Coast review . .K Ml Sb ifiojiiiii. 0 THE MUTUAL LIFE ^SfT.^fsr -=r:-^- -«sr -?-* at -Sic : Pir- Tiwf TiWi—r-l ^ *T IT iHItgfcVt. r-^T^TrF ^KT TTF^ -^ijn zz: ?jT ^ :EBir^^z J*:. 650 Coast Review. [Dec, ture are desirable, as also what are towns built house by house, or street bystreet, by individual builders, self-interestalone operates; but when a great calamityhappens, involving common loss, then allinterests are aroused ; measures for thecommon protection are considered ; and there-building affords the opportunity for carry-ing the improvements into effect. The cityof Londo
Coast review . .K Ml Sb ifiojiiiii. 0 THE MUTUAL LIFE ^SfT.^fsr -=r:-^- -«sr -?-* at -Sic : Pir- Tiwf TiWi—r-l ^ *T IT iHItgfcVt. r-^T^TrF ^KT TTF^ -^ijn zz: ?jT ^ :EBir^^z J*:. 650 Coast Review. [Dec, ture are desirable, as also what are towns built house by house, or street bystreet, by individual builders, self-interestalone operates; but when a great calamityhappens, involving common loss, then allinterests are aroused ; measures for thecommon protection are considered ; and there-building affords the opportunity for carry-ing the improvements into effect. The cityof London, before the great fire, consistedmostly of houses with thatched roofs andoverhanging eaves. The houses were nearlyall of timber, each floor projecting over thatimmediately beneath—so that the build-ings on either side of the street approach-ed each other more closely as they ad-vanced in height, and the over-hanging roofsfinally brought them into almost immediatecontact. With houses so built, extinguish-ing appliances are almost useless, and a firein one house in a street almost certainlyensures the destruction of all the others,and places the whole town in jeopardy. Ther
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