Word: fireman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Brave Firemen Sirs: Re: Your issue Feb. 22, Business &Finance- "Fireman's Fund," p. 83. San Francisco acquired its first paid Fire Department on Dec. 3, 1866 at which time the Volunteer Department ceased to exist after 16 years of service...
...Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. was organized in 1863, its first office being in the Montgomery Block, built in 1853 and still standing, being one of the very few pioneer buildings in San Francisco which have survived the march of time. We have a record of 16 brave firemen killed in the line of duty during the period of the Volunteer Fire Department. They evidently did more than breaking windows and throwing slung shots. ALBERT EDWARD CONLON Vice President Historical Society of the San Francisco Fire Dept. San Francisco, Calif...
...hell couldn't he drive a mile farther into Boston so we wouldn't have to clean up this -- mess!" remarked an irate fireman who, incidentally, supplied the liquid refreshment to expectant students...
...five minutes the entire Cambridge Fire Department rumbled into the Yard. In another minute the alarm stopped ringing, and a fireman reported that somebody had neglected to turn off the hot shower in Entry A, the heat therefrom precipitating the excitement...
...Hollis the new truck was given the place of honor and the all-in-one-piece ladder was run up with eclat but unfortunately it was long by about 20 feet and wrapped itself around the roof. A shorter, old fashioned ladder did the trick, but as the fireman who stands on the back platform said, the new one "shore looks purity up there...