The Birmingham Post for the first 6 months of 1867 is missing from the online collection, and so, for that period, the day's news will be from the Birmingham Gazette, which is very similar though the scans are often poorer.
1.1.1867
The Alliance Insurance co shows the statistics of fires attended to by their fire brigade. Do not know what proportion of the city's fires were covered by them, but the variance over the year is large and does not seem to follow a pattern except for no chimney fires in summer (surprise")
1.1.1867
The Alliance Insurance co shows the statistics of fires attended to by their fire brigade. Do not know what proportion of the city's fires were covered by them, but the variance over the year is large and does not seem to follow a pattern except for no chimney fires in summer (surprise")