wirtoo

Updated: June 8, 2025

At that early stage in the fire, its little stream was more effectual than the flood from a powerful "steamer" would have been at a later period. The consequence was that the fire was got under at once, and, as we have said, the engine was not required. "Wirtoo," observed the Bloater, sententiously, "is its own reward."

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - Life in the Red Brigade: London Fire Brigade