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. OSHAWA, ONTARIO! {SATURDAY OCTOBER 7; 4922. : A. Ph hi thy ' ii Ly ou Sse 8 oan . » HA YY Ag BAY \ A Messdge from the Fire Chief Fire destroys nearly $250,000,000 worth property in Canada and the United States every year. Nearly all fires can be prevented. See that your furnace and chimneys are carefully inspected before building winter fires, Be sure your electric wiring is danger proof. Do not leave boxes of matches where children may reach them, or mice get them. Use a little care and you can help alot to reduce the number of préventable fires. Carry sufficient insurance to cover your loss in case you should have a fire. y A, C. CAMERON, Fire i SE -------------- A ---- Fire Prevention Week Is Oct. 2 to CANADA HAS UNENVIABLE V. A. HENRY RECORD WORLD'S HIGHEST | Pediar's "Perfect" er PER CAPITA FIRE LOSS Metal Lath I A : and other sheet metal products Oshawa produces a nsurance In the matter of per capita fire loss Canada leads the world. It is not very large proportion of all the materials used. in Canada for an enviable reputation to possess, nor is it one for boasting or self-satisfaction, Old world countries such ag Switzerland, France, England and Germany Fire Prevention have per capita fire losses of only a few cents per annum. Some are as low THROUGH §* : a as 18 cents. Canada like the prodigal waster she is has a per capita fire loss asses of Insurance ace of over $4.00 per annum. Fireproof Building Construction We are a young country in the constructive or formative stage and can ill afford to burn and destroy created property to the value of thirty or Td ETT EE 5 y more millions per annum. Further we are burdened with a huge war debt 1 Buildings inspected with a view to improving the risk and re- which in itself shaild call for tigi sionumy and for 8 policy of soaservation It is estimated that from to per cent of all fires are preventable. In ducing the FIRE INSURANCE RATES. other words our carelessness causes us a loss of many millions each year. ; During the past ten years, 1911-1920, Canada's fire waste, from des- i P 230,000,000 follows: -- RELIABLE COMPANIES REPRESENTED truction of property alone, has been almost $ 88 . $21,459,575 Help reduce fire-waste and at the same time boost- 21,083,819 ing Oshawa by recommending Pedlar's "Perfect" 11% Simcoe St. S. 23,305,408 Sheet Metal products whenever you can. A 21,583,118 The Pedlar P Limi Phones--1198W Office; 1046W Res. 19,022,332 : Mod. 4 Siar Poople Limited ae 20,487,509 omen , a" A em -- 20,086,085 . - 31,815,844 23,207,647 g n SS 27,800,000 . an? OFFICE PHONE 92 The above value has been entirely destroyed; there is nothing to show Insurance : for it. To guard against fire loss, in one form only, that of insurance, the insur- : DAVIS & SON ance companies collected in premiums approximately $311,506,000, out of which they returned in payment to policy holders for losses approximately $161,100,000. . We write all kinds of Insurance 19 King Street West Various domestic electrical devices are being multiplied, the ingenuity --Life, Fire, Accident, Sickness, of the inventor being backed up by the advertising activities of local electrical Burglary, Plate Glass and Auto- OSH AW A companies, which seek to increase the use of their current. The papers and obile . : z m . magazines are full of advertisements of electric toasters, plate warmers, hair curlers, electric irons and sewing and washing machines. The interest of the Phone us or call ai our ole for : makers is chiefly in disposing of the device and they are not specially inter- . ested in seeing that proper installation is secured. Often the connections are particulars. . made by the purchaser without any knowledge of electrical conditions, and they result in serious hazards. Heaters are often installed on electric circuits a2 the wires of which are already so fully loaded that any considerable increase 8 5 P 2 ¢ . of the current is likely to set fire to the property. A great many fires have OSHAWA REAL ESTATE SALES rotection from every form of resulted from leaving electric irons on the ironing board without turning off the : : loss from a strayed parcel to current. The number of such losses has been so large and the amount involved COMP ANY is so great that the insurance companies are considering the necessity of some A. C. Lycett, Phone 625 J. C. Young, Phone 909; a burned block form of protection against this increased hazard. Householders should re- 61 King St. East Phone 793 member that great care should be exercised in the use of electric current for . domestic purposes. . \ PREVENT FIRES BY Having Your House Wired by People Who thoroughly understand the wiring business. We specialize on house wiring and guarantee first-class workmanship. Our terms are reasonable. Ask for estimates. ..A- W. BRADLEY 391, Simcoe St. North Phone 1083 and avoid all fire risk from candles and oil lamps. Electricity is the safest and best medium for illu- Lessen the Danger of Fire by Installing don by pert cic. A First Class Heating System GET OUR PRICES VER or Have Your Present System Put in : : : : i . 1 AY-NOW » Mofiat's Kitchen Heater First-class Condition Tob t Cas or Electric wat a See our wonderful display of A a merase Boe Jun AGENTS FOR McCLARY'S SUNSHINE FURNACE wn senda dig hao Jl m---- il " Hydeo Hci Power Commission AND HEATING SERVICE THAT SATISFIES of Ontario MILLER & L4BBY THE IE ELECTRIC SHOP . Phone 233 15 King St. E. Phone 1075 a