Silver coloured container-contents-an orange rubberised cloth air sack
with a plastic disc at the top form which comes a grey rubber hose with
mouthpiece & nose clip. Complete with a black canvas neck strap & bag
of crystals. 28.0 x 22.0 x 11.0 cm
Exhibition Label Text: Each miner going underground carried a Filter Self Rescuer
on his belt to protect him from poisonous gas in an emergency. When in use air passed through a hopcalite filter. This removed any poisons before the air was breathed. The system gave about
90 minutes of escape air. The FSR 290 was replaced by the FSR
295 in 1999.
Made by AUER MSA Ltd.
– Lid for 1987.0075.4 stored in A128, C4, A1b. Item appeared on a Collections Queries list of May 2006. Self-rescuer is on display in NVC. (Both marked .4)
– Digital image on Keeper’s computer – S:/Keeper/MyPictures/Exhibitions/DisplayNewVisitorCentre. Taken November 2003.
– 12/10/99 See information file.