Word: shutoff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pandemonium broke loose below decks after the shutoff. Men fought like beasts to get out of the hold. Three times Oiler Antonio Georgia started up the narrow stairs and three times his legs were caught and he was dragged down...
...earnest. He urged his readers to pay only the old rates when they got their bills from the water company. When the water company shut off the supply, he argued that the company had no right to deprive citizens of a vital necessity. Susquehanna citizens took to standing on shutoff boxes to prevent water company agents from closing the valves...