Show bangers OF SAFETY OILS 91 prot prof chandler of new york has be gun a crusade against the sale of the highly dangerous fluids used need through out the country for illuminating purposes which blay alay from one to two thousand persons persona per annum every days delay he says bays in enacting laws to stop the traffic consigns from three tto ito to six bix human beings to a fearful death in the united alone from these theae dangerous danger ous oua oils that these figures figurea are not exaggerated is proved by a table published in the new now york tribune which shows that from january isu 1871 to march 1 1872 there were 1544 tires fires ti rera in new york of which number or 18 per cent v were occasioned by tb the explosive ardd products acts of petr petroleum petroleum oleu M the fi figures ures of the bureau of vital statistics statistic a show that of the deaths which occurred from scalds and burns during the year 1871 39 deaths I 1 or 32 per cent of the whole number re requited resulted bulted from the use of petroleum it is elated that ahe the explosive ofis ofia ad advertised verti sed under the attractive titles of liquid gas aurora oil I 1 safety safely 6 barely e ty gas gag 1 11 anchor oil burning safety fluid F luid 11 and other names are more dangerous than the poorest kerosene being merely naptha or gas gasoline oline d deodorized deodorizer of their pungency the news columns of the daily papers show only a few of the fhe great number of accidents accident fl conflagrations and deaths caused by this reans means the explosive force of so called safety oils is tenfold ten fold greater than that of the kerosene which occasions so much disaster kerosene oil becomes danger dangerous to burn just in proportion as it contains naptha or gasoline which give to it its explosiveness si veness and are the only dangerous elemen elements tB which enter into the composition posit ibn of petroleum crude lor fot refined it ai is the opinion of prof Chandler that the public will never be effectually protected until laws are enacted and en forced in every community making it a crime to sell for use in lamps or similar vessels any fluid which emits an inflammable vapor at temperatures below 1 I 1 w degrees fahrenheit to be punished leed aeed by confinement in the state prison for not less than six months for each of fensel if an n accident shall occur from the use of oil that is below the standard the party by whom it was sold bold must be liable to a civil suit for actual damages to property or person in addition to his liability to the criminal suit if any person la Is killed by a fire or eipl explosion oston resulting from such oil f the seller must be liable toan to an action for manslaughter ex er i do p apt qt r readily pa d ily lly br ve 1 to t the eastern astern practice which i looking toz foz tor for future trade is willing for a time to sell almost at cost for the purpose of securing it knowing that the current of traffic onca established la Is not easily diverted unremitting attention and constant pushing fire bere also succeed suc suo aeed against the eom bom competition petition to 6 gyhl i are ane now 1 and our ohr oui daale dealers ri must bear in ind teab if 4 eter nal ianca lanea is the pric of hf liberty that aj 9 bp bo r redoubled eo Q as aa the price of trade SZ S R chronicle |