The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 8, 1932 Page: 5 of 12
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Brants Company
INSURANCE
Petroleum Building
It is the fire loss that controls, the
insurance cost. Whenever .there is’a
fire in your, neighborhood — look it
over and then carefully. consider the
fact that YOU pay your part of the
loss as well as your part for all fires
occurring in oKer neighborhoods.
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This Advertisement Made Possible by Members of the
Fort Worth Insurance Underwriters’ Association
AND OTHER PUBLIC SPIRITED INSTITUTIONS
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Conflagration Hazard
It was jnst one small fire at the be-
ginning that caused the “Fort Worth
Conflagration” remembered so well "
today by many Fort Worth citizens.
—Four times within the past two years —
has this conflagration hazard been
forcibly brought to the attention of
persons acquainted with the serious-
ness of this hazard. Twice the fire
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fire but were fortunate to have fa¥-
orable atmospheric conditions.
. , . throw matches
around, unless you know
that they’re dead. It
takes only a smoldering
heat to cause a terrific
fire, once the lit match
reaches anything inflam-
mable!
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Mitchell, Gartner & Walton
INSURANCE
The Fair Building
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Vera-Reynolds & Company
INSURANCE
Petroleum Building
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even in ash frays . . .
and DON’T throw cig-
arette butts out of win-
dows, or on the roadway,
unless you are SURE
that they are OUT.
Continental National Bank
Fort Worth National Bank
. . . try to economize
by dry-cleaning cloth-
ing at home! Inflam-
mable fluids may cost
you a life • or a house
should they explode or
ignite. Play safe, and
you will prevent fire.
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. . . leave bonfires lit
when you are through
with them! Be sure
that you put them out
entirely — and DON’T
start fires with oil or
kerosene-—they are too
dangerous!
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Dan Waggoner Building
M. O. Killion
Real Estate—Rentals—-Insurance
507 First National Bank Building—2-2188
J. G. Clark Company -
General Insurance—BONDS
602 Burkburnett Building—3-1339
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. . . leave rubbish lying
around, accumulated,-"
where the smallest fly-
ing spark can cause it
to ignite—and result in
a costly fire. And
DON’T let rubbish col- »
lect near your stove.
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DuBose, Rutledge & Miller -
, INSURANCE
Fort Worth National Bank Building
Furman, Lawrence & Parker
INSURANCE
Renfro Building .
Prevention Week
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Lone Star Gas Company
The Electric Club of Ft. Worth
Why We Have Fire
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was instituted as a yearly reminder
to be-carefuY^ firM.—FU4s almost'*-—.
amazing to realize that the^Average .
American fire loss for each individ-
ualis whit the European-less is---
only 33e. This fact may be attrib- '
uted to the*European point of view,
' that the individual that has a fire is-
regarded as a public offender. Where r
fire is involved, BE CAREFUL!
Head-Teas Company
INSURANCE
Dan WaggonerzBuidnx
Jess Johnson Company
‘ , INSURANCE
712 Houston Street
Ladd & Newton
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W. T. Waggoner Building
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Unemployment and
Loss of Payroll
A most serious economic question at
.......this time.Of all industrial buildings
burned in the last five years, 43 per
cent failed to rebuild or "resume op-
erations. Think of the families af-
fected of your job and your family 2.
if a fire should, destroy the business •T
.. where you work,
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Loss of Life and
Permanent
C " Disfigurement
. Approximately 10,000 persons were
burned to death during the year of
1931. One-third of these were chil- .
dren‘under ten years of age. Many--------
, thousands more were so badly burn-
ed as to be crippled and disfigured
_er life. No portion of the nation’s
fire waste is more appalling than the
loss of life and the physical suffer-
ing involved.
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Sheldon, Seward R. & Schulz, Herbert D. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 8, 1932, newspaper, October 8, 1932; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1537950/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.