Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 169
maybe putting down in one of the books the record of some fellow-fireman whohas just gone off duty for a short while,first having obtained the permission of the com-panys captain. Near by, somewhere on theapparatus-floor, possibly another fireman maybe found cleaning out the stalls of the horses,or… … of instruments ranged along the wall near thedesk. The man sitting at the desk is the manon watch, or house-watchman, as he iscalled. One is on duty all the time, alternatingwith other members of the company, the dayslength being divided into five watches, as fol-lows : from 8 a. m. till i p. M.;…
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