Firemen and Their Exploits / With some account of the rise and development of fire-brigades, of various appliances for saving life at fires and extinguishing the flames.

by F. M. Holmes

CONTENTS.

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CHAP.		PAGE
I.	THE HORSED FIRE-ESCAPE APPEARS. AN EXCITING SCENE	[9]
II.	THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. HERO'S"SIPHON." HOW THE ANCIENTS STROVE TO EXTINGUISH FIRES	[17]
III.	IN MEDIÆVAL DAYS. AN EPOCH-MAKING FIRE	[20]
IV.	THE PEARL-BUTTON MAKER'S CONTRIVANCE. THE MODERN FIRE-ENGINE	[36]
V.	EXTINGUISHMENT BY COMPANY. THE BEGINNINGS OF FIRE INSURANCE	[47]
VI.	THE STORY OF JAMES BRAIDWOOD	[53]
VII.	THE THAMES ON FIRE. THE DEATH OF BRAIDWOOD	[58]
VIII.	VIII. A PERILOUS SITUATION. CAPTAIN SHAW.IMPROVEMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD AND OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL	[67]
IX.	A VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS	[83]
X.	HOW RECRUITS ARE TRAINED	[98]
XI.	SOME STORIES OF THE BRIGADE	[111]
XII.	FIRE-ESCAPES AND FIRE-FLOATS	[123]
XIII.	CHEMICAL FIRE-ENGINES. FIRE-PROOFING, OR MUSLIN THAT WILL NOT FLAME	[134]
XIV.	THE WORK OF THE LONDON SALVAGE CORPS. THE GREAT CRIPPLEGATE FIRE	[144]
XV.	ACROSS THE WATER	[156]

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OFF TO THE FIRE.

FIREMEN AND THEIR EXPLOITS.

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