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A fire occurred at Mr. T. Burns, Pawnbroker, 3 and 4 Tower
Hamlets Road on Friday evening. The police received the alarm from a man named
Clark at 6-10 and with great promptitude the hose reel from the Police Station
was on the spot at 6.15. The stand-pipe was fixed to a hydrant in London Road
and a good supply of water was obtained. By this time a very large crowd had
assembled but it could be seen that the fire, which was in an upper room of No.
4, would not assume any large proportion. In the meantime the hose reel from the
Fire Station also arrived but 6.40 had averted the danger. The fire broke out in
the top room of No. 4, which is used as a store for pledges, and a large
quantity of clothing was destroyed. Fire and water damaged the drawing room and
a back room below. The cause of the fire is unknown, Police Sergeant Harman was
in charge of the Fire Brigade and eleven men were in attendance. (March 1893)
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