Word: pipemen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...child the staircases burned entirely through and fell, so that there was no means of descent. It seemed as if the brave fireman and his precious burden must perish in the flames, but in a moment he appeared at a window and called out lustily to the pipemen below, "Put on that three-inch pipe;" and when they had done it, he cried, "Now throw me the strongest stream you can, right in this window;" and in dashed the stream with powerful force, right through the casement where he stood. Well, sir, I never should have believed...
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