Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 220
occurs, the firemen (it needs only a few) take theseropes in their hands and start for the fire, the tentand balloon sailing along over their heads. Whenthey get there, they let it go up till the bottom ofthe tent is higher than the top of the burninghouse, and then bring it down right over… … PHAETON SFIRE-EXTINGUISHER tent itself might take fire before they could fairlyget it down over the house. To prevent that, Ihave a barrel of water below the balloon and abovethe tent, with a few gimlet-holes in the bottom;so there is a continual trickle, which just keeps thetent too wet to take…
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