Connolly Bros. 
GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS 
for BUILDINGS 
ORSALELE 
DESCRIPTIONS 
CARPENTER SHOPS, MILLS AND OFFICE AT 
BEVERLY FARMS, MASS. 
FIRE PREVENTION 
FOLLOWING the terrible Peabody 
school disaster on October 28, 
1915, with the attendant loss of lite 
the periodic outburst on the part of 
the public occured. Demands tor bet- 
ter fire prevention methods were 
made, but the means of enforcing 
such methods were not enacted. It 
had been the custom in recent years 
to observe the anniversary of the 
Great Boston fire of 1872 as Fire 
Prevention Day in Massachusetts. In 
1915 public clamor resulted in the 
gathering together in Faneuil Hall of 
a large number of officials and others 
interested in fire prevention measures. 
Of course, in the absence of delegated 
power, their only course was to otter 
suggestions. Confining their sug- 
gestions to the matter of prevention 
of fires in school houses, the commit- 
tee of fourteen appointed by the Fan- 
euil Hall meeting worked out a splen- 
did list of suggestions for the regula- 
tion of school houses in a manner best 
fitted to avoid another shocking 
calamity like the Peabody fire. 
The committee carefully classified 
the schools according to the uses to 
which the various parts of the build- 
ing are put. Separate regulations are 
suggested for schools in which base- 
ments are occupied by children as well 
as the heating apparatus and for 
those in which the basement is used 
exclusively for heating apparatus and 
storage. In the latter case the sug- 
gestion is made that the basement be 
entirely cut off from the rest of the 
building and entrance made from the 
outside. ‘The installation of sprinkler 
systems and the placing of fire ex- 
tinguishers in class rooms is included 
in the suggestions. The principal ad- 
vice in the report of the committee 
deals with the building construction 
and the materials to be used. Metal 
NORTE SHORE BREEZE 
OLIVER T. ROBERTS 
WILLIAM HOARE 
Roberts & Hoare 
Contractors and Builders 
Contract Work a Specialty 
Particular Attention given to Jobbing 
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 
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J. M. Publicover 
W. B. Publicover | 
Publicover Bros. 
Contractors and Builders 
Special Attention given to Jobbing, Furniture Repaired, etc. 
ALL WORK NEATLY and PROMPTLY DONE 
SHOP: Hale St., Beverly Farms 
.P. O. Box 74, Beverly Farms, Mass. 
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ROBERT ROBERTSON COMPANY 
PLUMBING 
HEATING 
WATER SUPPLY 
BEVERLY BEVERLY FARMS 
MANCHESTER HAMILTON 
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J. A. MAYBERRY 
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER 
CARPENTER WORK IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 
HASKELL ST., NEAR HALE 8T. 
Tel. Beverly Farms 1380 
HOWARD A. DOANE, Carpenter 
BUILDING AND REPAIRING 
ORDERS TAKEN FOR AWNINGS 
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SCREENS, 
BEVERLY FARMS, MASS. 
lath is advised in all cases rather than 
wood. 
The complete report of the com- 
mittee is contained in a pamphlet is- 
sued by the Fire Prevention Commis- 
sioner for the Metropolitan district of 
Massachusetts for free distribution. 
The contents deserve the serious con- 
sideration of every parent, school 
teacher and school committee. 
Taxi—phone Manchester 290. adv. 
P. O. Box 62 
PRIDE’S CROSSING, MASS. | 
Estimates Furnished 
Shop at Pride’s Orossing | 
FLATTERY Doss It. 
“A good detective,” said William 
J. Burns, in a discussion of the Car- 
man case, “turns disaster into victory. 
“He’s like the waiter. 
“A very bald man summoned @ 
waiter to him, pointed to his cup of 
cold consomme, and roared: 
“Waiter, there’s a hair in this 
soup.’ 
““Why, so there is, sir, 
fluttered off your head?” 
said the 
waiter. ‘Don’t you think it must have 
