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* 1987 – King's Cross fire: in London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
In Copenhagen, Rømer made rules for building new houses, got the city's water supply and sewers back in order, ensured that the city's fire department got new and better equipment, and was the moving force behind the planning and making of new pavement in the streets and on the city squares.
After the bombardment, certain British gunboats attempted to slip past the fort and effect a landing in a cove to the west of it, but they were turned away by fire from nearby Fort Covington, the city's last line of defense.
* November 14 – WWII: The city of Coventry, England is destroyed by 500 Luftwaffe bombers: 150, 000 fire bombs, 503 tons of high explosives, and 130 parachute mines level 60, 000 of the city's 75, 000 buildings ; 568 people are killed.
* 9 March: A 9-month-old baby and a man were killed when two Palestinians opened fire and threw grenades at cars and pedestrians in Netanya, close to the city's boardwalk and hotels.
The fire's spread was aided by the city's overuse of wood for building, a drought prior to the fire, and strong winds from the southwest that carried flying embers toward the heart of the city.
Helping the fire spread was firewood in the closely packed wooden buildings, ships lining the river, the city's elevated wood-plank sidewalks and roads, and the commercial lumber and coal yards along the river.
When the fire destroyed the waterworks, just north of the Chicago River, the city's water supply was cut off, and the firefighters were forced to give up.
For the next decade he was occupied rebuilding his own and the city's fortunes from the ruins of the fire of 1631.
About 25 % of the city's buildings were destroyed in a fire set by retreating Confederate soldiers, with Union soldiers putting out the fires as they entered the city.
As well as this, the city's police and fire stations were flooded along with Brunton Park football stadium in the following months the police, fire service and Carlisle United F. C.
* 1985 — Don Bennett becomes the city's first full-time fire chief.
The city manager is responsible for the day to day operation of the city's government and has the authority to hire and fire city employees.
The great fire of 1524 destroyed much of the medieval city, in spite of the city's numerous canals.
In 1813 Danzig, Prussia, was similarly attacked, setting the city's food stores on fire and resulting in surrender.
Formal incorporation occurred on December 1, making Sandy Springs the third-largest city ever to incorporate in the U. S. The city's police force and fire department began service in 2006.
The first school in Prairie City was built on 1868 ( The Plainsmen ) ; the city's district remained independent until a merger with that of Monroe in 1990, brought about by the destruction by fire of Monroe's high school.
Then in 1926, Paintsville residents received public water and the city's fire department was established.
In the early morning hours of February 17, 1882, a massive fire destroyed much of the city's mill section, in a blaze that encompassed over.

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In addition, the Harlem River is reemerging as " Scullers ' Row " due in large part to the efforts of the Bronx River Restoration Project, a joint public-private endeavor of the city's parks department.
The city's most popular department / general stores include Siman, Hiper Paiz & Paiz ( Walmart ), Price Smart, ClubCo, Cemaco, Sears, Office Depot, etc.
Kansas City has of spacious boulevards and parkways, 214 urban parks, 49 ornamental fountains, 152 ball diamonds, 10 community centers, 105 tennis courts, five golf courses, five museums and attractions, 30 pools, and 47 park shelters, all overseen by the city's Parks and Recreation department.
Lansing is administered under a mayor-council government, more specifically a " strong mayor " setup in which the mayor holds most of the city's administrative powers, such as appointment of department heads and drafting and administering a city budget, though the council must approve his / her actions.
The paramedic triage system was moved to the city's only remaining adult emergency department, located at the New Halifax Infirmary.
However, almost all have a central council, elected by the voters, and an executive officer, assisted by various department heads, to manage the city's affairs.
Among the changes he made to the city's government was creating its first environmental-affairs department under the management of longtime Great Lakes environmentalist Lee Botts.
The elected Mayor and the department chiefs run the city's daily operations.
The building now houses the city's police department and courtroom.
On the evening of August 1, 2011, the city commission voted to disband the city's police department due to a corrupt city commission.
The city's flagship department store, the four-story B. Peck & Co., closed after more than a century in business in 1982.
The city's police department is consolidated into a large central police station.
The Hannah can be found on the patch of the city's police department.
Both are alleged to have received thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks, after the mayor allegedly orchestrated the dismantling of the city's public works department and its replacement with a private contractor prior to winning his election for mayor.
The city's police department closed in 1972, when one of its officers drove the town's only squad car into a tree and ruined their only source of transportation.
A professional police force and volunteer fire department protect the city's residents.
The fireworks display, showcased by the city's fire department, is one of the most popular displays in Minnesota.
( In 1974, after a six-hour city council meeting, women were allowed to join the Bloomington Fire Department, but the city's first female firefighter, Ann Majerus, would not join the department until 1984 ).
The prison's commercial laundry cleans clothing and other items for EOCI and Snake River Correctional Institution, in addition to Pendleton's local high school, the city's fire department, the Pendleton Convention Center, and Krusteaz Flour Mill.
The fire department has eight fire stations, which are located in the city's South Side, Central City, the Pinebrook section, West Side, North Scranton, Bull's Head, the Petersburg section, and on East Mountain.

