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automatic. It frequently is a laborious
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AL L of us are familiar with tales of fires
of mysterious origin, followed by sensational
fire sales and collection of large sums
of insurance. It is known that in many
cases such conflagrations, although apparently
arising from unavoidable causes,
have been started with the express purpose
of taking advantage of the possibilities of
fire sales and of perpetrating insurance
frauds.
It sometimes has been possible also to
secure a considerable amount of ill-gotten
