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Word: fireman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...witness stand last week appeared the hesitant fireman of the Norrland Express. Grudgingly he admitted that he had known for a long time that Engineer Erik was epileptic, had maniacal tendencies. First inkling of Erik's madness, said the fireman, came one night when the Norrland Express ran full speed into a herd of reindeer that had gathered on the track. Said the fireman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Mad Erik | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

...frightened fireman told of night after night when passengers of the Norrland Express roared north, wholly ignorant of the fact that mad Engineer Erik was rolling on the floor of the engine cab in an epileptic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Mad Erik | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

Chinatown Tong feuds and peace-conferences. Like many a newsgatherer, he often has been pressed into service as an emergency fireman, surgeon, bodyguard. He is married, has had one daughter, who died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 22, 1930 | 12/22/1930 | See Source »

Near Jamestown, N. Y., Tearle H. George, fireman, caught a muskrat in a trap, prodded it with the butt of his shotgun, was shot in the abdomen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Bell-Ringers | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

...Norris family to the police station. Before the village justice he swore out a complaint of malicious mischief against them. When Mr. Norris paid him $100, he withdrew the complaint, allowed them to go back home to Detroit. Author Terhune turned the money over to the Pompton Lakes policeman & fireman's fund. "It was all very messy," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Malicious Mischief | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

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