Captain JC Brown has shared his huge collection of newspaper and magazine clippings he gathered during his 35 year career as a London Fire Fighter.
Containing over 250 submissions this is an excellent collection.
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September 1977
Fire destroys Belton warehouses
Firemen pour water onto a blaze which destroyed two warehouses and damaged a third at Belton Building Materials about noon today.
August 1977
Officials trying to find cause of $100,000 fire
A City fireman tries to put flames of a fire Thursday night at the Restaurant Equipment Supply Co, 234 William St.
July 1977
Fatal London blaze
A London teen-ager was scheduled to appear in court today charged with murder and arson in connection with a blaze early Sunday at a Stanley Street rooming house that took the life of Richard Edward Morton.
June 1977
Bravery Award to Gilders
Firefighter Kenneth Gilders was awarded the city of London’s bravery award for helping to rescue two motorists trapped in their burning car near Forest.
March 1977
Rescue ‘copter sought for city
Fire fighters had to rescue their own during rescue of two civilians on the Thames River.
Copter rescue ends 12 hour ordeal
United States Coast Guard helicopter rescue Saturday ended a night of frustration on the banks of the Thames River as a father and son clung to trees on a flooded island near here for 12 ½ hours.
December 1976
Fire and Ice
Firemen waded through knee-deep snow to fight a blaze at the Competition Motors building at 1206 Oxford St. E.
London Rescue Boat
London rescue squad firemen head up the swollen Thames River testing the new Zodiak infatable rescue boat.
Mascot Fire
Ruins of the Tamblyn Drugmart and Mascot Restaurant, destroyed by a Sunday evening fire,...
911 system criticized after blaze
A London woman, whose house was burning around her this morning, is questioning the speediness of the 911 emergency telephone system.