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Show Gas Furnace Under School Building Causes Scare Students and teachers became nervous recently when the natural gas furnace under the Harrington school building failed to shut off after the steam preasure had risen to a high point. No damage resulted and as soon as a gas company serv-I serv-I ice man could reach here from Pro-I Pro-I vo the matter was adjusted. It was explained that the electric power had been cut off from the automatic controls and naturally ing so as to be out of any danger that could have resulted. It is announced that another automatic control, which would function under conditions like the above, is to be installed as a further precaution and protection to the school building and children. The recent Texas school catastrophe catas-trophe caused alarm here because of the fact that the furnace is directly under the center of the school and at that time the officials declared the present system safe. We only the controls would not function until the power was on again or emergency emergen-cy or hand valves closed. The excessive heat in the building and steam blow-off in the basement caused the teachers and students to become alarmed and students were taken entirely away from the build- Ihope they are right, but this little failure of the controls to operate in an emergency makes us still wonder if this furnace should not be out from under the building in a sep-erate sep-erate underground furnace room. |