THE BRITISH MAKE THE BEST.
British safes, it is said, would have prevented great loss at San Francisco, where the contents; "of a large proportion of so-called fire-proof safes and vaults were destroyed. The American plan?of insulating with a* filling of infusorial earth or asbestos is condemned as sure to fail in severe tests, and it is affirmed that not a fireproof but a steam-generat-ing and moisture-evolving composition —drying to a non-conducting material —is needed to keep the inside cool for the longest possible time. English makers allege that this difference gives superiority to their safes.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8337, 21 January 1907, Page 7
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96THE BRITISH MAKE THE BEST. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8337, 21 January 1907, Page 7
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