Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cork insulation fed the fire, and a 25-mile-per-hour wind whipped the flames until it was visible 50 miles away. According to City Councilor Joseph A. prevented the fire from spreading to nearby homes. the only injuries were two firemen struck by falling debris...
More than 1000 firemen fought a persistent general alarm fire which destroyed a deserted seven-story Swift & Co. meat-packing plant in the Lechmere Square area yesterday...
...estimated 400 families were evacuated from a seven-block area as firemen drenched streets and houses with thousands of gallons of water. No serious injuries were reported, although several firemen were hospitalized briefly...
What changed things was the Corpsmen's response to a fire that burned out a tenement three blocks north of ACT headquarters. The volunteers were on the scene shortly after the blaze began, bringing coffee and food for the firemen, first aid and clothing for those left homeless by the blaze. Later, the Corpsmen took up a collection of old clothing for the homeless; the contributions swamped the Corp's headquarters. The overflow had to be stored in a nearby armory where new contributions came in for days. Old women gave their favorite dresses; men on unemployment relief gave half...
...cutdown would probably follow the lines set by the President's commission, which the railroads have accepted and the unions summarily rejected. Under the commission's recommendation, some 13,000 firemen with less than ten years' service would be dismissed in the first year; 27,000 others could hold their jobs until retirement, but would not be replaced. Another 20,000 men. mostly switchmen, would be eliminated gradually. The Pennsylvania Railroad, biggest in the U.S., has already announced plans to drop 3,100 firemen...