Worth Knowing
The Colonies aud India draws at-, tentiori to a fact* - which i 'shoald- not be lost sight of by householders. Every landings bf> every house io which mineral oils are used for lighting or heating purposes should be famished with a scuttle or bucket of sand. Sand, if thrown upon burning oil, disintegrate:) it and puts out the flames, which water" used m small quantities* tends only to spread. Indeed, 7 to «< put the Thames on 1 fice,". with plentiful ' supplies of mineral oils, would be a much easier feat tt»na to pat ont aa ? or<3iMiry con*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 74, 20 February 1883, Page 2
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99Worth Knowing Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 74, 20 February 1883, Page 2
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