On This Day
On This Day, 17 November 1917
On 17, Nov 2017 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld
Evening Despatch
Saturday 17 November 1917
TAMPERING WITH ALARMS
An epidemic of interference with fire extinguishing appliances and accessories has broken out in Birmingham recently. In some cases the keys and the dry batteries have been removed from fire alarm boxes, and the portable lamps taken from fire escapes.