The History of Tom Thumb To Which Are Added the Stories of the Cat and the Mouse and Fire! Fire! Burn Stick!

Report of a special committee of the City Council, on the improvement of the Fire Department and also, on the best means of obtaining an additional supply of water for fire purposes, for the city of Halifax, N.S.

Protection from Fire and Thieves Including the construction of locks, safes, strong-rooms, and fireproof buildings; burglary, and the means of preventing it; fire, its detection, prevention, and extinction; etc.