Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-17 | Page 3 | Local News

IMward Atkinson calls attention to thofact that cotton fires on board ships contalulng American biles aro ou tho in crease alarmingly, and tint they aro much moro frequent than on ships packed with India cottpn, Tho reason ho finds lu tho shnonly way in which American cotton bales are packd. They contain atl manner of rtfuwoud trash, even to matches and gun cartridges, au l to cap It all aro Icsu&lclcctly covered. CatLmsccd oil oxidizes rapidly, und this frequently causes spontaneous combustion combus-tion where Inflat&tnaUainatuiil Is saturated sat-urated with It. Often a luck of cotton fiber thus saturated get caught itto a bile near tho odg, nneroalr can reich It. Spontaneous comhuition Is tlui as ni t to en we as w hen rags saturated with linsed oil am left by ca.icleis painters lu obscure corners only to burst Into u blazo a little Ister Tlio remedy for cotton cot-ton fires' will bo found In caro and cleanliness clean-liness In lacking