A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 144, 19 June 1909, Page 15

A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

Six or seven packing-cases, saturated with methylated spirits, made a splendid blaze on the Waterloo-quay reclamation yesterday, but just when the spectators %vere enjoying tho spectacle, the flames lost their glory, and blackness came in place of the vivid reds and yellows. The Minimax hand fireextinguisher quickly put the ambitious flames out of court. The Minimax, as the name implies, is a miniature fire brigade. When fire is behaving itself, "and confining itself to the proper place, the Minimax rests quietly on a hook or other place joi support, and when danger comes it is lifted down for easy action. The knob at the bottom is bumped against any hard object, and a jet of quencher at once rushes from the nozzle. As the output has a range of 40ft, the person manipulating the cone, which contains ten pints, can stand a cool distance away from the "incipient fire," and comfortably give it a quietus. Ifc is claimed for the Minimax that its contents do not corrode the metallic casing, and are harmless, except for the fire enemy; the liquid does not deteriorate, the apparatus is easily worked, and is light enough to be transported and operated by even a boy oi 1 girl. Yesterday's demonstration was under the supervision of the local agent, Mr. A. T. Bate. Some heads of Government departments and prominent citizens had an opportunity to" see the jet quickly subduing a fierce fire.