SUPERINTENDENT HUGO AT THE FIRE BRIGADE DINNER.—A FEW HINTS TO HOUSEHOLDERS. Another simple precaution he would urge on After an earthquake—he did not mean occasional householders was that before retiring to bed some earth tremors—no one should light a fire until it was utensil (say a bucket) should be filled with water ascertained that the chimneys were all right. and kept in a handy place. How many fires could be prevented by having a bucket of water handy to dash over the seat of the outbreak. Like this, for instance. If the chimney should not be all right there may be unlooked-for consequences.

Free Lance, Volume VII, Issue 351, 23 March 1907, Page 12

SUPERINTENDENT HUGO AT THE FIRE BRIGADE DINNER.— A FEW HINTS TO HOUSEHOLDERS. Another simple precaution he would urge on After an earthquake — he did not mean occasional householders was that before retiring to bed some earth tremors — no one should light a fire until it was utensil (say a bucket) should be filled with water ascertained that the chimneys were all right. and kept in a handy place. How many fires could be prevented by having a bucket of water handy to dash over the seat of the outbreak. Like this, for instance. If the chimney should not be all right there may be unlooked-for consequences.