Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-15
THE BABcOCK sRLF.ACTING
FIRE ENGINE.

This new form Of the already famous
Babcock Fire Extiuguisher Is fast be-
Ing introduced into the Fire Depart
ments OF the East and elsewhere, and
practical tests have fully demonstrated
Its perfect efficiency. The engine is
very strong aud simple In construction,
is never liable to get out Of order, aud
the price brings It within the mean Of
any company DESTROYS Of Its prompt
and effective assistance. 1t Is light.
managed with the utmost facility. and
Is just what 10 wanted In q rough. billy
locality, like. Virginia or Gold Hill.
Where there is q scarcity OF water It ID
especially invaluable. as the tanks,
being filled ready for instant use. tho
chemicals, sulphuric acid Land bi.car-
Donate of soda are infused and mixed
with tho water by simply pulling q
rod, and each tank 10 Immediately
charged with q most powerful pressure
to the square inch of carbonic acid gas,
the best fire extinguishing agent
known, having thirty times the effect
iveneIs OF water. and capable OF i'm.
msdiately sending forth a powerful
stream. Indeed, In II minutes time.
or before the machine is III out Of tho
house, 1t can be ready for full, effect
i've action, or 1t can be run On the oc-
casion OF n fire alarm, and the chem
icals not mixed with the water at all
IL not required, and the firemen could
haul the plain water back home, or let
It run ont II they chose. q very. good
arrangement. especially In returning
I'D hill, "a for Instance from the lower
portions OF Virginia or Gold Hill. In
FULL action at a fire, the tpnks can be
used alternately, n while the other
is being charged. thus keeping a con-
tinuous stream upon the fre.
The greatest Importance and effect
iveness of the Babcock engine. hawev-
er, consists In Its oeing much sooner
got to the fire aud started to working
than is possible with any ordinary
hand or steam machine, aud the gas
thrown by 1t being so suddenly and
directly effective, sxtinguishing = tire
as soon rs it touches IL, and before
other machines can b. got ready at
all. 1t does not deluge a tire, but aim
ply and most effectually smothers 1t at
once, thus avoiding the too frequent
damage resulting from pouring floods
Of water. 1t will also pus out fires
which water will only ieed, as. for in
stance. burning tar, oil. aud other
combustiblss aud vapors. The cost OF
chemicals Is a mere trltle. and the first
cost OF the machine itself Is only about
half rs much as q irst-class hand en-
CINE, to say nothing Of . steamer;
thus, on the score OF economy alone,
aside from the paramount merit Of su-
perior efficiency, the Babcock engine
presents great claims for considera-
ton. There should be at least II In
every Fire Department, and the active
company running n might frequent
ly gain the credit Of not only first
water" but the most eftsctual water.
for wherever the fluid touches. 1t not
only kills the fire ut once, but forms n
coating which Is almost fire-proof.
The Stationary Babcock Tank Is
simply another form Of the extin-
guisher, operating on the same prin-
ciple, aud Intended for use in factories,
railroad depots, warehouses, thsaters,
public buildings. etc, pipes or hose be-
lug led to any point required. The
writer of this we'll recollects the des-
truction of old Music Hall-Max wal
ter's Melodeon-ou North Z street,
Virginia, a few years ago. and how
easily the building might have been
saved BY the simplest form OF the Bah
cock Extingulsher. The fire caught
from the bursting OF n Of the foot
lights of the stage, aud ran along I'M
dsrneath the range Of lights where the
stage was saturated with the oil. 1t
was easily beaten out on top Of the
stage, but underneath, where It was
not easily got at, the fire had Its "
way, and although buckets OF water
were always kept ready, and were ON
thl. occasion promptly used, every
dash OF water only fed the flames In
stead Of even deadening them. Two
bits worth Of the gaseous fluid from q
Baoeock Eytingulsher. carried BY one
man easier than \ bucket OF water
would infaliibly have saved the thea
ter. We need not recall such instances,
vet it IL wise policy to provide against
similar ones. The Pacific Mail Com
paws ships are all provided with the
ExtinguisIer, aud Il Il adopted IN
many Of the hotels, mercantile houses
and other buildings Of the Pacific coast;
In the East 1t Is In general use. Read
the advertisement under head Of New
To-day" In this paper.