From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for two days and destroyed most of the nearby buildings. It was the greatest test of the new London Fire Engine Establishment. The whole force was mobilised to fight the blaze, including its head, James Braidwood, who was killed when a wall fell on him. It was a full two weeks before the remaining embers were finally doused."
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Great fire of Tooley Street
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Great fire of Tooley Street
2021: This plaque has been replaced with a similar plaque, re-branded to prom...
James Braidwood
What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a...
Other Subjects
Serjeant Charles Fenton Stiven
279, Army Gymnastic Staff. Age 41. Dear is the memory of our wedded life, Amy.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Sir George Stuart White
British field marshal, who conducted the defence of Ladysmith during its siege from 2 November 1899 to 28 February 1900. Born in County Antrim, Buried at First Broughshane Presbyterian Church, Ulst...
1 memorial
Pte. J. Michael
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Pte. P. Bennett
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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