The fire had almost died and Morgana added fuel, shaking out the ash-pan to allow air to the flames.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Sword Of Power]

The ash-pan should be kept as nearly empty as possible, for a full ash-pan will check the draft and cause the grate in the firebox to burn out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads] Reference

It also oscillates, and is provided with jaws for crushing the fuel; and it may likewise be lowered so as to let the fire drop into the ash-pan when it is desired to stop operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885] Reference

And during the long winter evenings when the farmer shoved another stick into the stove it was natural for him to ask himself questions while he stood in front of it and let the paring from another Ontario apple dangle into the ash-pan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deep Furrows] Reference

The spray immediately coming in contact with the hot chamber ignites without any audible explosion; and the ash-pan doors are finally opened, when considerable power is required, or when the air otherwise admitted is not sufficient to support complete combustion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884] Reference

This is all prevented by adhering to the following simple rules: First clear the spray nozzle of water by letting a small quantity of steam blow through, with the ash-pan doors open; at the same time start the blower in the chimney for a few seconds, and the gas, if any, will be immediately drawn up the chimney.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884] Reference

While running, it is indispensable that the driver and fireman should act together, the latter having at his side of the engine the four handles for regulating the fire, namely, the steam wheel and the petroleum wheel for the spray injector, and the two ash-pan door handles in which there are notches for regulating the air admission.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884] Reference

When, at last, the waters had grown calm, and Stevenson was able again to visit the rock, he found that the force of the sea had removed six immense blocks of granite twelve or fifteen paces off; and in the smith's forge the ash-pan, though it had a heavy cast-iron back, had been washed away, and was found on the opposite side of the rock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference

As she opened the door there was a sudden draught, and the last flickering flame died out in the ash-pan.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Will Repay] Reference

He had searched her room, and found the fragments of burnt paper, which she had purposely left in the ash-pan.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Will Repay] Reference

First she poured the oil over the fragments of paper in the ash-pan, then with the wick she set fire to the whole compromising correspondence.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Will Repay] Reference

The small man struck a match and, using the wide-mouthed metal cuspidor for an ash-pan, lighted the letters one at a time as they were given to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush] Reference

Alas, the matches that had been dropped into the ash-pan, had burnt on and flamed up, melting the lead bars, the first drop from which had burnt poor Yulee's hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Little People and their Friends] Reference

She gathered the papers up into a heap, tearing some of them up into strips; then she spread them out upon the ash-pan in front of the large earthenware stove, which stood in a corner of the room.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Will Repay] Reference

An investigation subsequently found that there was a gap in the metalwork in the ash-pan below the cremation chamber through which the abnormally fierce flames caused by the formaldehyde could escape.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

It also has a large iron boiler with brass tap and steam-pipe, round and square gridirons for chops and steaks, ash-pan, open fire for roasting, and a set of ornamental covings with plate-warmer attached.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Household Management] Reference

The ash-pan of the hearth or fireplace, with its weighty cast-iron back, had been washed from their places of supposed security; the chains of attachment had been broken, and these ponderous articles were found at a very considerable distance in a hole on the western side of the rock; while the tools and picks of the Aberdeen masons were scattered about in every direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Records of a Family of Engineers] Reference

That bit was on'y an ash-pan!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Servant in the House] Reference

"Nan's shivering like an ash-pan!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Governess] Reference