Which famous London building was destroyed by fire in 1834?
London Fire Brigade Engine Establishment was formed under the leadership of James Braidwood, who had founded the first professional, municipal fire brigade in Edinburgh. He introduced a uniform that, for the first time, included personal protection from the hazards of firefighting. With 80 firefighters and 13 fire stations, the unit was still a private enterprise, funded by the insurance companies and as such was responsible mainly for saving material goods from fire. Several large fires, most notably at the Palace of Westminster in 1834 and the 1861 Tooley Street fire (in which Braidwood died in action, aged 61), spurred the insurance companies to
McDonnell versus De La Bourdonnais, Match 4 (16), London 1834 McDonnell versus De La Bourdonnais, Match 4 (16), London 1834 The sixteenth chess game in the fourth match between Alexander McDonnell and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais played in London in 1834 is famous for demonstrating the power of a mobile central block of pawns. Its final position is one of the most famous in the history of the game. It was one of the earliest games in master chess to employ the Sicilian Defence and was instrumental in popularising the defence. Alexander McDonnell from Ireland was a wealthy merchant who was regarded as one of the leading chess players