Handtub “a fire-fighting apparatus consisting of an often tub-shaped reservoir of water pumped out through a hose by means of a pump with brakes that are rocked up and down by a number of men on each side of the […]
1800-1850
1841-12-22: Fire on River Street – The Earliest Newspaper Account of a Fire in Stamford
The following newspaper article was clipped from the digital version of the Stamford Advocate (Published as FARMER’S ADVOCATE.) on December 22, 1841, page 3. It is the earliest newspaper clipping we have related toa fire in Stamford. I am sure […]