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Show "explosions caused by dust Invettlfjatlon Has Proved That Grain It by No Meant tht Only De- ttrucllve Agent ,Whe the bareau of caemlttry ef the United States department of ri: calturt started tnveatlgntlpns with the bjevt of rcdiudac ftren and ecploatoa caused by dual la the grnla Hevatert and mlllt it waa not long before the ozpertt renUzed these Ore and explosion explo-sion t were by ao means confined to the groin boBitiesj. Tbexe dust-expla-atoo Invettlgattoiu are having a wide Influence, which bnt extended to tnmi.v Industries. Aluminum dust, starch and even flab meat, a by-product of fish canneries, linv nil been found susceptible to tho condition which produce disastrous explosion. The latest development goes to proe that the mjsterlotts "blow sacks" so well known lo firemen are In some cases caused by dust. With the kiuiv ledge of this fact as a guide ninny falsi irrtent may bo avoided. The firemen of America find the matter mat-ter of sufllclent Importance to warrant war-rant their cooperation v,ltti the do-'pnrtment do-'pnrtment ir ngrlcultnre In n study of protenthe Inethfnls. t The subject whm InKen up by; the Xiitlotinl Flreiiien's nRioclntloii ' nt their twenty-M-cotid nnniinl convention nt-l'iojiu, II). Hnglnerti entugci) In the i1u(-evlrfnii lncstlgntlon8 rep resented the iepnrtnitnt of nprlcullure nt llu nieetliiB. |