Sujet

Fire in All Saints' Church, at Manchester, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fire in All Saints' Church, at Manchester, 1850. '...seven fire engines...were stationed in the yard attached to the church; four of them, the Vesta, Neptune, Mersey, and Waterwitch, were placed at the north-west or tower end of the building; the branch from the latter being taken up into the tower, which was, at one time, in imminent danger. The Thames, Niagara, and Ganges engines were situated at the south-east end of the church. A plentiful supply of water having been obtained, the men were dispersed over the various parts of the building. Jets were placed at the four corners of the interior; and it is to this judicious arrangement that the preservation of the galleries and a part of the organ are to be attributed...Through the unremitting exertions of the firemen, the tower, with a great portion of the gallery, and some parts of the organ and pulpit, are saved...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A34_043

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,1Mo (4,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 34,1cm / 4960 x 4027 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building buildings England people crowd crowds looking job religious religion smoke occupation watching burning fire flame flames British church dramatic accident Christianity hose Victorian century Britain profession firefighter firefighters emergency services fire brigade newspapers press hoses extinguishing concept incident B&W engraved engraving Manchester 19th century black & white black and white B W on fire nineteenth century The Print Collector All Saints Church Greater Manchester Illustrated London News TGN ILN All Saints' Church outside newspaper Unknown 19th-century