SAFES IN A FIRE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12569, 9 February 1934, Page 3

SAFES IN A FIRE.

After a big fire in London some interesting notes were made on the sales 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 sale 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. Sates falling from upper storeys into the centre of mountains of brickwork, which remained red-hot lor days, had their contents charred beyond recognition. The leaves ot many account books could bo separated and handled, although as black as coal, and the writing in ink was completely invisible, while the ticks and corrections in pencil shone out like silver.