路易斯维尔发生了一场顽固的棉籽大火
一个异常有趣的消防报告是由销毁销毁路易斯维尔，KY。，棉籽油公司的植物的一部分销毁销毁的。该植物位于城市的边界，限制外的三分之二。许多建筑物都是框架建设，其他建筑物被瓦楞er覆盖着瓦楞铁，而有些建筑物仅仅是开放的棚子。火灾从一个用于储存棉籽的箱中的自发燃烧开始，并被植物员工的第一天奋战。第二天，官员认为它超出了他们的控制，呼吁从消防部门呼吁软管车辆，但手表上的电报操作员没有机会，并击中了最近的盒子，发送了两个发动机公司和一辆卡车。这些男人工作了四个小时，并在所有外表都有火灾。史密斯船长，第三区酋长，要求管理层在这个垃圾箱中取出棉籽，并保持密切腕表，但建议被忽视，消防员离开大楼五个小时后，垃圾箱再次着火了。在午夜收到第二火的警报。该部门，由酋长领导，在进行中充分发火，风吹强劲，但努力工作和熟练的管理阻止了整个工厂的破坏，这似乎是不可避免的。就像它一样，火不会完全熄灭一周，棉籽房子，棉花仓库，带有1,000大包的棉花，棚子和杜松子酒。 The threestory brick oil mill, the office building and another shed were saved together with 500 bales of cotton stacked up against one of the burned buildings. Chief Neuenschwander comments as follows: “The lesson taught by this fire is that nothing but concrete structures should be used for storage of cottonseed, the roof of concrete or steel, with plenty of vent when the blow comes. The blow comes after spontaneous combustion and a slow charring process eats a cavity in the pile, which finally caves in. Then the gases form, ignite and an explosion takes place and then it ‘happens’ and it is the same old story. You never know when a cotton fire is out.” The department was badly hampered by the hydrants being all on one street, which necessitated dragging the lines to the next street. The lines ranged from 750 to 1,500 feet in length. The water supply, too, was insufficient for the tremendous demand upon it. Seventy firemen were engaged and employed six Ahrens steamers, two Ahrens-Fox pumpers, one Seagrave aerial truck, two American-LaFrance service trucks and three fuel wagons. Fifteen engine streams were thrown at one time and 5,800 feet of hose were laid, of which two lengths were burned beyond repair. The total loss approximated $500,000.
一个异常有趣的消防报告是由销毁销毁路易斯维尔，KY。，棉籽油公司的植物的一部分销毁销毁的。该植物位于城市的边界，限制外的三分之二。许多建筑物都是框架建设，其他建筑物被瓦楞er覆盖着瓦楞铁，而有些建筑物仅仅是开放的棚子。火灾从一个用于储存棉籽的箱中的自发燃烧开始，并被植物员工的第一天奋战。第二天，官员认为它超出了他们的控制，呼吁从消防部门呼吁软管车辆，但手表上的电报操作员没有机会，并击中了最近的盒子，发送了两个发动机公司和一辆卡车。这些男人工作了四个小时，并在所有外表都有火灾。史密斯船长，第三区酋长，要求管理层在这个垃圾箱中取出棉籽，并保持密切腕表，但建议被忽视，消防员离开大楼五个小时后，垃圾箱再次着火了。在午夜收到第二火的警报。该部门，由酋长领导，在进行中充分发火，风吹强劲，但努力工作和熟练的管理阻止了整个工厂的破坏，这似乎是不可避免的。就像它一样，火不会完全熄灭一周，棉籽房子，棉花仓库，带有1,000大包的棉花，棚子和杜松子酒。 The threestory brick oil mill, the office building and another shed were saved together with 500 bales of cotton stacked up against one of the burned buildings. Chief Neuenschwander comments as follows: “The lesson taught by this fire is that nothing but concrete structures should be used for storage of cottonseed, the roof of concrete or steel, with plenty of vent when the blow comes. The blow comes after spontaneous combustion and a slow charring process eats a cavity in the pile, which finally caves in. Then the gases form, ignite and an explosion takes place and then it ‘happens’ and it is the same old story. You never know when a cotton fire is out.” The department was badly hampered by the hydrants being all on one street, which necessitated dragging the lines to the next street. The lines ranged from 750 to 1,500 feet in length. The water supply, too, was insufficient for the tremendous demand upon it. Seventy firemen were engaged and employed six Ahrens steamers, two Ahrens-Fox pumpers, one Seagrave aerial truck, two American-LaFrance service trucks and three fuel wagons. Fifteen engine streams were thrown at one time and 5,800 feet of hose were laid, of which two lengths were burned beyond repair. The total loss approximated $500,000.
