State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GOVERNOR
For the last twelve years, the annual fire waste in
this country has averaged nearly a quarter of a billion
dollars. The per capita fire loss has been eight or nine
times as large as that in the more advanced of the
nations of Europe. Most of this loss has been due to
negligence and thoughtlessness in little matters. Law
cannot effectually do away with such causes; only an
awakened public sentiment can.
To bring home to the minds and consciences of the
citizens of the State this deplorable waste, and particu-
larly to educate their children to the need and the
proper methods of decreasing it, the General Assembly
has directed that a day be set apart as
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and I accordingly designate for that purpose, Friday,
October eighth, and I request that the people of this
State, especially the teachers in its schools, give some
portion of that day to a consideration of the needless
drain upon its resources due to the setting of fires, and
to the means by which they may be prevented.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford,
this tenth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand,
nine hundred and fifteen, and of the independence of the United States
the one hundred and fortieth.
By His Excellency’s Command:
MARCUS H. HOLCOMB.
CHARLES D. BURNES,
Secretary.





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