COLOURED FIRES.
TO TUB BDITOB. Slß,—With the deeire of relieving the anxiety of tho public generally, and my brother chemists in particular, respecting tho danger of coloured fires, might 1 suggest with the view of inducing further research in the matter, that I consider the eoio cause of the recent accident in Wellington, resulted through throwing water on the burning mass, whereas had tho fire been allowed to bora away the catastrophe would not hare taken place. Wo are told there was an excess of chlorate of potash inadvertently mixed with the fire, which waa the cause of its being destroyed. This, in combination with the other ingredients, when burning would produce such an amount of free potassium as to render it highly fulminating, but only so in the presence •f water. The lessen to be deduced from this is—never throw water on burning coloured fires, —lam, do., CHARLES M. BROOKE. Deo. 26.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6500, 27 December 1881, Page 5
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153COLOURED FIRES. Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6500, 27 December 1881, Page 5
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