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ON ADMIRALTY & WAR OFFICE LISTS TELEGRAMS CONTRACTORS TO H.M. GOVERNMENT, THE PRINCIPAL RAILWAY COMPANIES, TELEPHONE:
'FLAMMA,VIC,LONDON,' BOROUGH AND COUNTY COUNCILS, CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES &c,&c.
VICTORIA 4830. — THE ACETYLENE CORPORATION OF GREAT BRITAIN, LTD., (WITH WHICH
IS ASSOCIATED THE BRITISH AIR GAS COMPANY, LIMITED) Branches: Works:; 166, BUCHANAN
ST, 19, ESHER STREET, GLASGOW, WESTMINSTER. 19, CROW ST, Carbide Depots: DUBLIN.
AT EVERY IMPORTANT PORT 49, Victoria Street, Westminster. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Ref:- M 18th May 1916 The Secretary, Irish Office, 36 - 38, Old Queen Street,
S.W. Dear Sir, In connection with the ruined buildings in Dublin
we should like to bring to your notice that we have a branch at
19, Crow Street, Dublin and are in a position to cut away any
girders and other debris expeditiously by the oxy-acetylene blow
pipe. We have several skilled men in Dublin and the
necessary plant and we could therefore give immediate attention
to any work of this description which may require to be done. Will you be so kind
as to bring this matter to the
notice of the responsible authorities as we are not sure to whom
we should apply in Dublin. Yours faithfully, THE ACETYLENE CORPORATION LTD. ack & request that
application might be made
to the Corporation of Dublin
This is a letter from the Acetylene Corporation Ltd. to the secretary at the Irish
Office in London. In the letter the Corporation offer their services to remove girders
and other debris caused by the Easter Rising via the use of an oxy-acetylene blow
pipe.