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In Winchester at the same sort of date the council who of course
owned the fire appliances borrowed a pump for some street work.
One evening during the time the pump was away from the station there
was a call for a bungalow fire at Sutton Scotney a village about
eight miles away.The steamer and crew went to it.
While the steamer was away, the Hyde Street Brewery caught fire
and naturally they called the Brigade. There were firemen available
on the station but no equipment as it was in use at Sutton Scotney
Some firemen who missed the Sutton Scotney fire, called on the College
Brigade and an Army pump from the Barracks to fight the fire.The
firmen must have run up North Walls to the brewery which however
suffered very serious losses
There was quite a big debate followed the Incident, those who lived
in Winchester and paid the bridage cost in their rates were angry
as the equipment they paid for was not available for their fires.
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