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FIFTY YEARS OF FIRE FIGHTING IN LONDON

by Jack While; Edgar Wallace

Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1931

Good condition. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Jack While was an unofficial Recorder of the London Fire Brigade. Foreword by Wallace. B/w illustrations.

Ex-lib. with some markings and stamps. Heavy wear to covers; uneven fading, some scuffing and some fraying to cloth. Foxing.

Stock no. 2134063

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Contents

  • Preface
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Author's Acknowledgements
  • CHAPTER I
  • An Old Street Scene...
  • CHAPTER II
  • The Site of Southwark Headquarters...
  • CHAPTER III
  • The Burning of the Alhambra....
  • CHAPTER IV
  • After Captain Shaw
  • CHAPTER V
  • Fire Protection and General Fire Brigade Works...
  • CHAPTER VI
  • When the Fire Insurance Offices "Struck"...
  • CHAPTER VII
  • Heartbeats at Big Fires...
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • When the Earl of Egmont Joined Up...
  • CHAPTER IX
  • Air Raid Work of the Fire Brigade...
  • CHAPTER X
  • The Fire-Raisers in our Midst...
  • CHAPTER XI
  • A Gang of South London Malefactors
  • CHAPTER XII
  • Questions of Insurance
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • And Last - An Amazing London Spectacle

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