Category: On This Day
On this Day in fire history
Cheapside Street Fire, 28 March 1960
Even today this incident still ranks as the Fire Services worst peace-time disaster though the fire death toll would be exceeded in November 1968 again in Glasgow.
1 April 1826, Fireman No.9 Peter Mann of the Blue Engine died
A sad day for the Edinburgh Fire Engine Establishment as their first ‘line of duty’ death occurs.
21 April 1703 The Company of Quenching of Fire
The Act laid down several stipulations that had to be adhered to by the citizens and some were actually reinforcing regulations laid down in James I’s 1426 Act which had been allowed to fall by the wayside.
23 January 1958 Smithfield Market fire
The London Fire Service responded to a call to the Poultry Market, one of the four buildings which together made up Smithfield Market, which covered an area of 10 acres.
16 January 1978 the National Firefighter’s Strike
Following a long nine weeks the first National Fireman’s Strike came to an end today when Firefighters returned to work.