Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flames rose highest in the southern part of the plant, where they ate their way into the heart of a large storage lumber yard. Some of the 12-foot piles were soaked with paint and varnish, so that firemen were still hosing the embers at 2 o'clock...
Because of the machinery destroyed and the value of the stock of pine boards, the loss was estimated at about $100,000. When the blaze was under control, a Salvation Army truck distributed coffee and sandwiches to the firemen...
...result of a two-day rainfall the rivers La Plata and Riachuelo were flooded to an unusual height. The river front districts of Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, were flooded with 3 to 4 feet of water, forcing hundreds of people to abandon their homes. Firemen and police in boats helped to remove families from the flooded area to higher ground. Palermo Park, a quarter of a mile inland, was entirely submerged. Many suburban car lines were held...
...General Hartridge, from the steps of the jail, ordered the crowd to disperse, declaring that the authorities were determined to protect the prisoner. The crowd grumbled and remained. The police were powerless to disperse it. The crowd appeared ready to rush the jail. Sheriff Dixon, revolver in hand, commanded firemen to turn their hoses into the mob. Half a dozen streams of water shot out. The crowd returned fire with bricks. A stone knocked the pistol from the sheriff's hand...
...brass-buttoned band of policemen playing "Hall to the chief". His opening speech so stirred the Police Glee Club that they replied with "He's a Jolly Good Fellow", and fired the Municipal Band with such civic pride that they blared out a march, only to clash with the Firemen's Band as it gave way to a similar outburst...