From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for two days and destroyed most of the nearby buildings. It was the greatest test of the new London Fire Engine Establishment. The whole force was mobilised to fight the blaze, including its head, James Braidwood, who was killed when a wall fell on him. It was a full two weeks before the remaining embers were finally doused."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great fire of Tooley Street
Commemorated ati
Great fire of Tooley Street
2021: This plaque has been replaced with a similar plaque, re-branded to prom...
James Braidwood
What a great plaque. The inscription is inside a laurel wreath, in front of a...
Other Subjects
N. A. Horlocx
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
F. Needham
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Previously viewed
Children who died in the Evelina at Guy's Hospital
See the Evelina Children's Hospital for more information.
Lord Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose
Born 20 Charles Street. Prime Minister, 1894-5, and first Chairman of the London County Council (1889-90, 1892-3). On the death of his wife, Hannah, he was subjected to accusations of homosexuality...
Employees of Lambeth Borough Council who fell in WW1
Council staff who fought and died in WW1.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them