Show to check incipient fires la in many business offices fire buckets are arc placed filled with water in readiness for an emergency it is seldom says the scientific american that instructions tor for use are pinned near the supply tila wrong way to tackle an incipient fire Is usually to hurl the contents conten ts of a bucket on 01 the spot most alost of the water is wasted 1 by this means A heavy sprinkling is more mere effective the water may be splashed on tile the blaze by hand but a more mere useful sprinkler is a long haired whitewash brush ons one of these should hard hand beside every nest of fire buckets |