London - Sidney Street Siege (1911)

The Siege of Sidney Street took place on the 3rd of January 1911 after police learned of the hiding place (100 Sidney Street) of some of the anarchists implicated in the earlier murder of three policemen in Houndsditch. The two men in the house were both killed. The title referring to a 'murdered' fireman is incorrect - one died when firemen entered the house when the siege was over and part of it collapsed. Winston Churchill was then Home Secretary and was much criticised for being present.