His system proved its worth as a gas mask in a 1916 Lake Erie tunnel fire and on the battlefield in World War I. (Public Domain) The business was never as successful as it could have been, Sandra ...

A decade earlier, he patented the first gas mask in response to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 garment workers, mostly young women, in New York City in 1911.

When the First World War broke out in 1914, Dr. Cluny Macpherson was quick to enlist as a doctor. He invented an early gas mask, a technology that would protect millions of people.

At the Museum of Veterans and Military History in Vilonia, there is one display highlighting about 10 various gas masks (respirators). The earliest one, equipped with a canister, dates back ...

More than 65,000 gas masks made in Wiltshire are to be sent out to troops in Ukraine to help them defend their country. Avon Protection, in Melksham, has received two Nato orders to supply ...

More than 65,000 gas masks made in Wiltshire are to be sent out to troops in Ukraine to help them defend their country. Avon Protection, in Melksham, has received two Nato orders to supply ...