Come Here To Me!

I had to laugh at this from the Dublin Fire Brigade Annual Report for 1914. In the past we posted excerpts from the 1913 Annual Report, which dealt with “Abnormal labour disturbances”, arson and collapsing tenement houses.

What’s interesting about the 1914 report, also compiled by Chief Officer Thomas P. Purcell, is one of the listed ’causes’ for fires in the city. 13 fires are attributed to children with lights, 30 to defective construction and one is attributed, quite amazingly, to “rats with matches”!

1914 Dublin Fire Brigade Annual Report.

**Thanks to B.Whelan on the Facebook page for pointing me towards this American newsreport, where rats with matches were responsible for a fire that claimed four loves.**