A set of annual reports of the the Fire Department from 1859-1872. Reports missing for years 1862-1865. The annual reports open with a statement from the Fire Chief and include multiple lists of department expenses, financial cost of fires, the cause of the fires, and locations of city property pertaining to the fire department.
Caption: 'Southern scenes.--fight for garbage in the streets of Charleston between the scavengers (turkey-buzzards) and the Negroes.' [full date December 11, 1869.]
