Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 357
companied by conflagrations 318 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. infinitely more disastrous. Allusion has been made to the littleportable engines with which houses are furnished. In the cityhouse one may notice a little platform or staging with hand-rail erected on the ridge of the roof (fig.… … Fig. 301.—Staging on House-iioof, with Bucket and Brush. on the platform a huge bucket or half barrel filled with water,and near by a long-handled brush; and this is used to sprinklewater on places threatened by the sparks and fire-brands, whichoften fill the air in times of great conflagrations.…
Architecture, Japanese · Japan -- Social life and customs
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