On arrival at the fire they found no water
supply and with the cottage well alight they had lots of hard work
to look forward too.
They could however turn the thatch over and damped it down, trees
and shrubs were damaged The fire was caused by a spark from a passing
traction engine the name of the owner of the engine was not recorded.
The cottage owned by Mr Hill is recorded as a pretty six room cottage
occupied by the groom
The Crew
Cpt F. A. Beale,
Fm J Bull,
Fm C Jerome,
Fm W Blake,
Fm C Simkins,
Fm H Archer,
Fm V Alexander,
Fm B Irwin