Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-13 | Page 7 | Fumes Caused by Burning Rubber

w u FUMES CAUSED BY BURNING RUBBER NEW YORK. July IS Burning Insulation In-sulation and not the use of Pyrene extinguishers ex-tinguishers was responsible for the fumes from which paasengers suffered, suf-fered, in the fire In the Lexington avenue ave-nue lnterborough tube last week, Walter Wal-ter Bauer, prealdent of the Pyrene Manufacturing company dwclared in a statement last night He said that Pyrene extinguisher nad put out hundreds hun-dreds of fires in the subways during the last 10 yean and quoted the fire commissioner's report on the subway fire of January 6. 1915. at 68rd street and Broadway, that the flames fed on tho hear Insulation covering the cables and emmltte a dense smok and asphyxiating fumes. oo