The Archive · 1935

Fire Protection in the Harbour

Service of Settlement Brigade Continues to Be Available to Pootung Properties The Chinese "Maritime Customs: having established their own Harbour Fire Brigade with the assistance of the Shanghai Municipal Council, the new organization became available for operation on October 1. Formerly fires in the harbour were dealt with under a ce-operative arrangement between the Customs and the Couneit whereby the feats of both or either attended. From 1924 the Council's staff also manned the Customs float, which previous to that year had been manned by the River Police. In 1993, the Customs introduced the larger float Poochi, which however continued to be manned by the Council's star.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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