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Dimensions: 5.5\" x 8.5\"Original antique softcover annual report booklet for the Worcester Protective Department (Worcester, Massachusetts), detailing the 24th Annual Report for the year ending June 1, 1899. Comprising 29 pages plus an attached fold-out data sheet, this extremely rare document details the operations of the city\'s private insurance fire salvage patrol. The front cover features a fantastic, sharp photographic engraving of a late-Victorian horse-drawn Insurance Fire Patrol wagon.
Printed by The Maynard-Gough Co. Printers in Worcester, this booklet provides a comprehensive historical log of all fires and alarms during the 1898–1899 run. Entries meticulously document individual street addresses, building owners, commercial tenants, insurance loss statistics, and historical fire causes across the city—including notable historic industrial incidents at the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works and the Globe Corset Co.
Specifications:- Organization: Worcester Protective Department (Insurance Fire Patrol)- Date: Year Ending June 1, 1899 (Published June 20, 1899)- Page Count: 29 Pages plus an intact informational fold-out document- Notable Figures Listed: Hon. E. B. Stoddard (President), Hiram R. Williamson (Superintendent)- Key Content: Chronological fire logs, property loss statistics, cause-of-fire breakdowns, and list of operating department officers.
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