Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-09-25

One of the acts of the last legislature
was to reduce the fire test on kerosene
to a point not only inconsistent with
public safety, but also below that re-
quired by every insurance policy now
written in the State of Michigan. The
result is that certain companies have
been flooding the State with a danger
Gus low test oil, that will barely come
within the requirements of this new
State law, thus not only invalidating
the insurance policies, but also endan-
gering the property of all those who
burn it. The only remedy left con-
sumers is to buy a high fire test oil,
such as NATIONAL LIGHT" about
which more is said further on. A large
number of lamp explosions have been
occurring since the passage of the new
law, and the danger has become so ap-
parent that the public press has taken
up the matter, and are warning the
people of their danger.
The Detroit Tribune of August 29th,
writes at length on the subject, and
prints the following interviews:
Fire Marshall Baxter, of Detroit:
"There has been an extraordinary in
crease in the number of fires from lamp
explosions during the past few months.
/ am not prepared to say that these
fires have been the result of lowering
in the standard of oil, but know of
no other reason for it,"
G.. l.. Andrews, secretary of the De-
troit Fire and Marine Insurance COM
pany, is making a list of the fires trace
able to the reduced standard of kero-
sene: ave had fire recently in a
church at Holland which serves as an
example of the dangerous character of
the new grade of oil. One of the big
lamps in the church blew up and the
burning oil was thrown all over the
church. The agent in reporting the
loss assigned the cause simply to
'Squawbuck OIL
Colonel James T. Sterling was en-
phatic in his condemnation of the
low grade oil. He said that he
had found that a poor quality of
kerosene was being sold to him by
the grocers and that to obviate it he
had purchased barrel of oil of the
Pennsylvania test, $50 degrees, for his
own use. Colonel Sterling thought
that the companies could not afford to
allow the use of oil of the Michigan
standard, on account of the extra haz-
ard.
The following is from the Petoskey
Record: "An oil lamp exploded in the
photograph gallery of Carpenter Bros,
at Harbor Springs on Wednesday after
noon, and a damage of about $3.50 re-
suited. With the dangerous oil given
to the people by the squawbucks we
may expect more accidents of the sort.
Meanwhile let all housekeepers exer-
else special care and be particular to
keep the burners clean and free from
clogging."
"a lamp filled with new test oil ex-
ploded, and Adolphus Schultz's house,
Lansing, burned to the ground. DE
troit Evening News.
In the face of all this evidence, will
you continue to buy all this risky oil,
when it is within your power to get an
article that is not only absolutely safe,
but also better illuminant, and is free
from all smoke, smell and noctious
gases? If not, ask your grocer for
"NATIoNAL LIGHT" oil. 1t is guaran-
teed high fire test, and is endorsed by
the insurance companies. 1t is made
from the finest Pennsylvania crude oil,
is doubly refined, has low chill test
and is entirely free from paraffine wax
or other foreign ingredients. 1t will
not char the wick, and will give more
light than any other oil.
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