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Page of newspaper cuttings found loose in AD 1082/4 and largely relating to the Longhurst...

Catalogue reference: AD 1082/4/2

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AD 1082/4/2
Description

Page of newspaper cuttings found loose in AD 1082/4 and largely relating to the Longhurst & Skinner fire, Midland Road, Bedford, in 1912. Material is as follows:

- photograph of the store at the height of the fire;

- photograph of a crowd watching the smoking ruins;

- photograph of Fireman Hopkins (later Second Officer) who was injured;

- report of Fireman Cooke escaping injury whilst at an escape drill, falling from a ladder but cushioned on impact with the ground by the dummy he was carrying.

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<p>See AD 1082/4 pp.2-4</p>

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Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
Language
English
Immediate source of acquisition

2187

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/98c0e4a3-2a07-493b-a48e-3506323674fd/

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Page of newspaper cuttings found loose in AD 1082/4 and largely relating to the Longhurst...