tild have been averted by simple care-

How simple? By care In smoking, By intelligent use of heating and electricity.

By cleaning out trash. By

keeping matches away from young hands.

On the job, by a greater de- votion to the easy rules of safety.

Fire Is an economic, blight. The total loss of the la ado dwarfs that of any other

{from coast to coast. , .

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And, don't let your h

give us a call today!

Tiiiorscr AGAINST FIRE HAZARD and

A fire prevention tip: Be careful with smokes.

without adequate insurance. l‘lre’insuranoe protection, at louest rates-

period

ome go up in smoke For the finest

Wilfred

163 Queen St.

Fire Prevention Week October 1 — 13

CO-OP INSURANCE

Ch’town

Driscoll . Dial 4-6035

sage in the ledger of our na- tinn’s life. The facts are burned deep.

In the last 10 years more .

All of that. but more lmpor- I

5: dec- ﬁsociation of Fire Chiefs puts the

losses by fire seen heavy

To measure the impact of in- dustry fires on the Canadian economy. consider this:

Industry fires (manufacturing iand commercial establishments) ‘account for nearly half e yearly toll of fire waste. Official 1960 figures debit manufactur- iiig properties with a loss of $22 millions, and 537 millions gone up in smoke in mercantile plac-

.es ' 'l‘hat year, 49 of these fires were big ones ($250,000 and . alone accounting for $32 millions. or a quarter of tb e ‘n:-ztiona‘ total. doin

‘damage of $50,000 and up (‘rep- .resenting less than half of 1 per‘ cent of all fires of the year) ‘ Cl'al.''i'led 45tper cent of the ovei'- i at destruc ion. ; ! But boxcar figures of direct} {losses are fnisletadintg. Tgifhy; represen my a racio o e, ‘indirect. economic loss to he! |community. A documented an- lalysis by the International As-

‘in re the direct loss, and it may even be ‘greater in particular circum- stances. One Canadian author- ity has even placed the indirect loss of sei'lou‘s fires at teh tim- es the actual destruction. JOBS LOST

One of the most tragic end re- suits of a bad industry fire Is that which permanently wipes out the principal employment in a small community. Ever cit- izen, immediately and directly.

; ever. i onsirler. however. the

5 {history of one plant fire in aj

community of 25. popul io ; ‘Workers thrown out numbered] , A few (mostly womcnl | I\'VPi'f’ absorbed elsewhere as tie management pondered re-l building, and de id 0

3 (3 na 5 .- a. in r. K _-O I ' '1 in < E 3 7 3

rest. it was a painful experience, living on the avails digging into savings, trying to learn new job skills and, a 1- ways. the worry of home re-

a whole way of For a handful‘

gement's offerof early retire- ‘i mcnt pension and call it quits. ‘ BACK IN BUSINESS : The morale factor of Jobs Sud‘ 5 . _ ’ lead- E ing labor authority. is not th e ’ least of life's disasters. P91‘-,» haps because th e situation seems so meaningless. ‘ 3 Yes. the plant we are talking. about is now back in business. But with new machinery. I n- 3 creased production, the plant employs 100, not. O . Arriving at a final balancei sheet of that o e fire and mak-I ing proper discount, you mightl

ﬂies,

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Think of It as an investment which will safe- guard your HOME at all times.

man below:

B. H. HUGHES '

INSURANCE LIMITED

72 GI-«iron Sf. onaiu.orrrs:'roWN. Phone 4-4014

Your home needs to be INSURED. V

Do It right. See the proper person who is equipped to solver your problems for you. Namely the

arrive at this shocking conclus-t 4

WHERE TO GO FOR INSURANCE and WHY_

"Always be prepared In case of an emergency.

