New-York tribune., 1900-07-15

many OF her precious secrets which we arrogantIy
assume to make the slaves of our wishes, that
1t IS small wonder the ruffied old lady sometimes
alo"s US 10 md out 10 our dismay that the sharp
edges OF her tools may cut the fingers Of those who
essay their constant use.
Our houses, stores factories, ofice-buIdings
hotels, steamships, hospitals, warehouses are all
interviewer with electric wires carving currents
of high potentiality; with gas pipes charged with
infiammab bic and explosive vapor; with steam pines
forever drying out and charriug all infamnable
matter within measurable distance with hot air
furnaces whose products are distributed with
reckless impartiaHty through fues often con-
structed in criminal defiance OF the we'll known
laws Of safety. The almost universal use and
abuse, OF kerosene under some of its various
names is also responsible for number of disas-
trous confagratlons.
Now, it stands 10 reason that mankind-Iess+ M
ALL American manknd-s not going 10 fatuously
resign itself to undergo these perils TO life and
property with the Asatic stoIdity that is so much
more prone to endure than TO cure Contrivances
Tor combating fires are almost numerous as the
hres themselves. and-when reliance has been mis-
placed upon some worthless appliance-equaiIy de-
ThsoFS5s ass h2ys given B their fqneie fun
paint and FURNISHED metal should if ali Went - We'll Ell
Put an eHectual quetus upon upstart fires. But the
These LIQUID chemical exttnS1Ishers are re ES lIse
complicated combination of nozzles and faucets and
stopcockS the proper and timely use of which bv
family in imminent danger is hardly 10 be OF pr rls
fre men asain me contents OF these liquid
acips, IH tne corrosive effect of which upon the
The Monarch Fire Appliance Company. of No y
b[l 81 81 TnC are trying 10 teach people just
any any undue excitement or risk enter the Competition
grace and apparent lack of preparation that DaVid
the son OF Jesse displayed when he went OUT 10
smooth stone from the bed Of the ' brook Sns t5a Saq
fop is Teay Is metal tube ~ by inches, whose
powder That is all there is to it-except. of course
substance so subtly potent against all combustion
that ina II needs merely iirt of the wrist scatter
Ihese tubes of "Kilfyre' may hang unobtrusiveIy
re end visit S Sc on tave eGT eTeaS 56g
6 d. al tne end OF mat time they are Just potent
shop. Any man. woman or child who il COM
peten to ae re lqP 70 to H96s P6s of b Poqry
vantage. No preparation. education training is
more actual hres extinguished by women and chill
Th tn a otheT eSagshers W combined
pliance Company, which they have lately started
IN New-4orh has been as simple series of object
lessons as can be tmagined. and yer no spectator
extinsuisher To describe one of these exhibitions
Wednesday. July Il. here is what was done on the |
"A giant box, 15 feet by feet was built yester-
day afternoon In the middle of WaIl-st close 10 |
open and there men stuffed aths and dry kadIings
and threw pals Of kerosene oil. a large crowd be-
soon roped off from the new street building.
4 d.
hngs. FLAMES jumped up the fifteen feet of boards |
and the brisk west wind blew them SO to the /
spectators that there was much jOstlnS TO eS,ape |
from the heat. At the height of the fire a man /
with a tube less than two feet long and lust two
dust, toward the flames
Almost at his approach they seemed 10 weaken
and at the first handful Of the powder thrown at
their base they gave up being fierce and head
strong and refused even TO appear except in one
or two sheltered spots. a little more Nilfvre'
soon put these last feeble remnants Of the once
ambitious blaze.
Again oil was thrown on the half burned box
Then hotter fire than before started. Water !
had little effect its vigor- but 'kifyre put
a humiliatiug end 10 its career.
The Monarch Fire Appliance Company, al No. y
which gave the exhibition, received
much favorable comment for the wonderful powers
Of their 'kilfyre.'
There may perhaps be found those caviIIers /
suspicious of what their eyes have be /
held. who will say that there must have been some
exhibition. but even they will hardly have the te-
merty 10 claim that such deceits could be sue
ceSSfully practised upon such veteran fire fighters
as eX-Chief Hugh Bonner. of New-York; eX-Chief /
Joseph l. Perley. of New-York; Chief p. J. Nc
Conneu of Buffalo: Chief John Conway. of Jersey
in fire hghting, Yet all these have officially
lndorsed 'kilfyre' and IN terms OF highest praise
Hotel with the enormous amount of capital
at stake in great city hOstleries forever,
night and day. on the alert for fires. No appH-
ance that could be devised would be esteemed too
costly, provided II could insure their safety from
this danger. The marvellous increase recently IN
their purchases of "kilfyIe. with which they are
Outflttng their establishments shows that they
are fully alive 10 its merits a safeguard.
H P. Whitaker proprietor of the Hotel Neither |