Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Till firemen call out, "Ease...
Fearless and fierce the firemen...
...still the firemen fought amain...
...fire had gained headway in room No. 16, where it is supposed to have started, and in the attic. Ladders were immediately raised, and hose was run up, but with so little order that it was some time before a stream was brought to bear on the flames. The firemen paid little attention to the furniture, throwing it from the windows, regardless of consequences. Luckily a number of students joined in the work, and succeeded, by lowering the heavy articles with ropes and carpets, in saving most of them from damage by water. In a short time the whole south...
Room for the hooks and ladders! The firemen dash up and raise their longest ladder. It is twenty feet too short...