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Show A'.-ude.nt from Burning Flud. On Monday night, Mr. J. Blount, a resident of the 20th Ward, in this city, met with an accident' i'rom burning fluid which rc'iuirt-H to be told in dc-ail. dc-ail. I'rom a live giliuii can of the Dan-f'oitli Dan-f'oitli fluid he hud filled a cup with v,h'n:h lo rcj'leiii-li a wickle.-s-burning lamp which .flood on the table u few leetotr. J.'is wile t.jok the cu to fill the lamp, which burning, wlien a li't'e of the fluid foil fiom the cup and 'alciiin' lire from the lamp communicated communi-cated the Hume to I he contents of t.lnj c.'i)'. Tin: bbize f!i.-ln:i up burning 'h . I'1'.'inl. when her laislwn.l told :ci i'(di"i the cop, r.'liHi ill'; did; ib'H the b inning fluid IVom it caught the five gallon can, still in his hands, and tha flame leaped up three feet high, severely burning Mr. Blount's hands as he was carrying it out of doors, which he had presence of mind and endurance to do quickly. Fortunately Fortu-nately there we: . no other very inflammable inflam-mable substances in the apartment. The table up to which the flame leaped was charred; and a canary bird, some fifteen feeUfrom the place was killed by the effects of the flame; with some other trifling damaire. Mr. Blount will not bo able to do any work for I some time from the injuries his haiid.-received. haiid.-received. - Much has been said pro and con about explosive and -non-explosive fluids, and their safety or danger; we have held all the time, and have so cautioned the public, that none of them can be handled with carelessness without with-out inviting accidents. The difference between a non-explosive and a non-inflammable fluid- may be considerable, consider-able, yet either is- dangerous if handled carelessly. Yesterday morn-ng morn-ng we tested not chemically but by ordinary and everyday . means of applying such tests the inflammability inflammabil-ity of gasolene, and found it also inflammable in-flammable in an unusual degree. The fact is, every fluid that can be used for artificial fight must be handled with care. This common sense alone should teach, for they must, of necessity neces-sity possess unusually inflammable elements. ele-ments. Without entering into a labored disquisition dis-quisition on the matter, we will repeat our former caution : keep burning fluids of every kind in a cool place; clean, fill and trim all lamps in daylight; day-light; and never allow a lighted flame ear where ther exposed fluid is. With these precautions safety , may be expected ex-pected in handling the purest of such fluids; 'without them there is danger in handlins anr. |