fireman can carry to the from the upper stories of build- ground an unconscious or in- ings cut off by smoke and jured person, using but a single flames; but it is no exaggera- scaling ladder, and descending tion te say that the accomplish- story by story, but the work is ments in this direction… … boat. The gun employed 1900, when a life-saving A Pneumatic Extension Ladder. in fire-fighting work is of crew of American firemen a design similar to an ordinary cavalry carbine, but By the use of a jpompier, a fireman may rapidly were conveyed a distance of a quarter of a mile, of much heavier…
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