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Show GASOLINE EASY TO EXPLODE IF fJOTGiUfJOEO ' Several Incidents Cited to Show How Flow of Liquid Creates , Static Electricity Which May Start Fire from I ha prtmp. Th flowing" ffaaotlne set up a aUHc charge In th P" U which b-apcd the gap t tlia pump and another fire waa gtarted. Krtctlon of atik doth will produce atatlc electricity and fires have been caused. It haa been reported to government nr'n clee, whan ailk cloths soaked with be rial ri-al na or gaeoline wre used to ruh the grim off mechanics" hands. Mparka nr a prolific cause of ffaeollr" Hres ee- 1 cJally aparka from open flames, broken, electric lights and irom met. on. k-o the clash on a ooncrete pavement of the nails In shoes have known to frm sparks which resulted In fires when gaeo-llne gaeo-llne vapor waa present. If gasoline la nwnl In an open place, aurh aa a pill, the l'nlt-d Slates bureau of mlnm re(Mrta. iJie nmm in which tlia pall la left will ahorlly be filled with an ' eaailv exploeible. mixture. The llmlia of I sxploslblllty are between 1.6 per m nt and It ier rent of gnaullne vpr In air. In I other worda. only a lltll K-ian!ln vapor la needed to render air eiloaive one land one-half fee-i of ajaaohne vapor for 1 earh nlnaly-aeven and a half fet-t of air A one-aailon ta ran. wnrter prfrot roixllttona, render 2l cubic ft-et of air esploaiva. - - ' " 1 " 1 ' i WASHSNOTOf, Oct. II A biff tank truck traaaportlna; iragollna wag blown p by a terrlfl ax p toe Ion oo the arrest recently, becauaa a paaaerby who didn't know what ha waa doing picker! up a ftieoa of chain. He an w tha chain dancing; danc-ing; by one acd from tha truck and theuffht ha would poaelhly eav tha truck from being; wrecked through fouling; tha g&ain In ona of tha wheeja. Th man didn't know th chain waa Ranctng- there for A purpoa. He dldn'l know that ffaacln. unllk water, lg a nonconductor of alooirlcttv. I'oaelblv he dwin't even know that flowing; ruaollne. eepaHalljr when gf rained through, giic'h "" lrtatenalg gg chamola akin filter. et up' conatdarabl chargeg of frlctltnal or atatlc , electricity. Rut that wag what cauaad the truck' deatruotlon. Uaualiy when tha bia; tank truck backa wp to th filling" pltia; at aervlce atatlon r other gtocnge place, the metallic rm-, I from tha truck toticheg the metallic; Intake ptp and thug forma a ground for any charg of atatte lctrlrtty that may collect In ttia truck. Hometlmea. how-ewr, how-ewr, th Roaal doea not touch a rrotind-Inaj rrotind-Inaj point, and with no other metallic a round from th truck tha ear hi per- feet I y tneulated, gtandlnff aa It doe on I rubber tlree. fiorneiimea. aleo, tha nog-j al of th truck outlet pipe reef a agalnat I woodati plana In th Intak pipe and la I tharwai llkaarlaa Inau1al.il M w. ta aia aa insula tor. TAT 10 CMARQff MAPS. Whll th gasoline 1 poured Into the fftoragt tank a certain amount of vapor arlaee and ther 1 certain to b iine about tha Intake and tba truck. Tha flow of th liquid will get up a static eharg-e n tha truck, Aa th charge in-craaae in-craaae It may bacom strong enough to ! leap th gap to tha neareat ground or the two pointg may be brought Into con-tact. con-tact. Ther 1 a apark. a flash, an ex-rioalon ex-rioalon and untold damage may result. Coojaquontly the careful tank driver always al-ways ha a metallic part hanging from tha truck to th ground, a rod or chain to drain off tha electric charge aa It coi-Hwts, coi-Hwts, gg long as tn, gasoline i being drawn off. " Th nam baatc fact hag been th cause f numerous smaller fires end explosions In garage, both private and public. In ona Instance a car waa being filled with gasoline from a can. Whll th employe ran tha gas Into th can he strained It through a chamois filter In a funnel. To mak th funnel alt up straight tn th hoi In the tank a wooden ring waa p aced in thhoj and th funnai waa placed; In that. Thu th can waa lao-Inted. lao-Inted. After powlng gome gaaolln Into th tank th man brought th ran spout Into contact with th tank. Thar waa a spark, a flash and th reaultlng as-plosion. as-plosion. WOOOIN PAIL HANOLI. ' A man waa pumping ffaaolln Into a can in his own garag. He hung th pa! on th hook over th spout of the Rump. He did not notice that the pall ad a wooden handle. Hy reason of the im "a ,h,fU w"" '""'nt-d |