AN INTERNATIONAL DISASTER-WHERE THE FIRE RAGED AT THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION.
t> ; .. ~f ;)i.. worst features of the tire was tin- shocking want <»f organisation and equipment among tin* firemen. (’orrespomlents in the ‘•Journal tie Bruxelles” state that even at about an hour’s time after the outbreak, no effective measures had brew :.ik»-n ope with • he Hutners. Th., tireinen could not find the hydrants, or the hoses were too short: there was no ladder on the spot, and the tire was spreading, while the tiremen squabbled as to who should take command, and finally it is asserted that there were no explosives for making gaps, with a view to isolating the fire.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 27
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111AN INTERNATIONAL DISASTER-WHERE THE FIRE RAGED AT THE BRUSSELS EXHIBITION. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 13, 28 September 1910, Page 27
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