Word: firemen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cornelius O'Brien, a Cambridge Fire Department official, said yesterday falling debris injured two firemen inside the building. No one else was hurt...
...when the late Charles de Gaulle gave his notorious "Vive le Québec libre!" speech at Montreal's city hall. Around the same time, portions of Quebec's 850,000-member union movement turned to Marxist ideology, launching widespread strikes and demonstrations. In 1969, when Montreal police and firemen went on a 16-hour strike for higher pay, hundreds of thugs and militant students launched an orgy of robbing, burning and looting. Property damage came to $3 million; two men were shot dead...
...While firemen, public works employees, policemen and National Guardsmen battled one of the worst snowstorms in New England history, a party atmosphere reigned in Harvard Square as a multitude of students and Cambridge residents enjoyed the winter wonderland...
...Fifteen firemen were taken to two local hospitals after exposure to chemical fumes and released, Capt. John J. Collins, fire department spokesman, said yesterday...
Fire officials were concerned about the fire's possible effect on radioactive cobalt in the science building's basement, but Collins said the firemen were not exposed to radiation...