Short Fire School Held in Minnesota
Sponsored by the League of Minnesota Municipalities, the Minnesota Department of Insurance and the University or Minnesota, a short course for firemen has been held at the University and at the Minneapolis drill school.
Harvey Walker, secretary of the League, said :
“I don’t know of any other school like this one. unless it is at Ames or Illinois. About four or five years ago, th re was a fireman group something like it but primarily for the detection of arson. Only about twenty-five men, mostly from the Twin Cities attended.”
The agencies cooperating to make this project a success are the General Inspection Bureau, National Board of Fire Underwriters, Underwriters’ Laboratories, fire marshals of North and South Dakota, United States Bureau of Mines, the Minnesota Fire Department and others.
Among the nineteen men who spoke are F. R. M. rgaridge, Chief Aison Bureau of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, George Muldaur, general agent of the Underwriters’ Laboratories, Frank C. McAuliffe, chief of the Chicago patrol, Clarence Goldsmith, assistant chief engineer. National Board of Fire Underwriters, and R. R. Sayers, chief surgeon of the United States Bureau of Mines.
Drill Carried as Special Equipment—A portable electric drill with a 2-inch auger and two hundred feet of cable, has been installed as part of the equipment of Fuel Wagon No. 1, Boston Fire Department.
Boston Firemen Praised for Rescue Work- 委员尤金·霍尔曼（Eugene C. Hultman）在波士顿高架铁路在海滩街曲线发生事故时，收到了尼科尔斯市长的以下信，称赞消防员进行救援工作：热情的感谢和祝贺他们在高架事故中执行的迅速而英勇的服务。据我所知，在极端紧急情况下，援助从未如此迅速而有效。消防部门的救援工作被起诉，以命令最高的钦佩，并反映出整个部门的荣誉。”
