Before an attempt is made to put out the fire in the chimney a wet sack should be placed on the hearth and the fire in the grate or range put out with water. The sack not only absorbs any water which may trickle down, but checks falling lumps of burning soot from rolling out.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 3, 15 September 1950, Page 283
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55Before an attempt is made to put out the fire in the chimney a wet sack should be placed on the hearth and the fire in the grate or range put out with water. The sack not only absorbs any water which may trickle down, but checks falling lumps of burning soot from rolling out. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 3, 15 September 1950, Page 283
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