AD1082/4/2

Page of newspaper cuttings found loose in AD 1082/4 and largely relating to the Longhurst & Skinner fire, Midland Road, Bedford, in 1912 [see AD 1082/4 pp.2-4]. Material is as follows: - photograph of the store at the height of the fire; - photograph of a crowd watching the smoking ruins; - photograph of Fireman Hopkins (later Second Officer) who was injured; - report of Fireman Cooke escaping injury whilst at an escape drill, falling from a ladder but cushioned on impact with the ground by the dummy he was carrying.

1912

From: 1912 To: 1912

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Longhurst & Skinner,
Hopkins, Ernest,
Cooke

photographs, named portraits, unidentified portraits, fire brigade incidents, BEDFORD, Bedford Midland Road