Fire-Brigade Matters.
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Stanley (near Wakefield) U.D.C. is the latest authority to purchase a. motor fire-engine for itself, after declining to enter into a working arrangement with the Wakefield Corporation.
A report is current in Montreal, to the effect that Leyland Motors, Ltd., of Leyland, Lancs., will be successful in respect of the recentlyasked tenders, in spite of the divergence of their machines from specification. We hope this report as to the success of a British maker will prove to be correct.
Bradford Pleased.
The Chief Officer of the Bradford Brigade, Mr. James Scott, in his evidence before the L.G.B. inspector, Mr. W. H. Collin, on the 21st inst., gave strong evidence about the successful working of the Dennis engine with Gwynne pump which was purchased nearly three years ago. This machine had been taken to 273 fires, and had travelled 1,213 miles at a cost of £42 14s.
Bringing the Flames to the Hose.
Driffield Urban and Rural District Councils have been conferring on the subject of a joint brigade, and a sub-committee has been empowered to go further nit° the matter, with a. view to the presentation of a report. One councillor, in making critical references to the deficiencies of certain of the existing plant, on the occasion of the fire at Sledmere House, remarked that : " In order to get at the flames with their jets, the flames had to be brought down to the hose." We do not wonder that this telling criticism was met with a peal of laughter, but the story is certainly not without its moral. Two More Dennis-Gwynne Turbine Engines.
The Nottingham and the King's Norton brigades are amongst the latest to take delivery of DennisGwynne turbine engines. That for Nottingham has a capacity of 500 gallons per minute, and provides the brigade's first introduction to motor appliances. The vehicle is fitted to carry a 45-ft. escape, and the seating upon it is extended so that five men can be comfortably accommodated on each side. " K.T." tires are fitted, and the " Leitner " electric-lighting outfit ; the dynamo for the lighting system is placed under the front seat, and is driven by belt from a special pulley on the shaft between the gearboxes. The engine for King's Norton has a capacity of 350 gallons per minute, and the vehicle is fitted to carry a 50-ft. escape. Under the "Greater Birmingham" scheme, this engine will soon come under the control of the Birmingham brigade, thus adding another Dennis vehicle to the plant which will be under the direction and control of Chief Officer Tozer.
Not Peculiar to Ronisey.
The Romsey (Hants.) Fire Brigade has recently experienced difficulties in obtaining horses for their engine, in consequence of which they have been unable to get to some of the outbreaks. On one occasion of their late arrival at a fire, the onlookers jeered at the firemen by asking them if they had come to water the ashes. The Town Council have since sent out a circular to the Parish Councils included in the Romsey Union in reference to the matter, with the result that these authorities have now agreed to adopt the scheme of the Romsey Corporation for the purchase of a motor fire-engine.