THEY NEEDED THAT LIGHT
In a little town in Northern Pennsylvania- there is a fire department in which the citizens take a great pride, composed, as it is, wholly of volunteers.^* Late in April a fire broke out at midnight. When, the department came upon the. scene only one lantern could be found. The smoke was pouring out of the building, but no flames appeared, and it was very dark. " Finally, a tongue "of flame shot out of one corner of the structure, and the crowd cheered as the men at the nozzle directed a stream of water toward it.
At this 'crisis the excited captain shouted :
' Hey, there, Bill ! Be careful what you do ! Keep that water off that blaze ! Don't you see that's the. only light we've got to put out the fire by ? ' ■ :
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 6, 6 February 1908, Page 38
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136THEY NEEDED THAT LIGHT New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 6, 6 February 1908, Page 38
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