Later that day she went to the fire department, where she met Fireman Bob. She explained her son's final wish and asked if it might be possible to give her six-year-old son a ride around the block on a fire engine. Fireman Bob said, “Look, we can do better than that. We'll ...
When the War Department held a hearing May 16, 1924, to discuss the bridge's potential impact on navigation and financial burden, things got thorny. Plenty of people voiced their opposition, especially the local ferry companies who started a serious anti-bridge campaign in an effort to halt co...
“This is a fire hazard and I worry about the individual there, this place catching fire, him losing his life." Hours later, sanitation workers wearing coveralls and masks arrived and began loading the trash into trucks. Since last July, t...
Mahmood the blacksmith squats in his shack examining the next batch, their angular tips still red from the fire. He stirs the embers with bellows made from an old cement sack, and wipes his smoke-grimed face with gnarled fingers. He is the village’s only blacksmith; the boys here want ...
Gil Smart
It is Owned by the National Trust, the house is financed and administered by Staffordshire County Council.In 1624, 8 acres of land together with a Manor House were purchased at the time by William Anson, a local lawyer, for the princely sum of £1000....
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Bearskin rugs were the first indoor fire alarms. In the 17th and 18th centuries, they were laid out in front of the fireplace in case an errant ember flew or a log rolled out into the room. At night, after the household had gone to bed, if an ember sparked or a log rolled out, ...
“It was a big distraction. That was an unintended consequence of that,” Tullman says. “All the companies were saying, This is a one-time opportunity to expand our share, focus everything there, and then we’ll go back and fix it.” The Justice Department has opened a civil investiga...
747 SupertankerAerial FirefightingCalifornia Department Of Forestry And Fire ProtectionDC-10 Air TankerFire RetardantFirefightingForestryOccupational Safety And Health PORTLAND, Ore. — It seems like common sense during wildfire season, if you have a huge plane that can drop more than 19,000 gallons ...