Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 549
alarm-points, asthey are known, arefound at convenientcorners throughout Lon-don, and consist of aniron post about as highas an ordinary hitching-post, with a little roundmetal box at the topcontaining a glass door.You break the glass inthis door, pull the littlehandle or knob inside, and thus send… … A LONDON FIRE-ALARM BOX. igi.3] GLIMPSES OF FOREIGN FIRE-BRIGADES 975 is then retransmitted, either automatically or byhand, to the engine-houses; but in London —andin every other European city—each fire stationhas its own alarm-bureau, in charge of an officerand several operators, these stations…
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