‘suffers if the plant folds for-

10 YEARS or FIRES CLAIM 5.529 LIVES

Fires in Canada in the last ten years have taken 5,529 lives, wasted more than a billion dollars of property. Most of the 798,000 fires of the decade were caused by carelessness and neglect. This is the heart of a proclamation to 18,500,000 Canarkans in the name of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of Canada.

vent this economic waste and tragic loss life in order that the nation’s prosperity may be maintained,” the proclamation m‘ s. While provincial reports for 1961 indicate a cut- back from the all-time high losses of 195 I, the ten- year record to 1961 is the most severe of any decade in our fire history. The estimated worth of property waste is $1,190,000,000, compared with the 1960 ten-year assessment of $1,144,000,000. . '

DWELLING FIRES DOWN

Estimated 1961 figures, related to those of re- cent years (forest and federal government losses excluded):

1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 No. of fires 82.432 79,022 84.241 86.919 82.088 Killed . . . . 555 566 560 532 638 Loss ($ millions) 127.1 129.4 124.6 120.3 133.5 Per capita $7.00 $7.26 $7.05 $7.05 $8.05

Black as the appraisal may be. certain encour- aging improvements in recent years should not be overlooked.

Dwelling ilires of the last thine years are down, I from-63,000 such fires in 1959 to about 60,000 in

1961. This is an important gain because fire in the home accounts for three-quarters of all fires. and for the same proportionof fire deaths. The nation’: 60.0()0 ﬁre ﬁghters believe that simple lessons of firs safety learned in the nation's 4,500,000 homes will carry into the places where they work and play.

FEWER CHILDREN DIE

There was a decline in the severity of large loss fire ($250,000 and up) in 1961, compared with the previous year. Such fires make up a quarter of the national loss, and together with fires of $00,000 and more account, for half the _veai'ly damage. Never- theless, the estimated per capital loss of $7.00 for all ﬁres last year continues to make this country's fire loss rate one of the worst in theworld, and of little help to an improved productive economy.

In f‘li‘€ deaths ( per 100,000 population. 3.0 in 1,961 and 3.9 in 1957) there seems to be a deﬁnite lowered trend in store, despite the all-toofrequent cases of multiple tragedies, some wiping out whole families. One cheerful aspect: 1961 saw the lowest number of child victims of the last five years!

Learn to operate fire extinguisher

on have a fire extinguish- }how to use it properly, you'r0

If y er in your place but don't know living in a fool's paradise it you

rely on it to do a job in emer-

am I . d ‘W’ S M ‘V p I ‘vi This Is a straight - from - tho

shoulder warnin! by one of the

ion: Its job toll:

checks.

The joint committee of Can-

8d8'S fife 381"/ice! W°Uld W91-'nation's senior fire prevention.

come. might even assist. a ‘officers’ some tips:

young man or woman in prepar-3 R d '_h l I t, m ing a master's degree paper on‘ ‘P 9 "9 7"“ “"3 9" 9 the subject of the indirect loss h°“5"“" °f “'9 °’m“3“l5l‘°’ 3"‘ of an industry fire to a particul- “'1 ‘hem 3‘ l1"'-°"V3l3-

‘bone up ar community. " K”°“'

coon l:'.‘..?..T“§‘.‘.f.‘.’$‘”.5i..1'.'.i.i'.‘:‘:.§?'“" A Canadian fire scientist la-I Because extinguishers in gen- conically lists his four principal lei-al have a short operating causes of fire: 1, Men; 2. Wom-stime, there's no point in start- en; 3. Children; 4, Lightning. ling yours going when you're 50 Putting it another way: Fir e ] feet away from the fire. By the

prevention is people. I Another expression: Fire pre-l vention is good housekeeping, In 1 industry. home or wherever you i are. i

time you close In on the blaze ts fect may be lost.

See. too, that the extinguish- ei-‘: contents are up to specified cap

Prevent Fires!

fliisful.

We have new equipment

conscious.

Save us! by cleaning all rubbish In your basement baton it is necessary to use your furnace

Residents of lMontcigue

Save You!

but we do not want to

use it on your home. Be tire conscious, not un-

- D. H. COFFIN, Fire Chief rows or MONTAGIII -

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