’WARE CELLULOID
DANGER IN SPECS AND TOILET ARTICLES B E warned. Actual contact with heat or flame is not necessary to set fire to celluloid Read what Fire Brigades Inspector T. T. Hugo says; “Quite recently two cases have occurred in Wellington in which persons were injured due to personal ornaments catching fire. Actual contact with flame or heat is not necessary. “In one of the two cases mentioned a lady was sitting with her head distant about 2 feet from an electric radiator of the smaller type when, with a distinct explosion, the celluloid haircombs she was wearing burst into flames, with the result she was so severely injured that her life was in danger for a time. “In regard to spectacle-frames, I have heard of cases where the celluloid frames have been distorted by the heat from cooking-stoves. The danger of wearing these frames when striking matches, using candles, etc., is apparent.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 14
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154’WARE CELLULOID Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 14
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