Archival film footage reveals fire-fighters at work as the Great Fire of 1904 rages through the downtown financial district of Toronto. In 1904, as fire erases 20 acres of the downtown financial district, archival film reveals fascinating scenes of early Toronto, the streets, stores and citizens, along with turn-of-the-century fire-fighting methods. This vignette also features one of the old hose towers in Toronto along with the evolution of fire-fighting equipment from horse-drawn wagons to today’s sophisticated fire engines.
Archival film footage reveals fire-fighters at work as the Great Fire of 1904 rages through the downtown financial district of Toronto. In 1904, as fire erases 20 acres of the downtown financial district, archival film reveals fascinating scenes of early Toronto, the streets, stores and citizens, along with turn-of-the-century fire-fighting methods. This vignette also features one of the old hose towers in Toronto along with the evolution of fire-fighting equipment from horse-drawn wagons to today’s sophisticated fire engines.
General Note
Originally released by World Life Video Productions, 2013.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 06, 2017.
