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Word: hydrant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1876-1876
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...large crowd. A line was formed from the pump to the upper story, buckets were passed up, and water was thrown into the smoke, but not - as it proved afterwards - upon the fire. The alarm was sounded three minutes before the hour, and Engine I was at the nearest hydrant within two minutes after the clock struck. The hose-carriage was somewhat later in reaching the scene, but at 11.5 a hose was on the ground and carried up the stairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FIRE IN HOLLIS. | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

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