FIRES ON WOOL SHIPS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 7

FIRES ON WOOL SHIPS

,A DEFINITE CAUSE ASSIGNED

SvSraE^iNgi^^iN^M^ /;y;/;(By* : TploKrnih^Prqss^'Asebcii^ ' : AA :: A'\h&Ai'A ./y-Injtlio.i course ,'ofy a- , ; p'arVer'..ydealing\w'ith/ -tho/ question ;6f.yspontaMOus;(.e'omb\i'stipn:, (iiuoiig) cargoi..- Professor //iark ysays/that ; ]}dj hus'db|bted \niuch:itinw; ail:;cphsideriv/t.oii;f/tp,; tho ;.;:bause;K'afjd of: ::taßip'';_fibir*'.^

tipn : ' -iiinliily:y tu'.ytho:\iarger;:, queatibn-'of. flres'/o'n':.w.bol'ships;'-'ahd-1. have:followed,' tli6:.w'pol : "p"re'ssptliat/:is'r":r/ ! havb- ! asgjst«d; ill/th9\/yardihg':"ttnd -: shedding' ; :bf-.'sheep/ in : : slieaiiugj' ; ahd; inyth'etbdling.-ofl the'wool; at;'Shearing'-sh'e.d.iv. Daring/thKO/consecu-; tiny'yoarsXL /have/ handled''or 'assisted- in. f;Kb.^handliilg'-bf.Jflyer//25,00Oi;8hcep',:: i 4/I. h!ivo; r ' of 'AheTwopl:' bales'.-!to':..th« /shippi'ng/'fpbrt,'; and-,', yc'aref ully'./serutifuse'd /- ithb ;,:'dulupiug'; bnerationsvat 'iAudklind;',* Wollihgtbu;':and; Lyttel):bu'.y;,As';/a : :rosulti l of//iiV,:--bbserva,-\ ;ti.ons';;l/'>htyVb.//.6'atisfied .;Vmyself ,|tha't/,tho, fourXd '■: iny tne/y'diifiipirig: ] Erbbess^ \ V'.;'':.:;,; /'.v/£hY'':pr , 6fefe .c'bn%.: to .ltho;. - cause'>f i: siwiitaueous.,coh\busUou';W 'tprrial;,;/'set; : hiniself /to tli«_jtask v 'io£ !.dis-! povbriiig /what/the-particular .Considerable; y bf.;;./air V/caniT,i /pressef?; /.and/, compressed ,yir' in-t conhec;tibn with ..mining; pEeraHonsEandVseripns, results I 'pcburfing'.frbmlthe thermal effects' ! airj;/le'ad/him/;tby,thi3;;coh-: olus'ibh-.that ■the-;epmbustion';,is;causfld , ;by. tho/ heat;^^/generdted'.( : in;'edmpressing-:;the .Vir;. i l.n;'tha'^wbpri.during'. i .th'e:;dum'ping|prb'A cess;'-':■; Tliis/;'vio'w.;/,wa's/-.:suppbrted!'/by.:;iSir •Jas.'''/Hebtorj;:. Professor 'i.Lew«s!;:"(bfvi : 'ilfe!; Royal; Naval College,':Greenwibh)i ; ,dndDr."; ■yon; Hchtfar.tz; (of -, jfffimburg).>?i /;;>-;.;/; ' '/In disous'sing' the!tiucstionr'bf;fa/r'enje'dy; ; Professor-:Park say«':—So;longi-'-'n's.-.wdol /is. ;dumped!:by;..!tha-.'.':pro : always :;.contaiu/th.arlatent- v olementß;;,of : ; sp'oiitanebus /heating ;.;■ andv.yigniti6n;->i ; i>.l'j : -; ■.tnorefore,' : prop6se,:in'ord6r/:to''remove' ; th'e; /ihbi^ng.causo,-".that;'dtimpjrig':sh'all' be.per-' fornwdiini-a':>vaouum;., cylinder: or..ehamr; ;Iserr//;!3'hb ? I'hy'draulib/i'y press;;;:/ whether;; .single; a-vaottuhv bylinderi./pr'ovidc^/with/fipnair-: 1 tight'door.:'y-Tp/a pcuum'pylihde'r;. there'" .'is.:'attaohed-r'a :,:.vaoudm r ': pumri; : ':provided; ! : with .vacuuiu/'gauge;-/' : 'Tho'.-'jhtentib-jiVisi'i |to';.,:'displaoo',-.'..thoy/ftir, v ,:Wbl'' Ah ';;,;AVhere.;/'a.i i large'. ; amoujit /'bf-i.dun]pmg;;is c'arHed,bn I ,'/thb,work'...cani':be,:.cond,uotea';ni> 'eKpeditiously.v/as!; at ■present, '/providing 1 , .-duplieatoyaciiuhi/presses.aro: used;'".Thus;' ' while::the';'Ya'c»um. is/being, made.'iin/'iohe' ;pK%''itheW : bther'7-paa-^to; ; prepared,//for iyaouitm-:;'pump':.ean'.r'ibe..'placed,, .'in' ithb .eilgmb-robin'. under .tli«/ ; driver,'and -, two 5 or. i iiipro Jprbises'/catfybb; oonhebted; with, the'--yacubm i'cylhi'deri.inr which-' 1 tua;'-^ ; air;pump,;;;l!;iam'ysatisfied' ; :tion /of '.vaouum: dumping',will/remove /all' .thoso" sources ydf; dunger' .pSrty'that'are': always'imminent''ih:'wbbl: :Ships,;i'aiidi ly ain 'fiirtHef that; :the;:time;:will cpmb'wheh'-'.vaouuin/duriip-' iS'g.-: will-'\be. -. universally;: adopted, /{or Vail jmai;':-abd'.:'yeg_'e^a^W-/fibr«'..fr