SAFES IN A FIRE
After'a big fire in London some interesting notes were made on the safes which were excavated from the ruins. One safe had the brass handles and fittings completely melted and run into the keyhole, the contents of the safe being uninjured. Safes protected by brickwork or in cellars and basements generally escaped, and those taken first out of the ruins gave the best results. Safes falling from upper storeys into the centre of mountains of brickwork, which remained red-hot for days, had their contents charred beyond recognition.. The leaves of many account books could be separated and handled, although as black as coal, and the writing m ink was completely invisible, while, curiously enough, the ticks and corrections in pencil shone out like silver.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 25 January 1934, Page 2
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128SAFES IN A FIRE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 25 January 1934, Page 2
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