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...Upon the hose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...hose is on, the waters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...five minutes, were found to be so carefully strapped down that it was more than ten minutes before they could be placed in position. The Cambridge Fire Department was as inefficient as can well be imagined. Late to arrive, they went to work without any controlling head, and their hose was so poor that it broke twice. Much furniture was destroyed by being thrown recklessly out of the windows, while a great deal was injured by water. The lesson that this fire should teach the Corporation is very evident. Although they are willing to run the risk of financial loss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...foaming hose and winding stair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

When first I heard of Boston, Hose, I took but little stock in it. Poor ignoramus, I fancied it like our own town, - another Oronto! So I inferred from the fact that whelps are like their dams; and, by comparing little things with great, I erred most sadly. But this Boston is as much bigger than Oronto as the noble cypress surpasses the verbena...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY AT HARVARD. | 4/6/1877 | See Source »

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