20 July 1810, John Warren; H. B. Lancaster, THE Partner?hip under the Firm of Warren and Lanke?ter, carried on at Poole and Southampton, in the Patent Concern of making Smoke Preventers and Fire-Extingui?hers, was this Day di??olved by us by mutual Content.
18 February 1845, Prevention of the Explosion of Steamboat Boilers, This and the other cause of bursting—when salt or sediment settle in the bottom of the boiler, and prevents the water from contact with the metal—are both removed by the application of Raub’s and Barnum’s self-acting safety valves, which will, according to a large mass of evidence from practical and scientific men, effectually prevent explosions of steam boilers and the extinguishment of fires. So fully impressed with this fact was the Committee on Naval Affairs, that they directed a bill to be reported on the 7th instant appropriating the sum of five thousand dollars, for the purpose of attaching the valves and fire-extinguisher to the boilers of five of the public steamships of the United States.
2013, Sarah Drummond, Salt Story: Of Sea-Dogs and Fisherwomen Chapter Jolly and His Boy, Thanks to the new marine safety officer’s crackdown commercial vessels, the foredeck was festooned with fire-extinguishers, EPIRBs and sodden flares, along with more essential items such as a gaff, catching net, squid jigs, torch, jump starter, red bucket, spare bricks for net anchors, buoys, rotten pilchards, Danforth anchor, fluorescent lights, trolling lures, spare rowlock, pliers, spark plug puller and a sixpack of beer.
