Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-12

through briek-W OOO-feluBo DOE. Fire
started In wood where in contact with |
a steam pipe.
s. Hotel, Steam pipes in drying
room OF laundry in contact with wood.
Discovered and extinguished.
{. Dwelling house. Steam heating
pipes in a wooden box. Discovered and
cxtinguished In daytime. A clear case
I. Printing plant. Main Pipe leading
to top OF building.
8. Hotel. Woodwork in contact with
pipes. discovered before loss.
9. Hotel. Woodwork In contact With
pipes.
High Pressure. 1. Special agent
making factory inspection noticed
wood glowing and on examination
found It had been set on fire by steam
pipes
2. Woodworking plant, IRE caused
by live steam pipe In contact with
joint In floor.
3. Woodworking plant. Engineer
discovered wood In a glow. not yet In
finme. where steam pipe was on floor
4. Woodworking plant. Fire caused
| by steam pipes under engine room
floor.
5rCotton room engine room. A
hanger supporting n steam pipe broke
and let. steam pipe down on wooden
belt box, which was probably some
what greasy. The, accident was not
known and pipe remained in this po-
sltlon till IRE broke out. This was no
doubt the cause oil FIRE.
| 6. Fringe factory. High pressure
steam pipe through double lath and
plaster partitions at baseboards. Fire
occurred and origin was easily ascer-
| tanned.
| 7. Paper box factory. steam pipe
set fire TO wooden casing In which II
was enclosed.
| 4. Newspaper plant. Steam pipe
carried up four stories through dumb
waiter shaft to plaster paris machine.
| Ignited wood to which II was attach
ed.
| Dry rooms. Piano action shop. Fire
reported as starting I'm dry room where
steam pipes had been in contact with
waste wood.
2. Paper box factory. Steam pipes
in dry room ignited their wooden sup
lports.
3. Bobbin factory. Fire caused by
steam pipes In contact with loose bob.
bin stock In dryer
4. Bobbin factory. Practically q
duplication Of previous fire.
8. Pharmaceutical supply factory.
small wooden box dryer was built OF
iron supports. enc Of these broke, let
ting dryer down on the hot steam
pipes and fire resulted.
6. WOODEN mill. A fire was discov
cred I'm the mill Of a certain man AM
it's fortunate extinction may serve t
convince manufacturers OF a DANCE
from steam pipes not before though
of. The gentleman in question ha
placed pine board In his wood dryin
: room, about three or four inches alloy
the steam pipe, to prevent wood fror
/, falling on them. A fire encued, caus
: ing a loss of several thousand dollar
3 before being extinguished and care
: full examination as to its origin salts
0 fed him that the heat Of the pipes ha
g distilled the pitch from several pin
Il knots in the board, which, dropping o
4 pipes below. had caused combustion
e Steam pipes in contact with saw
9 dust and shavings.
i. WOODWORKING plant. A Ftear
pipe packed IN sawdust set fire to saw
Z dust inside OF wooden enclosure. TIL
: vice president of this company ma
: seen personally one. other case OF dus
set on fire by steam pipe.
2. Woodworking plant. Fire wa
: discovered in shavings, covering steal
: heating pipes which were low at sid
lof room.
!, 8. Woodworking plant. The fl
= was inside Of the pile Of shaving
i around the steam pipes and it was
!. clear case of fire from steam pipes.
; 4. Cotton mill. Steam pipe packe
: in sawdust. Box on fire a number
II times.
n Steam pipes In contact with 9th
q 6ammable materials.
l. Railway passenger station. A "A
occurred from the ignition of feath
l. buster which ha1 been thrust betwe
m steam radiator and vanished wo
* wainscoted wall. Fire communicat
Of 10 wainscoting and burned a smi
re "a. Extinguished by telegraph o
Id orator with bucket OF water.
ut ?. Carpet mill. Superintendent So
ir a collection of fyings on top of I
n steam pipes which ran along the ST
wall burst into flames. from the he
De OF pipes and run the whole length
I'd the piping.
of 3. Wooden mill. From wool in CO
m tact with steam coil. loss sS,500.00.
rd a. Cotton min. From oily overa
vi hung to dry over steam pipes.
is .. OH cloth factory on several {
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