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Stextement of defects
of defects in the working and organisation of the Hongkong Government Fire Brigade.
Steam Fire Engines. There are placed in charge of unqualified persons, who have little or Knowledge of mechanics, and in consequence they are liable to
fail
wo
or breakdown, at times when
are most needed.
their services
mutter of notoriety that
the Engines
It is
a
for t
this
reasons
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seldom effective at times when their would be most valuable.
Dervi eis
A police sergeant who possessed some slight knowledge of engineering formerly had charge
the engines exf induced to leave by the offer of some small extra pay from another
but this man
was
quarter
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quarter, and the man who replaced him and who is now in charge of "the Engines has un Knowledge
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"whatever of the duties he has under " taken. Captain Show, of thes
London Fire Brigade, in his book "of "Fire surveys opeaking of private It is found often
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Engines, Days.
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"neccssary and always advisable to
have in charge of theme men thoroughly conversant with their construction and use, and capable of sething right mistakes and warking the machine under all circumstances. "Engines frequently found in
valuable premises in perfectly good "order, and yet absolutely unfit for work in the hands of unskilled "persons, morily because a
a simple "Cock is turned in one direction
another, or because a
are
instead of another.
"mut is slack, or a joint not properly hardened up
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