Firemen and Their Exploits: With some account of the rise and development of fire-brigades, of various appliances for saving life at fires and extinguishing the flames.

Name: Firemen and Their Exploits: With some account of the rise and development of fire-brigades, of various appliances for saving life at fires and extinguishing the flames.
Author: Holmes, F. M. (Frederic Morell)

Holmes, F. M. (Frederic Morell) · 1891

Even as he spoke, the electric fire-alarm rang through the silent station. The men sprang toward the stables, glancing at the bell-tablet as they ran. The tablet revealed the name of the street whence the alarm had been sounded; and at the clang the horses tossed their heads and pawed the ground, mad to be off. They knew the sound of the alarm as well as the men themselves.…

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