Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-09
Deadly Dust
Frederic J. Hsskin-

saf,Vriard caused an explosion chen'r
snvrrnmcnt and private lahorat"r"N I'e
hunting more anN,onsiN ''"' W.
tinns ,o the dust danger
!, has fnr somc wears been understood
49,, .ra,, dust suspended IN slitclHnt
onont,t,e. IN the atmosphere might cause
az cxnloSion II amatch We're hSh'-
ii a, shark Of lcctcuy re-
- Lately. however the dust
f,,m sugar. chocolate rubber iertiilzer'
,,v.h narcr and other materials has
rroveI explosive campaign aHf'hSI
carolssyncss IN dusty grain elevators ai'l
nm,r mills has cut down the hummer "i
oer,d,pts thcre hut ~ recent c9nie'nc'
d,,st ,xplnsinns u waS shown that IN the
~ ,,.,hs prccedinc there had been AT
,,st seven serious explosions ~ "'',cp vi
l,,1s nt tactories IN which ~ least ~
,,,L, we're killed and g NOooo worm
nrnD.rt, DESTROYED
rhe burrau oi chemistry ~ the l''l'ar'-
n,spt 81 Ngriculturc SaN~ thal y ',N'iNtS
,.n, samples of dust from manuia'','I-
Oh, want "a know II the particular
l,,J ~ .l,,st sci loose m thcu plants =
dangerous The prevailing tciH'i'N = '
th, factory owner ~ 'mnk tha' ''S IL. IL.
,r,,,,,,re i,lt ~ tar tests haNc shown tha'
L,rd ~ dus, submitted cNccrt merit
Ans, that - finely grouud llm' ~ r"h
VII explode Il suthrl'a'N '"''''
me reason for this Is smpl, explained
=, tb,, bureau " chcmlstrN a~ '"ll""N
WI, pU~I ENrr opF~
W, ,,,,rh, tr, for some time - hur" q
ll,rl ~ wo,d With lighted match u We
,,ke Lpifc ard ,hip The nl"ch me silaS
rrs viii ,grItc more QmckN W ''l'E,',
nal, cNcclsior and hud y "'u' 'H",'e
IN narc rapidlv aud then c'n'll'"' ~
rtaduol rrductlnn - Z "'h''' = ~. I
.tJ .Ius, i, pr1dur,d when Y Is i"nhn
~, ,b, mass VII turN rapldlN When IN
r,srcns,ou anal hnu-rl lu thc a'r ne
rate 80 hnrniug j ~' f'lid .''' i
exploslai MAY r'Suif
T.. short Arvthwc ,h.d VIII haIa II
,,,.t,,,t i III hurn Vhc, reduced 4"
a.. farr, II pcvd,r ~ di~t here ! ~
,r.#, ta ,lnliraf" tins duSi from
t,., .r4 scu flftc t'~f~ nave SHOWN
,l ~, small amount suspended ln me
,lhrirat 20 STAR ~ t\Fh"S'"" I
4gtt utu coutaci WITH ir'
u,,p,ai,, safeguards - for proposed are
,oIa,,,iust collected " sl"'cial apparatus
+, krrr Il from pilinG w where y can
,,s.,. hs, SPECIAL window constTnc-
t "a factories is suggested hN one
-,,,..cr Il, allow ne ulapt ~ TIC regHiarN
a,r5ra with ar Is nrirr - remove dust
s,.l.,. r.e atmosphere Workmeu
r,o,ager- ar, t.tt. graduaiN tanGh'
t.a.,arJ thclr owr hives hv Observing
-. pr-ri II ,vaS 2 common thlrE
u,rkmat, III Il -four miii to carry q
srtsl match ..to . DIM a,d dhs'N llo"i
When Al explosion oceuTred, ! was
,tiriluted III spontaneous con- a'''
-. f,et 81 flame and dust being
hroush' toerthcr Now 'a't'IN WI N,l0
-, I.arrlne never 20 sinokc oT 'afrN
r,s,chc- about 4 plant . keep dlS' from
.c,,r,ulatlns on cams machines pull
a,,d eoors srd pcvc- ta use AZ open
Aalne IN Q dust place
Tven IN fArt0rlcs where -noktht 7 A.
.,lu.sly gorb.dden - hrc prevention
reaS,re an oDen flame. Nu'h as an ace',
,I.,o ,orrh Is used without thought 81
Sa,r.y How extremely hazardous thls l.
49, government explosion experts have
6ifie,ltv III proving u workeT~ bu' the
soundne-s ~ their arguments ana warn, !,
irrs was plaiulv demonstrated ias1 5Hll
when an explosion occlIrred " ! mn i. 'i'',
"a dust belns Ignited hv the intense il'A'
from 81 aCetNteue loren
ytEcruc FUIRS CAr~E.
- shght cause as dust collrctei on AT
slcetr,c hight hult maN start a tirr and
,heo 81 cxploslor i the heat from thf
NIB lrr.ites the dust and INC glove irflSS
his has happe1cd aad j S'f me tleel =
Is, corrarles ~ work dcvlslng safety
- ,or dls'v factories Experiment:
-.,ns ,be safety oi electric hight fXture'
sTSl tsiue conducted ! vapor-proc
r,,lb With A. u. hre;4kahe metal guard Il
,,q Installed ri nlarlV factories a. pre-
c.nt,o, sCalr@- the dar cer rom broker
l'hs
~orne uvcsugouous arc sfill gong io1r
- -, thc coyerrnlcf,' though ~
,.eu ~ chemistry has l.o .ong"r an
Il ~ continue lie work IA tins neld
AIsnorg chief a, tn, bureau said a. tn
..sn, c9aicrcf CO that lr spite o' lack q
IL m itI-cau Wn'lid rot CIV up N
cu+irelv W, alwavs have lItti
e, ma, -, csu squeeze out here O
-. be con udcd but about m
-, that v. ci.A hope during the mex
srts 10 keep the work alive and do som
he fundamental research that has L
lone ~ thar Il We AT, ever able 70 TAX
m again We vii uot have marked tune
Tho canpaIg,. waged 10y the bureau Q
chemistry togefher with the Craln Col
,.rst,ou hAs brought about greater con
ea-a on the part OF the manufacturers
lat explosions still occur Since las
.turpu there have heeu several -four mi
,xplos,nns one with Sl25.0oO prOpert
loss n graIu elevator explosion with /
Vlfsfl Killed. ana h!ltflilFl WIN tIilct 4it'
4 lred -Four hremer fighting blaze IN
.n,cc mill we're killed last winter whe
.r.ce aus, exploded from the FIRE, and
other hremei were injured
SIX GIRLS KILLED
Nost rerubI, ot all Wae The aluminut
DIS, explosion which several months az
Killed ~ girls h ths polishing room Of q
9lniftIrn products factory. and burne
t,s ~ hers - terrbly that they VIII /
seirred and iu.ured for HE ms accider
seemed al Il he more disaster becausr
y,ss started b, wcce of wHe becomin
tangied ~ ne marhitrl Tor dlsposIHg
~. dust from the polishing 4 spark W.
struck and hc d4s' gultcd ca1Ising
terrible exploslon b'cai isr q thus acc
dent seversi improvements a tho dus
cuilectiug systems were suggested
The country ~ ger cra WAS first arouse
a. the havoc lltth d. ma cause bac
n 1917. An elr,. n irW up, Just ait,
The United STATE ent -,l the war, al
enough gram Wa - pycd by that o.
explosion to have shed bread Tor
Year for al army ol 100000 men.
Before that the wheat farmers OF II