PREFACE.
CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE I. THE HORSED FIRE-ESCAPE APPEARS. AN
CHAPTER I. THE HORSED FIRE-ESCAPE APPEARS. AN EXCITING SCENE.
CHAPTER II. THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. HERO'S "SIPHON." HOW THE ANCIENTS STROVE TO EXTINGUISH FIRES.
CHAPTER III. IN MEDIAEVAL DAYS. AN EPOCH-MAKING FIRE.
CHAPTER IV. THE PEARL-BUTTON MAKER'S CONTRIVANCE. THE MODERN FIRE-ENGINE.
CHAPTER V. EXTINGUISHMENT BY COMPANY. THE BEGINNINGS OF FIRE INSURANCE.
CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF JAMES BRAIDWOOD.
CHAPTER VII. THE THAMES ON FIRE. THE DEATH OF BRAIDWOOD.
CHAPTER VIII. A PERILOUS SITUATION. CAPTAIN SHAW. IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER IX. A VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS.
CHAPTER X. HOW RECRUITS ARE TRAINED.
CHAPTER XI. SOME STORIES OF THE BRIGADE.
CHAPTER XII. FIRE-ESCAPES AND FIRE-FLOATS.
CHAPTER XIII. CHEMICAL FIRE-ENGINES. FIRE-PROOFING, OR MUSLIN THAT WILL NOT FLAME.
CHAPTER XIV. THE WORK OF THE LONDON SALVAGE CORPS. THE GREAT CRIPPLEGATE FIRE.
CHAPTER XV. ACROSS THE WATER.
IN THE SAME SERIES.
THE NEW HORSED FIRE-ESCAPE,
DESIGNED BY COMMANDER WELLS, CHIEF OFFICER OF THE METROPOLITAN FIRE-BRIGADE.
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, AUTHOR OF "ENGINEERS AND THEIR TRIUMPHS," "MINERS AND THEIR WORKS UNDERGROUND," ETC.
LONDON: S. W. PARTRIDGE & CO., 8 & 9, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1899.
