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    Claim for Fire Insurance

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    Fire results not only in loss of property but also loss of profits to the business on account of its dislocation. Such a loss can be got covered by taking a loss of profits policy. Considerable care should be exercised in determining the amount for which a loss policy should be taken. The policy should adequate to cover the likely amount of loss‚ which the insured may suffer on account of dislocation of the business. The policy specifics both the period as well as the amount it covers. To study about

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    Fire Fighting Apparatus

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    Fire 6 Research Paper There are many types of fire-fighting apparatus’ that are in use today and my research is not going to be limited on one particular type of engine but will include a vast majority of engines and their uses. To begin to understand fire apparatus‚ one must define the term engines or apparatus‚ which are what most fire departments‚ call the basic vehicle in this region of the country. But just about anywhere you can find a department where these kinds of apparatus are sometimes

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    Triangle Fire 1911

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    The Triangle Fire of 1911 Near closing time on Saturday afternoon‚ March 25‚ 1911‚ in New York City a fire broke out on the top floors of the Asch Building in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company. One of the worst tragedies in American history it is known as the "Triangle Shirtwaist Fire". It was a disaster that took the lives of 146 workers‚ most of which were women. This tragedy pointed out the negatives of sweatshop conditions of the industrialization era. It emphasized the worst part of its times

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    Fire In The Glass Castle

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    To explain the significance of the word fire that is portrayed repeatedly in section 2 of the Glass Castle‚ we first need examine why she uses the word fire. Can she relate the meaning of the word fire to her life? Well on page 15‚ paragraph one‚ lines 5 through 6; “You can’t live in the fear of something as basic as fire”‚ shows that fire is something that one shouldn’t be in fear of and should be least feared. That she should be in charged and not the other way around. The second time is on the

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    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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    York. When all of a sudden a fire began it started in the rag bin on the 8th floor of the 10 story building. Within 18 minutes it was all over. 49 of the workers burned to death or had been suffocated to death. 36 were dead in the elevator. 58 died from jumping out of the windows. 2 died later because of very fatal injuries. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire of 1911 caused many problems or issues for the people who lost friends and family who were victims of the fire. In total there was 145 people

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    Springfield House Fire

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    was forced to leap from the second-story window. Jeph Bassett‚ the Deputy Division Chief from the Springfield Fire Department‚ said that three ambulances were on the scene immediately. Paramedics drove the adults to Memorial Medical Center‚ and they took the children to HSHS St. John’s Hospital. The who jumped from a window injured himself‚ and a second man had suffered burns. According to neighbors who witnessed the incident‚ the two children appeared uninjured from the fire. In the home‚ there

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    The Fire of London 1666

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    THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON The Great Fire of London was a disaster that spread throughout the City of London in September 1666. Preceded by bubonic plague which struck England in 1665‚ the fire was another disastrous event that threatened Londoners in the seventeenth century. Medieval in its street plan‚ the City of London with timber buildings and very narrow streets had been threatened by several minor fires before. Yet the risk of the fire of 1666 was increased by a long period of severe drought

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    Muck Fire Analysis

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    struggles with muck fires‚ robberies and bugs. After each problem starts to surface‚ the development owner Mr. Costello tries to come up with a solution. His attempts to solve these issues always end up causing more problems. To start‚ Lake Windsor Downs suffers from muck fires. “ ‘Right out there. It’s the muck fire.’ ‘It’s the what?’ ‘Muck fire‚ ma’am. That field probably got hit by lightning last night. Stirred up the muck fire. ‘ ‘Last night? So… how long is this fire going to burn?’ The young

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    Great Fire of London

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    The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London‚ from Sunday‚ 2 September to Wednesday‚ 5 September 1666.[1] The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman City Wall. It threatened‚ but did not reach‚ the aristocratic district of Westminster‚ Charles II’s Palace of Whitehall‚ and most of the suburban slums.[2] It consumed 13‚200 houses‚ 87 parish churches‚ St. Paul’s Cathedral‚ and most of the buildings of the

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    Hanging Fire Response

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    Unspoken Thoughts and Flashbacks To be quite honest‚ I had no idea where I was going to begin with writing this response. I must have re-read Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde over and over again‚ and I am still sadly stuck on what my starting point is going to contain. I have to start somewhere‚ so here it goes. What I can say is that I enjoy this poem greatly. It brings back memories and feelings I thought were buried in my mind everlastingly. The first stanza compares a lot to many experiences and

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