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Show Xot an r.vplosion. - Dr. .Miuiro called .yesterday, indignant indig-nant at the report of an explosion of the alcoholic lamp as the origin of tbo fire in Perrin's restaurant, Bingham, on Friday, and bearing with him a lamp to show tlio. impossibility 'of iin explosion. We rymark. that the gen-; tlenianwas indignant, and were there' not consideu-able-iruscibility- about the; Hkiiai.d sanctum might indicato that a stronger word 'would better cover Hie ground; indeed, we might say he was slightly "mad." Evidently, Evi-dently, tho first report which was circulated cir-culated in Bingham and found its way into all the papers, was incorrect, for the Doctor's lamps certainly aro nonexplosiw.r They arej metallic, bum from the. centre !of the top, : and when the aperture there is closed tho lire is 'extinguished; ''cbifseqnently an explosion is an impassibility. But, then, even if the report was calculated calculat-ed to der injury- to the -gentleman's business, be should not imagine that reporters deliberately falsified to work tliat injury..' J The. .fire, occurred dn I Bingham, apparently" in" tho careless-1 ' ness with which.thc inflammable fluid was emptied into the Jampj.and thero is no question that Dr. Monro's vapor , baths aro ;is safe and' can be taken with as litllo nskr so. the as his I ap-; paratus is concerned, its aTvarnt bath -could bo taken in an ordinary bath " , tub. "' |