An Extinguisher Of Pain And Fire

Chloroform, wliicli bauislios pain, has been fouud at Antwerp to extiuguish by te vapor tho flames of petroleum vapor - tliat most inextingnishable of all flames. And other highlr combustible es vvlien mixed with chloroform vapor sppeared to looe their dangerous propeities, eveu to the extent of having their explosivo qualities removed. In view of recent fire catantrophes on ship-board, where the means of the extinction of fires appear in general to be of limited and ineffectunl nature, nn apparatus in whioh this vapor might be cmployed should prove usefiü.