CREOSOTED WOOD HARD TO BURN.
An establishment fororeosoting piles and planks was recently burned in New York, when it was demonstrated that creosoting afforded considerable protection against Are. A coi respondent says: " The building was of .pine and spruce in their natural state, except the sills, which were made of creosoted pinp. The hitter werp set on posts about a foot above the ground, so that the flames had a chance to get under them; they Yrere charred) yet retained their form; and a certain amount of strength, whereas not a piece of the untreated lumber could be found. Scattered over tbo premises were numerous creosoted piles and several thousand feet of plank all oliarred, but the pieces mostly maintained their original form and a oertain degree of usefulness. Where the flames could reach the comparatively unihjected hard wood, they ate into it, leaving a charred creosoted shell. In all the above charred pieces the fire went out of itself | QTOQted. wood burns with a dense black; smoke, which probably has a smothering eflbcji.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1712, 16 June 1884, Page 2
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174CREOSOTED WOOD HARD TO BURN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1712, 16 June 1884, Page 2
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