Clintonville Pumper Saves Indian Village
A fire which originated in a large saw mill in the Indian village of Neopit, Wis., threatened to wipe the little hamlet off of the map on October 5. The mill is the property of the Indian tribe of Menominee and is worked by them under the management of the U. S. Indian Bureau at Washington. A heavy wind spread the flames rapidly and it was soon evident that unless outside help was obtained the whole village would go. Help was phoned for to Clintonville and Antigo. Chief Martin Lyon, of the Clintonville fire department at once dispatched the F. W. D. pumper, with six men under command of Assistant Chief Ed Winkel, to their help and the apparatus made the 38 miles through rough and sandy roads, covering the distance in one hour and 31 minutes. Antigo also sent a steamer by rail, which arrived sometime after the Clintonville pumper bad been at work.
The pumper drafted water from the Wolf River. It started to work at 4 p. m. on October 5 and worked 17 hours without a stop, using 125 gals, of gasoline and eight gals, of oil in this period. During the first three hours before Antigo arrived it carried 2,200 feet of hose at 210 pounds pressure. In addition to pushing the stream through the 2,200 feet of hose the motor had to lift the water to a distance of seventeen feet from the river.
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