FIRE ALARMS.
(To tiie Editor.) Sir,—"Bell Ringer’s” spasm- in your issue of lost evening proves exactly what it shows;, and that is—that he knows something about it. B® states that thq practice is to l ring the bell until the first ‘fireman reaches the station. Well, tbfi jogic of that, the first firfeman must dp the Sprint either on his back, his hands, or hia knees. I have been a member of <a fire brigade for 17 years, and” the rule m* practice wasi when sounding night Alarms,' id make them as short as possible, so as to avbid unduly alarming sick and nervous people and during my tenn of Sj West Coast) my Bands have been frozen to the nozzle. Yes, and • ,^ re , curred at my house I ’would hj hj at work keeping.,the. M*» #“« «P a th. "U fittman
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 16, 21 January 1919, Page 5
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141FIRE ALARMS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIII, Issue 16, 21 January 1919, Page 5
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