THE DEADLY GASOLINE.
俄亥俄州的州消防元帅戴维斯（Davis）报道说，在1905年，汽油蒸气的爆炸爆炸平均每周燃烧到死亡，每周平均有一个以上的人，危险地受伤超过三人。五年来，每天有不止一栋建筑物被同样的液体消灭。因此，每场大火的平均损失仅为330美元，远远超过了大火的平均成本的四分之一，因为那些受到伤害的人或导致爆炸的人通常大声尖叫，以至于立即得到帮助。尽管如此，1905年汽油大火的财产损失仍超过100,000美元。消防元帅建议通过一些法规来规范这些物品的出售。在任何情况下，在所有用于家庭目的出售的汽油的船只上，都应粘贴标签，警告购买者不要在开放灯附近处理它；它在任何建筑物内部都应用作洗涤水。该报告指出：“唯一指汽油的州法律禁止其照明出售，除非在街道或埋在建筑物外的机器中。这种石油产品不断散发出一种使其混合空气爆炸的蒸气，它像面粉一样自由地出售。最近，我看到一个孩子在一个有抹布塞子的少量瓶中获得了镍的汽油。 Gasoline vapor, unlike all other inflammable gases, sinks in air, spreads over the floor, and is drawn up by the current produced by any open light and ignited. Gasoline may be fired by an electric spark due to rubbing fabrics, especially silk, in it. ’ After dilating at such length upon the risks attending gasoline and pointing out the constant liability to explosion which attends its use, the State fire marshal, somewhat enigmatically and without any statement in the way of reconciling his apparently contradictory conclusion, declares that “gasoline never explodes. It cannot, because it contains no oxygen, and oxygen is necessary to the combustion which constitutes an explosion.
One of the oldest water supply plants in England is the old mill at Castle Mullin, which was first used when the Domesday Book was written up. It is now utilised for municipal purposes.
