Word: stream
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Just then a stream of water flew
...unsuccessful, and by the time the engines arrived, the fire had gained headway in room No. 16, where it is supposed to have started, and in the attic. Ladders were immediately raised, and hose was run up, but with so little order that it was some time before a stream was brought to bear on the flames. The firemen paid little attention to the furniture, throwing it from the windows, regardless of consequences. Luckily a number of students joined in the work, and succeeded, by lowering the heavy articles with ropes and carpets, in saving most of them from damage...
...both the bridges and the stream...
Soft in the listening ear of the stream would I whisper my longings...
...some swift mountain stream. I may not stay...