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Hurry. In Gig Harbor, Wash., firemen roared to a small blaze, scrambled off the truck, attached the hose-one end to one hydrant, the other to another. While they struggled to get things straight, a bystander put the fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 11, 1942 | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

...fire ruined most of Thomas's bedroom furniture, including bedclothes, curtains, and all articles within his dressing bureau's drawers, immediately after the fir engines arrived, firemen, supplied with gas masks, climbed up to the room and threw down into the street smoldering desk objects, books, and sofas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRE DAMAGES ONE ENTRY OF LOWELL HOUSE | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

...firemen arrived quickly, but they had some difficulty penetrating into the Yard because the main gates were still locked. Although several onlookers expressed the hope that this obstacle might prove to be the end of old Sever, the day was saved when the portals were thrown open and the firemen extinguished what was left of the confiagaration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Let it Burn" Ignored by Firemen as Sever Smoulders | 4/10/1942 | See Source »

Fate. Near Waverly, Tenn., two trains collided head-on. Among the killed were the firemen of the two trains: A. C. Hargrove and A. C. Hargrove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...baseball-are still well attended, but the Home Office restricts attendance to half the ground capacity on account of possible air raids. This season's biggest match, England v. Scotland, will be played on April 18 at Glasgow, where the grounds can hold 150,000. Last week the firemen of Bolton, Lancashire caused a minor scandal when they borrowed the National Fire Service tender to make a 278-mile round trip for a soccer game with the firemen of Dumfries, Scotland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses, Dogs, Cauliflowers | 3/23/1942 | See Source »

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