Identifier: coastreview501896sanf (find matches)
Title: Coast review
Year: 1871 (1870s)
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Subjects: Insurance Insurance Mines and mineral resources Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: San Francisco : J.G. Riley
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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o70 AtHereford is one of the Vaude Heide sfire engines that was presented to thatcity AD. 1670 by P. Foley, Esq., M.PReferences to fire engines are found invery early times. In an illustrated sixthcentury Latin manuscript of the bpir-italia of Hero of /Alexandria, who lived-JOO vears before the Christian era, is de-linekted the Egypti^n fire engine of theauthors time, with its double forcepump, valves, lever arms, goo«e neck, andprobably, too. its air chamber. In 1666an act of Parliament was passed lequir-ing a large-sized brass syringe to bekept in each ward of the city of London,and to be worked by the respective Al-dermen The London Gazette of August14 1676 refers to letters patent grantedto Mr. Wharton and Mr. Stroud, for anew invention for quenching fire with amachine with leather pipes to carry agreat quantity of water in a continuousstream to the top of a house, which wasproved in the great fire at Southwark.London Tid-Bit& ROYAL EXCHANGE FIREMANS BADGESHOWING OLD BUILDING
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BANK OF ENGLAND rHE ROYAL EXCHANGE THE MANSION HOUSE ORIGINAL AND PRESENT ROYAL EXCHANGE 200 Thg Coast I^eview. We specially invite attention to the fol-lowing clause in the foreg-oing policy: P/oi-i(J«2 also, That this Deed or Policyshall not take place or be binding to the cor-poration until the Premium for One Year ispaid. Note the great difference between IT-ltiand 189(i in the matter of credit for pre-miums. The tire underwriters of 150 yearsago ordered things differently and betterthan in these days of long credit. KIKE PKOTECTIOX. The •Proposals form is not less inter-esting. There are ten articles introducedwith a whereas. as the reader can seefor himself. Attention, however, is calledto the peculiar N. B.. which is as fol-lows: For the timely assistance of such as are as-sured by this corporation, several engines are pro-vided, as also firemen with proper instruments toextinguish fires, and porters for removing goods,having every one a badge, with a figure of theRoyal Exch

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