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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13673, 14 February 1908, Page 8

A simple and effective invention fur detecting any damp or any undue heating its such cargoes as coal, flax, wool, esparto grass, or any of those articles that get spoilt by damp or by subsequent heating, often culminating in actual fire, is about to be patented. The simplicity of the invention will at* once be seen when it is stated that it only consists of a number of perforated pipes, either placed between bales or through them, in baled goods, or anywhere, and in any direction, through any bulk cargo. These pipes are merely perforated where they pass through or between the goods or bales, and the ends are furnished with removable plugs or screw-caps, or they may be left open as preferred. In cases of excessive clamp the. same is visible at the pipes' ends, but slight damp is detected by placing any substance susceptible to damp in the pipes, which can ho withdrawn for inspection as deemed necessary. In cases of suspected beating a thermometer is introduced, or the withdrawal of the substances for detection of damp would proclaim the fact of boating. In the extreme case of overheating, or even fire, the pipes would form the best means of flooding the part affected with either a gas that would aid in extinguishing the fire, or even with water or steam. Normally a current of air would be sent through the pipes in question from the usual down draught-hoods now in ships for this purpose, branches from the pipes being led to them. This in itself would go far to obviate the risk of overheating, as it often occurs from the fact that there is.no adequate ventilation. A resident of Coal Creek, near Roxburgh, is the inventor.

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