Dick, Stewart, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 218
, how chimneys wereconveyed by tunnels made in the syds of the wauls,betwyxt the lights in the haulle ; and by this means,and by no covers, is the smoke of the harthe wonderstrangely conveyed. But there was one danger ever present with thedwellers in wooden houses, which in our day we… … THE STRUCTURE m place alight. The introduction of chimneys wouldalmost be an aggravation of the evil, as the flue wouldsoon collect a coating of soot where sparks couldsmoulder till they reached the laths which, withplaster, composed the chimney. Such a fire oncestarted, from its position up in the…
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