FIRE ASPHYKIATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 136, 29 June 1901, Page 2

FIRE ASPHYKIATION.

AN UP-TO-DATE FIRS FIGHTER. EFFICAY OF THE NEW "KILFYRE." For and others have boui a k . work trying to improvise m ana of fighting the terrible fi'e-t-end, but with varyiny, avid with mere Oi 1 loss uusuisfictory results. Large tsurrn of m mey aro expended annually in kepp'srg up fire extinguishing p'ants in cities, asd though water —tho 1 medium geneva ly employed—is very iductive when it can be properly applied, it often also s>.u3i-s as mucli damage in the app ication as th) fire itself, About five years ago .a group of Amercm scisntists lvid their attention dirict»d to a new and marvellously eitnp'e weapon, so fatal to combustion, jso adap'ed to the usa of the in*xj perienee), and so certain in it-i results, | that they named it " KlfyrV' and a c nnpatiy was tli.-n formed to put the I new a tele oa tha mirket. j Ki.fyre is a finely pulverise 1 brownj ish powder, devoid of sm 11 or fcas'e, land is put up in cylindrical tubus 22 itichtrs long, and two inches in diainoter. The tub* is bermetic-illy sfaled, a lid fitting into one end tightly. The tuße miy b i hun» up by a riag attached to this lid, and whon required for usa it has only to be jerked smart'y down w..rda, the lid c wiing out. Tha powder is than sprinkled on to the fhmes, which are immediately quonched. Several very severe teg's have been mtde with Kilfyre in Araarici with uKSfc sati-factory lesults. On Thursday aft rn* n a Nbw.j was i.ffoi'de i an op »r unity of seeing ; Jon s, of this town, who h>is be-n appo.nted ageit for N w Zealand for its si I '', gave an (x'>ibi:ion of ihe new fire-fig .ter's p'jwvr. Among those pres-ut wer ■ 0' ». Brooki -g, Clow, and Voile, Mr. F. Bellr nger (O.ip.ain of tha F>re M>. Pt'on (Mauat"or of tin 1 ical of the New Zojland Insurance Oumpany), Hon. W. T. Jehniaga (Auckland), Mr. W. BewLiy, and o'h«rs. A large wooden box 7ft x 4ft x 2ft, was well tarrad inside and plentifully be-prinkled with kerosene. It was then stood on end with the opan side facing a bruk breeze. A quantity ef loo<e paper saturated with more keroseue, was then ti tho bottom, and a imtnh placed applied. The rapidity with which the flamoj to k hold of tuch inflammible material can ba bitter imagined than discribed, and the heat very drove the specta f ors to a respectful diatanca. When the fire had obt lined a po >d hold Mr, Hardy took one of the tube? and d.shdd the contend, first at the fo >t and then at the top of the boxl an ! the seething rna-s of (lima was immediately extinguished. A second trial was thrn mule, the fie being given t'Ui i to get a hold on the wojd>voi k, but the ipplic it.io-i of the Kilfyre po vder i»giia promptly proiuced the desti ed result. Those present were warm in their expressions < f admiration a-, the complete succors of tha trial?. As a " first i'd" in dealing with incipient fires Kilfyre is invaluable, and should r.pidly find i's way into all public institutions and buildings and private re-iJen-es. It may be applied by a worn id or a child wish perfect effnct, and is perf-ctly harmless, e thir to per.-on or property. It is simplicity i self. Tue powder cjn'ai'js noc>rra--ive acid, and miy be kept for years without deteriorating in quality, thus possessing a distir.ci advantage over other fire proven*ives such as''hand grmale etc. It i} pioposed to give a further and mo e severe test of the pawer of. Kil-fy-e whea the burning of the Old U»n's rforßo t kes playe. Metritime Vlr. Jones will be 'plea:ed t.o explain ihe action of the n9w agent to anyone nquirin?, acd a samph may bd saen at this office.