Word: hoses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clock the Department's newest and shiniest ladder truck was blocking half of Quincy Street behind the Fire House, and a shower of spray fell from the hose at the top of the raised ladder...
Brandishing a mop in an axe-like manner, a five-eater was swabbing the third story windows. An assistant directed the hose on the panes at the same time; so dirt didn't have much chance of staying on the outside...
...only were they having fun with the boots and their new waterproof hats, but they had a hose! If you've never seen a C. W. W. boy with a hose you've got a treat coming for they really know...
First they tried squirting water down a Telephone Company manhole, the hose wouldn't reach to their own, then one of the boys tried putting his finger over the end. Wheeeeee! You should have seen the water fly. But all good things must end and finally the engine broke and everyone went home...
...firemen, gleefully tearing down walls and ceiling, were packed into the tiny room from which the smoke poured. Meanwhile, co-operative Crimson stalwarts helped pull hoses up to the roof of the building. Their ardor was some-what dampened when boisterous fire-fighters above, testing a hose, directed the stream of water at the undergraduates...