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...Hume lost his vision because of a frosty windshield. He slowed down to clean it off by moving into a large snowbank at the side of the road, since it would save his rather feeble brakes undue exertion. Like the boy who tackled the snowman built around a fire hydrant Hume found that all is not snow that drifts. The ancient carriage demolished itself against a submerged culvert...
...minions of the law with their four red towing trucks were the center of an inquisitive crowd which gathered in front of Fogg Museum to watch the operations. Nine of the cars were parked on the wrong side of the street and one was parked next to a fire hydrant in front of President Conant's house...
...Manhattan, arrested while hacking at a fire hydrant with an ax. James Boyle explained in court: "I found the ax on my way home from a tavern and just couldn't resist the impulse to chop something down. I used to be in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Scotland Yard was printing last week exclusively for Scotland Yard a series of maps of the Coronation Procession route drawn to the phenomenally large scale of one inch to 88 feet, showing every lamp post, fire hydrant, sewer cover. To within a few inches these maps mark minutely where the Royal Coach is to be driven...
...well is really only a matter of form and of curiosity, because when the new pump pumps water it will pump city water. A pipe-ditch stretching from the pit is already flirting with a fire-hydrant nearby...