| 1881 - 604 páginas
...out alive, but died afterward* in hospitals and elsewheie, and 22 were suffocated or burnt to death. The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year had been U million gallons, or about 187,000 tons. 01 this quantity about lu5,OOo tons, or more than... | |
| National Sunday school union - 1871 - 598 páginas
...the fire engines of the fifty stations has been 8, 127 ; and the total distance run has been 21,914 miles. The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year has been 11,161,446 gallons. The strength of the brigade at present is as follows : — 50 fire engine stations... | |
| Registrar-general - 1873 - 502 páginas
...received injuries, and one was killed on duty at the fire in Upper Thames Street on 10th November 1872. The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the Metropolis during 1872 was a little less than fifteen and a half million gallons, of which more than three fourths was... | |
| George Hayter Chubb - 1875 - 196 páginas
...chimneys on fire. In these cases there was no attendance of engines, but only of firemen with hand-pumps. The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the Metropolis during the year was 22,610,379 gallons, in round numbers a little more than 22£ million gallons, or about 101,000... | |
| Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1876 - 918 páginas
...fire engines of the forty-eight stations has been 6,155, and the total distance run has been 18,710 miles. " The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year has been 10,502,605 gallons — in round numbers a little more than 10^ million gallons, or about 47,000 tons.... | |
| International health exhibition, 1884 - 1877 - 448 páginas
...iron barge to carry a land steam fire-engine, twenty-six land steam engines, and 94 manual engines. The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year was 10,502,605 gallons, and the total expenditure was about 80,000/. Under ' Testing of Gas' we are... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1886 - 602 páginas
...chimneys on fire. In these cases there was no attendance of engines, but only of firemen with hand-pumps. The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year has been 19^ million gallons, or about 87,000 tons. Of this quantity about 25,000 tons, or less than one-third... | |
| Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1887 - 894 páginas
...the fire engines of the 55 land stations has been 32,832, and the total distance run has been 61,768 miles. " The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year has been a little more than 10 million gallons, or about 45,000 tons. Of this quantity, nearly 14,000 tons,... | |
| Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1888 - 994 páginas
...the firo engines of the 55 land stations has been 33,554, and the total distance rnn has been 64,294 miles. " The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year has been over 26 million gallons, or about 117,000 tons. Of this quantity, about 57,000 tons, or nearly half... | |
| Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1896 - 912 páginas
...has been 73,475 miles. These figures do not include hose carts and escapes, which are run by hand. " The quantity of water used for extinguishing fires in the metropolis during the year has been over 23 million gallons, or nearly 103,000 tons. Of this quantity, rather more than half was taken... | |
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