New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-17

esespe IN tie ssnbshsp. A seam piee tTsversed th It
shop, bat u lad No cock hsre. They managed,
bovevs % cut IL with the sfIohe Of hstehet when
The steam rueAed eut and lee minutes completely
sI.ins as ed the flames.
Finally, daring tue same yesr tow sp nrer, NJ
Desurmopt, hyirg a. SeeliD, put out IRE with
great esse BY means y. steam. Having been con-
yinced of the efficacy Of this Of aIrestpg fire,
this pradent industrial had sfrsady anticipated scc
dent by disposirg his s,ssIn pipes for hea2rg his
work. shops N susa q way "a ~ bs able st need to
1T Of steam is every room trsversed By them. To
the end he hsd eft al certain points the tubes uucov
cred. Well for bsm that he cid 20, for IRE having
suddenly broken cut 10 his work shops he arrested It's
progress very easily by sa injection of steam. Toe
tube made 81 tsls occasion hAi opening Of
orly ten or twelve mdliuesres millimstre ia .0HN
Of an uch bu: notwithstanding tais the steam n
sisutly Jed 10 exngus hing the flames, which
we've a.sdy ipre al over suIfsee of than
square yards and had begun % HEX the beams sni
foorrg Of the upper oft AZ fifteen feet distance The
substaEce. used IN this manufacture are very int.In
n@bie, snd rave toa.iOg IN the AIR great des OF
dowl rheh peIvsdes all the establishment. Nov
ster the fire they found some Of this down which hid
been preserved iIom ignition, although II WAS 10 the
center OF the burning focus What proves still fur
iher the efficacy OF steam 10 these circumstances, is
hat tie work st Op 10 winch the IRE took place WAS
ul fifty lee, ioog by thirty broad and ffteen high,
and tina: the little tube which let out tbs s.ean VAS
a. the end o; the room opposite II tina. IN watch the
tire kiIdled.
On the occasion Of the two steamboat disasters
OF 1852, the burning Of the Amazon At the ID
JsLuary, sud the Henry Clay on the Hudson River
in September, NJ FourneyrOn and N. Dujsrdin again
called public attention TO the affecting set, that no
psrscn IN those cslsEi Gus moments hal thought OF
making Of stssIn 10 ares, the e0nhsgratOn when
any cunt Of il was st hand for the purpose. They
showed that 100 hives in and 100 10 the other
Eight hsve been saved i! it had not been for the
tr2oIdnsIy ignorance which prevails among those
most interested in regard to these admirable uses o!
steam.
This ignorance, Of which N. Dujartin complained
six years ago stin exists i; is this which oels
the distinguished saUGHt ssan to appeal TO tho public
IA propagate emnen'y useful idea. We agree
with Dusrc in that the knowledge of this precious
virtue in steam cannot be rendered TOO common. But
this If not all The results hitherto acquired upon
this question ought TO have immediate practical
application. 1t seems TO vs. that propretors Of fscto
ies and steamboats, ought Instant " a. a prudential
measure TO adapt to Their boie rs tubes specially des
tined 20 eyinguish fires. Il would be sufficient for
every factory or boat to have copper tube, which,
ec;ipg hand With the boiler, would on the
other prooeed by suitable ramhcatioos To commun
cate with each story in the factory and each apart
uent Of the boat. In of accident, these tubes
would 20 let on all the dsposable steam. This
means, simple and inexpensive, would, If generally
adopted, preserve from fire our manufactures and
steamers.
I'VE ulsy IN fact ask considering the gravity of
the accidents which occur at sea from fire, II the
state should not render obligatory upon the owners
and masters OF steamboats, TO have sdtctytabcs des
tined to eXtingush fire, just they are now obliged
TO have satsty-edIrcs, aud indicators 81 ne ece o. Td-
ter il order TO prevent the explosion OF their boilers
IMPROVED CHMsEY.-A rev combination OF Chin
ney and ventilstor has been patented BY Phlsdel
phisn Mr. Leedsl, and il very strongly recommended
by many who have tried it in tia. city. The brick wall
of this chimney is without fues, matter how large
the house bet the smoke is carried up ssy half the
hight of the building, through cast-rnet1 box OF
square Hue in the center of the stack while pure, cold
air introduced at the bottom of the building into the
chimney outside Of the ue. The heat of the ue causes
thin ascend with great rspdty and force carry
ing Ire smoke with it from their jancture at the top
Of the box and rendering Il wholly impossible that the
chimney should ever smoke. Ventilation is effected
by vslyes opening from the external or air-chmney
into the rooms 90 a. to throw out column Of air,
warmed by s contact with the ue. into tho near
its floor, while another valve near the ceiling sucks In
and carries of tho impure srtbe draft of tho heated
ue being aided by the Dapx Of heated air through the
lower valve into the room. This arrangement, it is
claimed, the expense Of brick ues, saves heat
which othsrEse passes off useessy through the chin
pey insures thorough ventilation without trouble or
cost ard affords perfect security against res from
defective overheated chimneys through the gradual
ehanirg Of the wooden beams or other lmbers imbed
dsd or ending against the chimney. Mr.. II. W. Sof-
ford, No. l2l South Fourth street, Philadelphia, ap
pears to be the person able to shed further light on the
subject.
ELLcTRIckL ARM l. X. Breisacb Of this city
to whom tuo patents for ventisting chairs have been
granted has discovered that under proper conditions
the air forced out from bellows through pipes is
charged with electricity. He has invested such tubes
which viii more eftctuslly elect,ify the air. This ia
thought to be Of great value 10 nervous people
A NEW Gas LIGHTER.-Mr. CHARLES Acintosh, one
of the telegraph operators at the Jersey City station of
the New-York and Erie Railroad, has shown US new
lamp lighter just patented by him. 1t is an ordinary
lantern, with conca funnel under the fans, supply
Ag it with air by an upward current. When this is
placed over an opened gas burner current of gas
drawn up into the fame Of The lantern and the blaze
rms down this curren. to the burner Gas burners
msy in this way be lighted from fame perfectly pro-
tected seven inches above them The lantern s just
as good as any other for ordinary purposes costs but
little more than common lantern, and invaluable TO
q man who has many gas burners to Eght-edecting
great saving Of time beside cbviaing the danger Of
matches snd hsDd burners
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON TIE In
FLYETTE AND INDIANAPOLIS x. II.