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Mrs. Knauer said she did not think dog owners should be penalized for the city's services to animal care.
What did it matter to him that the park at the foot of Ash Road stretched beneath elevated trains that roared from the stucco station into the city's center at half-hour intervals??
When the curia did nothing, he spoke to the city's leading citizens, trying to persuade them to take action.
After a brief period of economic prosperity in the 15th century, the city's economy suffered during the wars of religion of the 16th and 17th centuries, and recovery did not happen until the industrial revolution in the early 19th century.
This lineup did only one show — in Viña del Mar, Chile — winning the award for best group at the city's annual International Song Festival.
In Riyadh, the number of registered voters did not exceed 18 % of those eligible to vote, representing only 2 % of the city's population.
However, the change of sovereignty from the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman one did not affect the city's prestige as a major imperial city and trading hub.
The old city's architectural character is strongly influenced by the Venetian style, coming as it did under Venetian rule for a long period ; its small and ancient sidestreets, and the old buildings ' trademark arches are particularly reminiscent of Venice.
Even the acknowledgement of Fatimid suzerainty by Lu ' lu ' of Aleppo in 1004 and the Fatimid-sponsored instalment of Fatik Aziz al-Dawla as the city's emir in 1017 did not lead the a resumption of hostilities, especially since Lu ' lu ' continued to pay tribute to Byzantium and Fatik quickly began acting as an independent ruler.
It did not fit with the city's other great monuments like the Gothic cathedrals or the Arc de Triomphe, and at the time, it really was in poor condition.
In the final years of his rule, when Equatorial Guinea was often known as the " Auschwitz of Africa ," much of the city's population fled as, indeed, did about one-third of the country's population.
The city's inhabitants did not follow Penn's plans, as they crowded by the Delaware River, the port, and subdivided and resold their lots.
Although the fight did not occur in the Acre, it focused public attention on the city's underworld.
This act put an end to hundreds of years of Lombard dominance, but did not check the city's vitality.
The economy of Salerno is mainly based on services and tourism, as most of the city's manufacturing base did not survive the economic crisis of the 1970s.
Claver's work on behalf of slaves did not prevent him from ministering to the souls of well-to-do members of society, traders and visitors to Cartagena ( including Muslims and English Protestants ) and condemned criminals, many of whom he prepared for death ; he was also a frequent visitor at the city's hospitals.
Between the two world wars, the city's industrial structure did not undergo substantial changes, while recording significant increases in production volumes.
These projects helped the city's economy to diversify, but did not prevent the exodus of many of the city's residents to independent suburbs.
Although the city did not suffer during the 1950s and 1960s, those decades marked a departure from the city's earlier trajectory of unceasing upward growth.
He eliminated the city's lighting tax assessment and did not allow eminent domain to be exercised while on council.
The city's economy declined over the course of the century, as did that of many Mississippi river towns.
The commissioners, while recommending that Bristol should be " neither in the county of Gloucester nor of Somerset for any purpose whatsoever ", did not extend the city's boundaries.
After the subsequent defeat at Bussaco, Massená's army marched on to Coimbra where much of the city's old university and library were vandalised, houses and furniture were destroyed and the few civilians that did not seek refuge further south were murdered.

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