Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...firemen hauled two hoses up four flights the fire. They had to knock out the burning window frames and chop open the walls. The heat blistered the opposite walls, and water cascaded down the stairs Daniel Rogan, night fireman of the Buildings and Grounds Department, said that "I don't think the water damage will...
DECEMBER-Trial Run. In Santa Clara, Calif., Jackie Cambra, 6, started down his chimney, got stuck, finished the trip with aid from firemen, wrote to Santa Claus: "Use the front door or window...
...warm July evening in 1896, a bicyclist passing through the Yard heard a and explosion. Investigating, he discovered smoke pouring from under the even of Boylston Hall and alerted two policemen nearby. Firemen soon arrived with hook and ladder but refrained from using water, which might have caused violent chemical reactions. They sent for a chemical extinguisher. When they tried to enter a top-story window, however, strong fumes forced a retreat. By the time gas masks arrived, an instructor had informed the firemen that it would be safe to use water. Meanwhile the fire had been left to burn...
Fire swept through a student suite in the Business School's Chase Hall between 5:30 and 6 a.m. yesterday, causing $1,000 worth of damage. Boston firemen kept it from spreading and extinguished it within a half-hour...
Officials announced that a lighted cigarette fell from an ashtray onto the sofa and set the room ablaze. The firemen got the fire under control by throwing the burning furniture out of the windows...