A black and white print, on heavy cardboard, of fire fighters testing a new pump at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Queen Street South, Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. Two horse-drawn fire wagons and a numerous spectators can be seen in the picture. The firefighters are pumping water from Victoria Par…
A black and white print, on heavy cardboard, of fire fighters testing a new pump at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Queen Street South, Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. Two horse-drawn fire wagons and a numerous spectators can be seen in the picture. The firefighters are pumping water from Victoria Park and shooting a stream of water over the spire of St. Paul's Church.
Mistakenly labelled "St. Peter's" and "church fire, 1900s" on the back of photo.
Date of image based in newspaper clipping appearing on page 256 of Hannes Schneider book.
The water was pumped from the lake in Victoria Park.
This photo is in poor condition. There are thumb-tack holes and worn corners on the image.
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