Live Articles on Special Hazards circa 1910

The Live Articles on Special Hazards, are a series of article reprinted from the monthly fire insurance supplement of The Weekly Underwriter in the early 20th century. The purpose of these articles was to provide fire insurance specialists with a working knowledge of manufacturing processes and the risks inherent with each process or product. "The cub inspector going into a cotton mill for the first time is confronted by a series of bewildering manufacturing operations. How much easier would the work be for him if he knew just where the process begins, and which processes require special attention from the...