Crowds At Fires
Sir,—Mr A. R. Guthrey has paid warm tribute to the work of firemen and police. One sometimes wonders how much easier the task of firemen would be were it not for the crowds of curious sightseers inevitably attracted on such occasions. One summer day, a few years ago, smoke and flames suddenly erupted from a commodious two-storey house in Ham road. In a matter of minutes the fire brigade was on the spot; but not before a horde of youngsters, and some not so young, had poured up the drive to the house. It is a longish drive and the toiling firemen had to lay their hoses the whole length of it, with entirely superfluous bodies and feet getting in the way. Cannot people exercise a little more restraint and common sense, when every minute may be vital?—Yours, etc., ILAM. February 27, 1967.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31306, 28 February 1967, Page 16
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