Fire Brigade 3

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	Fire Brigade 3 A fire at the Lion
	Fire at the hotel In 1907 the local Volunteer Fire Brigade faced a much greater challenge when the Lion public house in High Street caught fire in the small hours.

	As can be seen in the above photograph, despite the best efforts of Captain T. Smith and his two appliances, the volunteers could not prevent the gutting of the hotel itself. They were however successful in preventing the destruction of the neighbouring premises. The appliance (right) appears to be still of the hand-pumped variety and the firemen did well to prevent the entire row of timber buildings from being engulfed.
Photographs by kind permission of Mrs Cherry Leversedge
	This photograph, taken in 1910, shows the team giving a demonstration in Broad Street, and gives an impression of what the struggle at the Lion must have been like. There are 4 pages on the fire brigade. Use the box links below to view the other pages.

Fire Brigade 3 A fire at the Lion