How Oil Fires Can be Extinguished.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 20 June 1891, Page 2

How Oil Fires Can be Extinguished.

The subject of ires caused by the explosion, of .kero^ene^ lajmm^ has lately engaged ' attention uome, and some correspondence has taken place regarding it in the columns of the Oil and t CoJdrmarb'B^ \Journal, published in London. . The following paragraph appeared l 'in ! - to" wnrnal of. the 2n4 of February :— ," A corresDondeirft, writing from Portland, Oregon, 1 ; tells this story: —An old lady put in a claim for a loss three years ago, and explained that just as she emerged from the pantcy-wiih a pan of., flower, - the .jamft, exploded, throwing "burning 'oil all ofe« the . table and floor. : The, »inifiE6aned woman 'instinctively thrw'tne flour lupon the flameß,, • wJu'ph Tweije instantly extinguished. 'Qm^m our clerks made a 'note* of this in a corner of his ineinofy 1 . ' One. night recently, just as he reached' ''lidme, his wife rushed out of the door shouting " Fire ! " The ceiling lamp hook had given way, and the broken lamps were on the floor and the oil aflame. He ran to the flour bin, and returning with a scoopful of flour quickly put out the fire. A third instance of later oceurence was an oil fire which was 6h\f 'checked by smothering it with carpets, and did npt : die put until floqr,, had, been thrown on it. , Local Agenisr fb^uld request their papers to print the surprising fact that flour easily ex* tinguishes .kerosene, oil ifires. ' ■' > -

- The Pputa^ea. ,~ The Pukatea (Grisejinia (^Jpralia^^^ — the Gardener ß' s Chronicle says :-?^H This pretty New Zealand. sbjhibite a welcome addititiottntOf our fsbrubberies, and ia, indeed,, a bjMtotji! all the yer round. :It is noti prisajdrfor its flowers, as . they .aije/lvteyi inconspicuous, but on account 6f/ita hfoad. glossy leaves of a light; green, colour above, and glaucous beneath,! ,Xt is also a mos. useful scrub ■for, jplanjtang near the sea, and in smoky .dfetfcicts It is propagated by cuttings- atfde 4 inches long, cut Just oelaw. ai jdint with a very sharp knife, so as not to

tear them, put in some light soil L rouncl the sides of a4B pot, and L -afterwards kept close. They root in m a few weeks ; after they arc rooted, y gradually harden them off.