FIRE-FIGHTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5

FIRE-FIGHTING.

"■; A ' STRIKING DEMONSTEATION; V; : ,' p -A striking demonstration of ; .fire-fight*;.r:i . ing was given .yesterday morning in the v.'--s----vicinity of the TowniHall to a consider- '>:, able number.:'of•;.prpinineut'business inen. :.■' of this . including cpuncilldrs 6{ ■ ; .■■ Eastbourne andMiraraar boroughs., Seven;: . ; . ;; large packing' casesr^ach; six,-" feet ':-■ in ; . ; -. •:• height—were staukeil in tiers,, and the in-' -- : sides liberally smeared, with tar and'ben-.;' .: zine. A torch was then applied,- and. the v> whole lot burst into , a- roaring red^mass;.;; : of flames, which quickly .drove those per-. . . sons back who had encroached too near. • : ; After letting the flames get a good.hoid :C-: ] of the,wood; the Minimax■'.Fire Estin-;.';.'-'.■. guisher -was brought.--to' play' on:.; ttw ,-"."■'• flame 3 by- the! rppresentativa of Jllr.'iV. ■": .: T,: Bate, the New Zealand agent: As the-; : . jet from the. machine struck each , ease, .. , ; . a black hole appeared in the. flaring red,: >;. . I and the gas generated; by, the heat choked .}.;'.■'..■;- i aM smothered, out.xivery portion ,of \ia-' '.;;;■ I iblo ilanic.. Only-a ten-pint machine was':-.■■■:■;'; used, yet: the fii-o-was. comp!-*rly;6ut inj.i;; less than- thirty .seconds.:;. In' order, to:.'.:: show how. (effective the nfas&i»o: nas.in:.:.,; ■'; cases where' a flro occnrreS>- , ,ia. : .a':-jodm..- : ;. : -'' ; :; i ' I with a locked door;.or otherwisft;not'fgeti'..... at-able," one'of the cases was age.ih-prp-.-K < l pared, with tar )N ■■■lierizine.V-and'ehavings, .'; ■' and.tholid nailed , on.-.Tho:fire was slart--.':-,.' od again, .a hole -in the top of-:the"c£so«:'v:i: allowing sufficient, air fpr- : :',the'.-oont6nts'''V:'X.t to burn. . The, exhiignisher, : wMoh' .is '■'■$. ■'■?' made in tho form of.a cone with a railidV■ • steel nozzle, was then driven in.throngh : ' r ''-? the side of the. case,' and" in'.', a. foiv : mo- v -"; jnents: the 'fire was no' inoro. .'~S ; : : :V>->' ; -r' "■*