Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1883 — A London Building Law. [ARTICLE]

A London Building Law.

The fire losses in London are comIwvativelv very small against those lere, ams a chief reason is that a rigorous building law requires the party •tfftll, dividing one house from another,, to be carried up several feet alxive the roof. Consequently a house is frequently burned out without its neighbor lieing anywise injured. The roofs are slate or tile, and usually entirely devoid of wood cornices.