Fires And Firemen: From the Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science And Art, Vol Xxxv No. 1, May 1855
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"'Tis rareto see the engineer hoist with his own petard, " says the poet; andcertainly it was a most laughable _contre-temps_ to see thefire-engines arrive at the manufactory just in time to witness thefire-annihilators annihilated by the fire. A similar mishap occurredto these unfortunate implements at Paris. In juxtaposition with thiscase we are tempted to put another, in which the attempt at extinctionwas followed by exactly the opposite effects. A tradesman was aboutto light his gas, when, ...finding the cock stiff, he took a candle tosee what was the matter; whilst attempting to turn it the screw cameout, and with it a jet of gas, which was instantly fired by thecandle. The blaze igniting the shop, a passer-by seized a wooden pailand threw its contents upon the flames, which flared up immediatelywith tenfold power. It is scarcely necessary to state that the waterwas whiskey, and that the country was Old Ireland. Spontaneous combustion is at present very little understood, thoughchemists have of late turned their attention to the subject.
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