FIRE-PROOF CLOTHING.
—• A report from Cincinnati. Ohio, de- | scribed a remarkable test given to a ! lire-proof suit and helmet. I'o prove I that his invention is all he chums u j te be. Mr Martin Eanniaa doi-.nevi t!;e i com rivaneo am! allowed, himselt to be j east into a great- 1-entire i.the "Daily ! Telegraph” says>. Eve live minutes. : the report states. Mr Fannie." was eb- ; seared, te the witnesses by we.lls ot tire j ami finally lie stopped out through tho blazing curtain of tlam.e uninjurtxh v\K'l, ami calm. Ihe ltelmei is ol nutal, with two layers et' water and I tiivprootod canvas ins-.de. AA aU-r also I rushes between similar lev is oi ean- ! vas mat term the inside ot the suit j from shoulders to toot. I’e obviate I tho elumecs of the vaVr becoming : heatevi, vents at the hands allow it to j escape. Tho interior of the sut’- is ot : xi re proofed canvas.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3632, 24 April 1914, Page 8
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159FIRE-PROOF CLOTHING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3632, 24 April 1914, Page 8
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