JAPANESE MATCHES
"SAFETIES" IGNITED BY CONCUSSION. A mysterious fire which broke out in the grocoiy shop of John Yuille, Auburn, lormed the subject of an inquiry by tlio f nrramattn District Coroner. "In recording a finding of accidental burning the L/oronor remarked that the attention of merchants should be called to the danger of fire from the ignition bv concussion of safety matches if the paclsa" / 10ul <-1 height on to the floor. The evidence showed-that soon after the local firemen lia'd extinguished the blaze, which resulted in about .C 3 worth Lt , '' :| mage, they found some Japanese safety matches, which had apparently fallen from a shelf on to the floor and became writed.
• Mr. Y.uilio told the Coroner that his Experience wns that it was an easy tiling' for safety matches to start a fire by simply falling from a shelf on to the floor. A .gust of wind through the fanlight or the vibration of the building would cause the matches to work off tho 6helf.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 75, 22 December 1920, Page 7
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168JAPANESE MATCHES Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 75, 22 December 1920, Page 7
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