The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938, October 09, 1916, Image 3

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The Shingle Roof Fire Hazard.
Have you ever noticed how fast
a shingle roof will burn? Have
you ever noticed how the burn-
ing shingles will curl up, break
off and, if the wind is a little high,
how they will sail over to another
roof as if directed by some invis-
ible hand, and set fire to it, too?
The great catastrophes at Sa-
lem, Chelsea, and the more recent
one at Paris were due to the ease
with which the fire could go from
shingle roof to shingle roof. The
damage in each case was meas-
ured by the millous of dollars.
These are not the only ones; there
are hundreds of smaller ones
each year and they can all be
prevented.
How?
Simply by the use of the more
fire resisting, longer lived and
more artistic roofing materials,
such as slate and tile.
Kerbow, H. R.
Caring for Fire Extinguishers.
Fire hazard is not a vague term
to people at the A.and M. Col-
lege of Texas. During the past
eight years there have been three
fires of note: the old Main Build-
ing, Mess Hall,and one residence.
In all of these fires, there was
great property loss, but luckily
enough no lives were sacrificed
in any of them. 5
The old Main Building and
Mess Hall were buildings con-
structed in about the same way
as Goodwin, Ross, Austin, and
Gathright Halls, and none of
these structures aregat all safe
against fire. A blaze%mce start.
ed in one of these buildings would
net be controllable, if it was al-
lowed to get any headway at all.
The old Main Building was one
solid mass of fire in thirty min-
utes after it caught.
There have been placed in the
dormitories a number of fire ex.
tinguishers that will give excel.
lent service toward stopping a
small fire that might not be con.
trolled at all without their aid.
It has been a practice of some
cadets to empty these extinguish-
ers simply for the amusement it
afforded them. By so doing they
have imperiled the lives of others.
Every man here has the right of
protection against fire, and the
State has provided protection by
placing these extinguishers in
the dormitories, and they should
be regarded as sacred to the wel.
fare of the inmates of the bar.
racks. It should be the duty of
every man to protect and look af-
ter these extinguishers and see
that they are never left empty.
Milner, D. B.
The Chapel.
The College Chapel is the most
dangerous hazard onthe Cam pus.
There is always the possibility
of fire starting in the picture
booth, though the operators may
be ever so careful. In the winter
the stoves are a menace!
The stairways from the baleg.:
ny are narrow and have windegs
in them. Tt is Impossible t8 nse
them rapidly. In case of tire
DON'T CROWD
and remember the heroes on
board the Titanic
LLADIES FIRST!