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Show To Put Out Gasoline Fire. Whllo puro sawduat gives excellent resulta In putting out a small gasollno flro, a mlxturo of ton poundR of blear-bonnto blear-bonnto of soda with 12 pounds of clean sawdust Is tho best medium to hnve on hand, says Everydny Engineering, nave tho sawdust dry nnd freo from chips. Tho sawdust forms an airtight blanket ns It flouts on tho burning liquid, and nt the snmo time tho heat of tho flame generates carbonic ncld gas. This gas, together with tho saw. dust, keeps tho oxygen In tho air away from the (lumo and quickly smothers smoth-ers It. |