Word: firemanning
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Heal Thyself. In Poplar Bluff, Mo., while rushing to fight a fire, Fireman Bimel Wheelis detected smoke fumes nearer home, discovered his own hat was ablaze...
After the Ball Was Over. Purcell denied everything. But it soon became obvious that if he was telling the truth, he had done more with his $4,150 annual wage than any fireman in history. Records showed that he had helped finance a Flushing bar & grill for his brother-in-law. There were definite indications that he had been involved in promoting a housing project, a six-day bicycle race, and a scheme to sell 40,000 Christmas trees to firemen and their relatives...
...week panted the little two-coach train which invariably leaves at 10:15 for Seven Sisters, where commuters invariably set down at 10:21 on the dot, transfer to the main line to London's financial district. With a few minutes to spare, Driver Percy Playle and his fireman left the cab for a quick...
...fireman gave chase, but the train hit a downgrade, soon outdistanced him. Driver Playle rushed to the telephone to warn stations down the line. There were passengers waiting at Noel Park, three-quarters of a mile away, but the little train puffed past them. Half a mile farther it whipped through West Green. In the next mile it picked up more speed, but just outside Seven Sisters a steep upgrade slowed it down. It puffed into Seven Sisters at eight miles an hour...
...into the cab, pulled hard on the air brake. The little train slowed down, came to rest just where it should, at the end of the Seven Sisters platform. Time: 10:21 on the dot. Down the snow-covered track from Palace Gates came panting Driver Playle and his fireman. They had made the 2% miles in 16 minutes. At Seven Sisters a lone passenger got in. The little train, once more under human control, pulled out for the return trip to Palace Gates...