Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-26
BRITISH FIRE ladies.

The city Of Dublin IN 1891 had q popu
lainn Of 2ni,IOA, covered AAOs norua,
and had 2bOsO stone aud brcl, build.
ings During lND0 The total loss V
Hires was only about 100000 The water
pressure Ia Dublin h sufficient to cnnhlo
the ircmep TO gee water upon burning
buildings by merely coupling hose 20
street hydnntR
IN 1890 the city GLASGOW covered
Gil acres. but IN November. 1891, tho
0ron had Increased 20 il,sBi ncrus, with
. ponnnum of 0bD, 70 ln hat year
Dol hroA occurred, with % luHs of over
half million dollars Tho city has no
wooden buildings. an the fires wero
prevented from extending beyond ndloin-
INK properly The fire Department ls
NOT Numerically large, hut N very oil,
elppt ana " wen provided with steam
me engines ANA q EpOd fire alarm system
ihe Wnigr pressure, Too, unun tltp whior
mains IN some parts of Tie city n 100
pounds 90 iho square inrh ~ an mum.
cpnl nnilers Glaagow u looked upon as
q model city,
The city of Edinburgh, Including 10th.
has population NJ about HJOOOO nnd
covers I,3,is neres Tho city is built
almost wholly OF stone, there being only
q few brick bulldiulm md no wooden
ones. Tho stone used " O. Rrny Hnnd.
stone, abundant lu The rpQiOua A fro
seldom gets beyond The building whpro
II originates From a table giving the
yenr of service Of iirpmun we hnd fhat
one hes been Ia tie service thlrty.ai1
years, one thirty years, one thiryninr
years, one twciy-giX years, one thirty
four years, two thiriy-two years and one
twenty years
IN 1901 the nopulniion Of the city Of
Liverpool was 5ifO5l aud covers $500
acres. lts buildings nfo nil of stone and
brick. Five steam FIRE engines were No
use and eight band engines and ihero
were 21N men Oh The fegiDr force Five
hundred aud seYcniV eight iireH OCCURRED
IN 1880. twfniy-e phf Of them from lielt "a
down, twenty two from children PLAY.
Ing viii matches, thirty from smoking
tobacco. iweiiy-lhrre from children play.
ing With iifg and thirty from Gphfhs from
fire. Flfcmen in Liverpool have De
title of "confiable' and have certain
police authority
LONDON'g DEPARTMENT.
The great city Of London bod within
a. corporate llmlte in 1891 A23l .43l
ppraone aud about 2.NON4D in territory
Immediately contiguous; $50 iHt 10 given
as Tho number ~ hrIok and ef0nn build.
ingf in 1871 ana The cliy has no wooden
buildings ne nuubaf ~ IRE nlHiqns
Flgen 10 1891 VIA 1lgi. Of which 1919
were false alarms. g3 chimney alhrms
and 2fsi2 actual hras. 1850 of these iira
were coufned 10 the floors whore thrg
originated, and lki extended beyond
Fnrh iO0rf only Bix hfes extended 90
ndipinlnp property, ana only three extend.
~ beyond adlolui1E property The Ion.
don IRE department consists 1T forty
seven land steam Gre engines, nneiy-hpe
lend mnnual tire euFues nine steam
iire eaglnes or hnrrcH arlf steam tugs
100 hOse carts, thirty sX miles Of ho5a
With ladders, trucks ore escapes and un
abundance ~ alarms. tfifpfnDhs tce
phones, etc, % render ilr service pf ~
lDb irfnfn very pihcifHt Nineteen
million gallons " waier were used iHi-
inr tlir yfnr az fires ouethiTd Df which
was taken FROM abe river canals ana
docks The causes N Ores are curiousl
fify-niun eHIae from nifilH liNcn, 100
ff0gn cnudieg thfty.uinf from ehildrpn
plnyinH with ffe and Esiytwo from
itelr playing with mn,ehesi slxiy,onc
were CAUSED % swinging fas brackets,
eixty.iiiHe from escape 20 gas thirty
6eYen ff0ui onnnins ~ blinds coming no
cNiiacl with lights. lOt onNinaifd ffom
boz ntieA Mm ifpn spirit laiA l31
AZ l1fn b,ax fs0m upeltug gurh