CARELESSNESS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATHS BY FIRE
Lightning led as a cause of fire deaths in Ohio during the month of July, says State Fire Marshal H. A. Dykeman, there being 8 deaths and 12 injuries reported up to the 30th.
High voltage wires and other electrical troubles killed seven people, and Fourth of July claimed two victims—one child and one man. Thirty people in all were killed during July in Ohio by fire or fire causes. Of the deaths, 13 were children. The causes of their deaths were lightning, 1; matches, 4; electric wires, 3; gunpowder (lockjaw) 1; hot clinkers, 1; bonfires, 1; oil (probably murder victims) 2.
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