Title

The Fire-Brigade, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Fire-Brigade, 1850. Fire in Lambeth, south London: 'The flames were first discovered by a policeman of the L division, and engines from various stations quickly arrived at the scene. Before, however, water could be procured, the flames had attained so great an ascendancy, that the atmosphere was illumined for miles round, and the utmost alarm was occasioned among the inhabitants of the neighbourhood...The firemen worked bravely; but the extent of the catastrophe was appalling'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A34_034

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35,3Mb (3,3Mb) / 16,5in x 8,3in / 4960 x 2485 (300dpi)

Keywords

water building buildings London England people male crowd crowds job technology man men night body bodies guy occupation burning fire British feet foot accident pump hose Victorian century Britain profession firefighter firefighters emergency services fireman firemen fire brigade newspapers press barefoot fire engine hoses extinguishing concept incident time of day B&W bare feet engraved engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W on fire Lambeth nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN the body ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century