EUREKA CHEMICALIZER.

EUREKA CHEMICALIZER.

A representative of FIRE AND WATER was present at a very successful test of the Eureka Chemicalizer which was given at Newark, N. J. on Wednesday last. The test was under the direct charge of Chief Kiersted, and his assistant chief, and was highly satisfactory in every respect. There was a large attendance of fire commissioners, chiefs, and others interested in fire appliances Among those present were Fire Commissioner Bryant, and the deputy fire commissioner of Brook lvn, Chiefs Doane (Plainfield, N. J.), Blair (East Orange, N. J.), J. W. Hodgkinson (Orange, N. J.), Durham (New Brunswick. N. J.), and Elfreth (Camden. N. J).

A two-story frame house made of dry pitch pine had been erected on a vacant lot near Broad street, and round this a large number of spectators gathered. The Eureka Chemicalizer was placed in position on a wagon quite close to the building. A quantity of inflammable material was put inside the structure and the boards were then saturated with oil and fired. In a very short time the whole building was a mass of flames, and it was feared the chemicalizer could not save it. The water was then turned on, and in less than three minutes the fire was out— the action of the chemicalized fluid being almost instantaneous. This was a remarkably good showing, in view of the fact that only nineteen pounds of pressure could be obtained at the point where the test was made. At a previous trial of the apparatus in Brooklyn, a few weeks ago. the fire was extinguished in thirty seconds; which shows that the length of time taken in Wednesday’s trial was owing to the want of sufficient pressure. It was thought for some time, that the fire had made such headway as to render its extinguishment almost impossiblejand this alone proves that the work accomplished by the chemicalizer was of a very successful kind.