Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nine the next morning balloting began. Excitement ran high. The 1.800 delegates in their eagerness to vote broke through the rope that held them back. Policemen and firemen were summoned to restore order. At eight in the evening the polls closed. At eleven the count was not completed and the convention adjourned till the following day at ten a.m. The tellers were closeted counting the ballots till the early hours of the morning. Gradually news leaked out that Mrs. Cook was ahead...
...peppermints and Pomeranians could stand it no longer. The line cracked and broke and in a few seconds the splendid hall seethed like hell's own kitchen. The few police were power-less-what could mere men do? More were hurried to the spot without effect, until finally firemen were appealed to to quiet burning Scotland, and with a double cordon of the sterner sex-firmly established, the election continued to its end when, as in a recent Mexican affair, "not much blooded was reported...
...announced the perfection of an " all-purpose canister," a mask which will give adequate protection against all gases, including carbon monoxide, the deadly constituent of coal gas and illuminating gas. Thus an emergency defense against forces let loose in warfare has become a peacetime service of incalculable value to firemen, miners, fumigators, chemical workers...
...know whether the fire departments in our towns do as good a job as they should? We see the engines tearing down the street, we see streams of water directed against the burning building, and ultimately the fire goes out. Who of us knows whether the firemen were unconsciously slow in putting out that fire and whether, therefore, entirely unnecessary damage resulted, or on the other hand were extraordinarly quick and effective and saved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property and a good many lives by their skill and courage...
...Cambridge departments which were outside the normal functions of the teachers. The library, some of the laboratories, the museums, the Botanic Garden and the Observatory were under the charge of the appropriate officers, but with these exceptions the Bursar's authority directly or otherwise covered mechanics, engineers and firemen, laborers and janitors. The Bursar assigned the seats in Sanders Theatre for the Commencement exercises, directed the preparation of the stage and was ready each Commencement morning at Massachusetts Hall with a duplicate list giving the order of the Commencement procession in case by any oversight the original list should...