Fire Insurance Inspection & Underwriting: An Encyclopedic Handbook Defining Insurance Terms, the Policy Contract, Special Forms, and Describing Processes and Materials Used in Mercantile and Manufacturing Establishments, and Their Fire Hazards |
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... SHAFTS . WAX KETTLES .. FINIS .. 344 148 406 658 420 424 433 278 8 and 279 614 484 511 515 368 528 544 477 and 561 563 433 80 and 81 588 603 625 616 622 and 623 619 636 644 647 .639 and 640 685 40 650 and 658 719 , 721 , 723 726 745 763 ...
... SHAFTS . WAX KETTLES .. FINIS .. 344 148 406 658 420 424 433 278 8 and 279 614 484 511 515 368 528 544 477 and 561 563 433 80 and 81 588 603 625 616 622 and 623 619 636 644 647 .639 and 640 685 40 650 and 658 719 , 721 , 723 726 745 763 ...
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... SHAFTS - Fires in such shafts are usually disastrous as they travel from cellar to roof and mushroom on every floor . See Shafts . AIR SPACE - The intervention of an air space preventing direct contact of combustible material with the ...
... SHAFTS - Fires in such shafts are usually disastrous as they travel from cellar to roof and mushroom on every floor . See Shafts . AIR SPACE - The intervention of an air space preventing direct contact of combustible material with the ...
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... shafts and well holes . Boiler house , kitchen , laundry , paint and carpenter shops , also attics used for storage are important hazards . See Asylums . { ! ALOETIC ACID - From aloes by nitric acid process . Ex- plodes with heat ...
... shafts and well holes . Boiler house , kitchen , laundry , paint and carpenter shops , also attics used for storage are important hazards . See Asylums . { ! ALOETIC ACID - From aloes by nitric acid process . Ex- plodes with heat ...
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... shaft broke which caused a disarrangement in the crank case . The compressor which had been turning at 208 r.p.m. stopped instantly and the water jacketted cylinder was wrecked . The centrifugal force of the fly wheel caused it to break ...
... shaft broke which caused a disarrangement in the crank case . The compressor which had been turning at 208 r.p.m. stopped instantly and the water jacketted cylinder was wrecked . The centrifugal force of the fly wheel caused it to break ...
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... shafts throughout are either brick , terra cotta , or plaster block with metal - covered ( kalameined ) doors at openings . The exterior light courts are usually very large . The old type of apartments are of the ordinary joisted floor ...
... shafts throughout are either brick , terra cotta , or plaster block with metal - covered ( kalameined ) doors at openings . The exterior light courts are usually very large . The old type of apartments are of the ordinary joisted floor ...
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Page 553 - This Company shall not be liable for a greater proportion of any loss than the amount hereby insured shall bear to the whole insurance covering the property against the peril involved, whether collectible or not.
Page 283 - ... their own, or held by them in trust or on commission, or sold but not delivered...
Page 403 - This policy shall cover any direct loss or damage caused by Lightning (meaning thereby the commonly accepted use of the term Lightning...
Page 435 - ... in case of any fraud or false swearing by the insured touching any matter relating to this insurance or the subject thereof, whether before or after a loss.
Page 413 - ... within sixty days after the fire, unless such time is extended in writing by this company, shall render a statement to this company, signed and sworn to by said insured, stating the knowledge and belief of the insured as to the time and origin of the fire; the interest of the insured and of all others in the property; the cash value of each item thereof, and the amount of loss thereon...
Page 480 - ... if any change other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title or possession of the subject of insurance (except change of occupants without increase of hazard) whether by legal process or judgment or by voluntary act of the insured, or otherwise...
Page 480 - ... if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground, not owned by the insured in fee simple...
Page 413 - If fire occur the Insured shall give immediate notice of any loss thereby In writing to this company, protect the property from further damage, forthwith separate the damaged and undamaged personal property, put it in the best possible order, make a complete inventory of the same, stating the quantity and cost of each article and the amount claimed thereon...
Page 660 - It is the substitution of another person in the place of a creditor, so that the person in whose favor it is exercised succeeds to the rights of the creditor in relation to the debt.
Page 34 - In case the insured and this Company shall fail to agree as to the actual cash value or the amount of loss, then, on the written demand of either, each shall select a competent and disinterested appraiser and notify the other of the appraiser selected within twenty days of such demand.