Detecting Fire At Sea.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 260, 2 December 1903, Page 4

Detecting Fire At Sea.

About the worst place in the world FW ' S °" boartl a shi P at s ea. ence the need of means of discovered " U > t re ' ik of fu ' e at the earliest possible moment, as w o n n ~ means for suppressing it. Apparatus having the former object alone in view was recently tested over at HoM«vH 4', 1 lhl ' P iers ° f Llojd Steamship Company. Small pipes leading from the various compartments of the ship, Pnd piopeily labelled to prevent confusion terminate in a small room w-tach may be called the station for observation. Pumps are connect with each so that when electric motots actuate the former a current of an will be sucked in belo-.v and emerge at the top. of course, if there is any fire, there should be ■smoke, and the appearance of the isttt'r would tell its own story. It is not necessary, of course, to have rwt PU, V PS aU GPine at once. m the Nation turns the ■ cul ' rer|: t" (on to the various motors in and at proper intervals. Each one needs run for only a nunute or two. This action is automatic. If, is only necessary, then, for an officer on ,-ltity to look th ® st ation every day so often, and watch the various outlets until ti" h .°Kr ies ot pi ' ,es has d °>»> dutj. to be sure that all is well below.—New York Tribune