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PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. THE HORSED FIRE-ESCAPE APPEARS. AN EXCITING SCENE.

CHAPTER II. THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. HERO'S "SIPHON." HOW THE ANCIENTS STROVE TO EXTINGUISH FIRES.

CHAPTER III. IN MEDIÆVAL DAYS. AN EPOCH-MAKING FIRE.

CHAPTER IV. THE PEARL-BUTTON MAKER'S CONTRIVANCE. THE MODERN FIRE-ENGINE.

CHAPTER V. EXTINGUISHMENT BY COMPANY. THE BEGINNINGS OF FIRE INSURANCE.

CHAPTER VI. THE STORY OF JAMES BRAIDWOOD.

CHAPTER VII. THE THAMES ON FIRE. THE DEATH OF BRAIDWOOD.

CHAPTER VIII. A PERILOUS SITUATION. CAPTAIN SHAW. IMPROVEMENTS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD AND OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

CHAPTER IX. A VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS.

CHAPTER X. HOW RECRUITS ARE TRAINED.

CHAPTER XI. SOME STORIES OF THE BRIGADE.

CHAPTER XII. FIRE-ESCAPES AND FIRE-FLOATS.

CHAPTER XIII. CHEMICAL FIRE-ENGINES. FIRE-PROOFING, OR MUSLIN THAT WILL NOT FLAME.

CHAPTER XIV. THE WORK OF THE LONDON SALVAGE CORPS. THE GREAT CRIPPLEGATE FIRE.

CHAPTER XV. ACROSS THE WATER.

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