Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...night before. "Nos adorant!" he said, for he liked to air his knowledge. But the jester kicked him as he thought that even Lampy can not always finish what he begins; and the Ibis latched the door as he recalled the fires he had kindled and the irate firemen who had threatened vengeance. Suddenly rivulets from the lake above began to seep through cracks and crannies...
...firemen found many smoldering shingles and a few sparks, which, however, did not prove half as troublesome as the 300 or 400 students who were aroused from the Mount Auburn Street dormitories by the roaring motors of the fire trucks. These soon congested the narrow ways between the buildings, which spaces would have been in complete darkness were it not for the many desk lamps which were hung from the windows of the clubs and rooming houses...
...minutes of axe and chemical extinguisher sufficed to finish the fire, but during that time the students had made practically every possible comment on the firemen's prowess. The fire fighters suddenly replied with a spray from the chemical hose, which squelched many of the bright remarks...
...mysterious fire alarm turned in about 9.30 last night brought out the fire department from the Brattle Square Station. The firemen returned to the station however as quickly as they left it, and at first refused to talk. Finally the Lieutenant of the squad after stoutly maintaining that the fire was in Hogan's Alley confessed that the excitement was actually behind the Lampoon Building. Further questioning revealed the facts that the alarm was turned in from one of the houses in the vicinity but that when the firemen arrived at the front door to put out the conflagration...
This will probably be only part of the railroads' trouble, for the demands of conductors and trainmen are expected to be followed by wage demands of other railway employees? especially engineers and firemen. It is estimated that during the last six months these men (conductors, trainmen, engineers, firemen) received wages aggregating $394,000,000. A 12% wage increase would mean an annual drain of $80,000,000 or $90,000,000 on the railroads and restore wages to the highest point they reached in 1920. The conductors, trainmen, engineers, firemen have powerful, well organized unions; if they make demands...