OCR Text |
Show F0IS0N GAS KILLS DESTROYING INSECTS LON"IKN.Jan. 11 The "death watch'' battle is being fonghl with poison ms In the ancient Westminster Hall, the scene t of many memorable events in P.rltl l hlstcry. The famous beamed roof of carved oak. dating from the year 1399. was discovered some time ago to be seriously menaced , by. the borings or wood beetles which I had been breeding there for centuries. I The first gas that was experimented vitk to kill the beetle nearly proved fatal fa-tal to the cleaners. Then another i hem- I leal was tried and ibis. It Is claimed. I will make the historic edifice safe for I another alx or seven centuries As this gas Is heavier than air. It pea - etratcs Into the lobbies of the adjacent house of eomnv.nv and It can therefore onl b used when ;arltament Is not sit- |