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Show Tho fire In the ship Abyaslnh Is belie be-lie veil to hat e originated by spontaneous coinbiutiou. It Is well known tohouso painters and those employed about ma iMnery that If old rags nro uxod to TIpe up oil and then thrown into a heap hi n qulot rlaco, tu tho courso of some hours smoke will ofUu bo seen issuing from the hiap and tho wholo lunas will tako flro, occasionally causing tho destruction of buildings. The cause of tho flro is to bo fouud in tho chemical action which takes ilaco butwoou tho ox) gen of air, tho oils andnoinoof tho constituents of tho rags. Tho theory that the air holds tho microbes of destruction de-struction and comers them to tho in-flammable in-flammable substances will explain spontaneous spon-taneous combustion. |
