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SALVAGE (from Lat. salvus, safe)

SALVAGE See also:
CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")
CORPS . The See also:

LONDON

London Salvage Corps is maintained by the See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire offices of London. The corps was first formed in 1865 and began operations in See also:

March 1866. The See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the corps when first formed consisted of 64. Since that See also:

time, owing to the many improvements that have taken See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

SYSTEM

system of dealing with salvage, and the increase in the See also:

WORK

work to be done, the corps has necessarily been strengthened, and the staff now See also:

numbers over See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo. The various stations of the corps are well placed, and the See also:

METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

Metropolis has been mapped out so that when a fire takes place it may be attended to at the earliest possible moment. The headquarters are situated at Watling See also:

Street, which is called the No. 1 station, and this station protects the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of London enclosed by the Euston Road, See also:

TOTTENHAM

Tottenham See also:

Court Road, City Road and the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

THAMES

Thames; this is known as the " B " See also:

DISTRICT

district. No. 2 station is at Commercial Road, and attends to the whole of the E. and N.E. portion of London to the N. of the Thames, and is known as the " C " district. No. 3 station, opposite the headquarters of the See also:

METROPOLITAN (Lat. metropolitanus, Gr. µnrpoiroXtrns)

Metropolitan Fire See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade Station in the See also:

SOUTHWARK

Southwark See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge Road, protects the whole of S.

London, and is known as the " D " district. No. 4 station, at See also:

Shaftesbury See also:

AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

Avenue, is called the " A " district, and covers the See also:

West End and See also:

KENSINGTON

Kensington. Finally, No. 5 station, in Upper Street, See also:

ISLINGTON (in Domesday and later documents Iseldon, Isendon and in the 16th century Hisselton)

Islington, See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards the See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of Islington. The working staff, which is mainly recruited from the royal See also:

NAVY

navy, consists of the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief officer and a See also:

SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent, foreman and See also:

crew of men at each station. The stations of the corps are connected by See also:

TELEPHONE (Gr. rjXs, far, and dxwvr7, voice)

telephone with the fire brigade stations from whence the " calls " are received. In addition to the See also:

home staff, there is also a staff constantly employed during the daytime in inspecting docks, wharves, See also:

Manchester goods and uptown warehouses, and reports are made weekly to the See also:

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee. Generally speaking, the work of the Corps may be divided into two distinct classes—(x) services at fires; (2) watching and working salvage. (I) Services at Fires See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the most important feature of the work. Much depends upon the method of dealing with the salvage. If, for instance, a large Manchester goods warehouse was on fire in the See also:

TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top See also:

PART

part, it would be very little See also:

ADVANTAGE

advantage to the offices interested in the See also:

RISK

risk if the men were set to work removing the stock off the ground See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor.

The best method would be to See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover up with See also:

TARPAULIN, or TARPAULING (as if tarpalling, from tar, and palling, a covering, Lat. palla, a mantle)

tarpaulin all goods there, and prevent the See also:

WATER

water from See also:

COLLECTING

collecting on the See also:

LOWER

lower floors. It will be gathered that the most important work of the corps is to prevent damage to goods, and that water is mostly looked after. The damage from fire is See also:

LEFT

left almost entirely to the fire brigade. The traps, which immediately on See also:

RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of an alarm proceed to the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of the fire with their crew of men, carry every See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of appliancefor the saving of goods from destruction by fire or damage by water, as well as See also:

lime-See also:

LIGHT

light apparatus for use in working after the fire has been extinguished, thus enabling the men to See also:

note the position of dangerous walls, &c.; and a portable See also:

COAL

coal-See also:

gas apparatus, which can be employed in the interior of buildings when the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary means of See also:

ILLUMINATION

illumination has failed; in addition to See also:

AMBULANCE (from the Fr. ambulance, formerly hopital ambulant, derived from the Lat. amlrulare, to move about)

ambulance appliances for emergencies. (2) Working Salvage.—When a fire takes place, a See also:

man is left behind in See also:

charge of the salvage if the See also:

PROPERTY

property is insured; or if that fact cannot be ascertained, but it appears probable that it is, a man is left until the See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information is obtained later. The See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, if an important one, is divided into a See also:

day and See also:

NIGHT

night duty. This enables an experienced man to be sent on day duty to meet the surveyor, and to carry out his instructions regarding the working out of the salvage; and a junior man at night. The day man, if working out salvage, would employ a number of men called strangers, over whom he acts as a kind of foreman. The " working out " may take the form of dividing up damaged goods into lots ready for a See also:

sale to be held by the surveyor, or of sifting over the debris to find remains of certain articles claimed for. If, for instance, a large fire occurred at a See also:

PIANOFORTE (Ital. piano, soft, and forte, loud)

pianoforte manufacturer's, and the debris was all in one See also:

COMMON

common heap, the London Salvage Corps might have to arrange certain quantities of pegs and wires in See also:

order to give an See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the number of pianos before the fire. The watching continues until the loss is settled, when the charge of the premises is given over to the assured. There are also salvage corps on similar lines, but on a smaller See also:

scale, in See also:

Liverpool and See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow.

(C. J.

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