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Description: | Fire was an ever-present danger for the Victorians. Large houses had fireplace in every room; candles were still the main means of illumination in upstairs rooms; passageways and corridors were narrow and long; and there were few, if any, emergency escape routes. With only a limited, voluntary fire brigade in operation in towns and cities of the time, the alarm was often raised too late to save the house or the people inside. Having a device like Thuillier’s spiral fire escape fitted to the house would have reassured many and saved lives. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Wastnage, Percy W | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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