Historical information
Personal copy of Captain James Kelly of the Prahran City Fire Brigade. Captain Kelly was killed at a fire in Melbourne in 1890. He was an advocate of brigade consoldiation and personal development
Significance
Historic: This book is a very early (1888) instruction manual and was the personal copy of Captain James Kelly of the Prahran City Fire Brigade. Published in England by James Compton Merryweather, of the Merryweather fire engine and equipment manufacturing company. It is the only known copy in Melbourne
Physical description
The Fire Brigade Handbook by James Compton Merryweather
