|  | 31. | The strongroom remains in operation at the back of the building and includes its original Protex fire resisting door. 
 
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|  | 32. | Historically, strongrooms were built in the basement of a bank where the ceilings were vaulted, hence the name. 
 
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|  | 33. | A subsequent attempt to blast open the strongroom failed, but the ensuing fire created a great deal of damage. 
 
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|  | 34. | On the southern side, at the rear of the office, is a concrete strongroom with a steel door. 
 
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|  | 35. | The ground floor of the 1896 building contains three rooms : the foyer, a strongroom and a rear office. 
 
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|  | 36. | Each suite of offices was provided with a strong room ( of the four strongrooms, three are still extant ). 
 
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|  | 37. | On the west side of the hall is a single room which was created in 1935 when the strongroom was added. 
 
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|  | 38. | After Gene de Kock took over in 1985, two entire farm buildings were converted to strongrooms for truckloads of unregistered arms. 
 
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|  | 39. | Holes were found in the store ceiling and the wall of the basement strongroom where the jewelry was kept, they said. 
 
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|  | 40. | Hong Kong newspapers said the strongroom was protected by various alarm systems and a wall 8 inches ( 20 cms ) thick. 
 
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