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14 page illustrated article from a rare 1893 Victorian periodical the article is entitled "Great London Fires " by Sydney Greenwood
A very interesting article on the history of the Fire office Fire Marks with several example illustrated along with details of some significant conflagrations dealt with by London Fire Brigades, the losses and some detail of firemen involved
Several illustrations including

  • A city fire 200 years ago
  • Hand squirts and buckets of 1667
  • Early Fire engines
  • London fireman in uniform 1696
  • M F B Fireman in uniform present day
  • A Royal Exchange fireman
  • Modern fire engine Greenwich pattern by Merryweather and Sons
  • Engine presented to Mr Hodges 1862
  • Various Fire Office Insurance marks
  • Bob the firemans dog Southwark Fire Station
  • Wood St Fire December 8th 1882
  • Wood St fire Messrs Rylands premises
  • Paternoster Row fire April 2nd 1884
  • Charterhouse fire
  • Milton St fire
  • Queen Victoria Street Fire
  • St Mary Axe fire
  • Oil painting of original Engine of Union Fire Office Cornhill

    CONDITION Please note this listing is for genuine actual pages extracted from a scarce disbound Victorian magazine, there are no covers. Some articles may include the ending or beginning of other articles.Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

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