Wayne Firemen Prevent Conflagration

Wayne Firemen Prevent Conflagration

韦恩,Pa。,有可能被从地图上衰退ntly by a fire had it not been for the excellent work of the volunteer firemen with their two gasoline engines and motor pump, the latter made by the Hale Motor Company of Wayne. Fire Marshal Charles E. Clark, of Delaware County, who was in command at the fire, spoke highly of the work accomplished by the three pumpers, especially the Hale machine, which had two powerful streams on the fire. “It did noble work” Marshal Clark said. The fire, which was discovered at 2 a. m., in the town gas and electric light office, is said to have started from a defective switchboard. After burning for five hours, almost totally destroying the gas office, an opera house and a plumbing establishment, it was finally stopped in the middle of a frame residence. The burned buildings were located in the cen. ter of the town and two of them were of frame and the other of brick construction. Nearly all of the surrounding buildings were of wood. Besides the two gasoline engines and the Hale pumper, the department had in service a steamer and six hose wagons. Nine streams were thrown through 4,335 feet of cotton, rubber-lined hose with ⅞ to 1 1/4 inch nozzles. The teninch main running past the property supplied sufficient water to the six available 4-inch double hydrants which are from 400 to 600 feet apart. The pressure at the hydrants was from 70 to 105 pounds. The value of the buildings destroyed was $75,000 and of the contents, $20,000.

韦恩,Pa。,有可能被从地图上衰退ntly by a fire had it not been for the excellent work of the volunteer firemen with their two gasoline engines and motor pump, the latter made by the Hale Motor Company of Wayne. Fire Marshal Charles E. Clark, of Delaware County, who was in command at the fire, spoke highly of the work accomplished by the three pumpers, especially the Hale machine, which had two powerful streams on the fire. “It did noble work” Marshal Clark said. The fire, which was discovered at 2 a. m., in the town gas and electric light office, is said to have started from a defective switchboard. After burning for five hours, almost totally destroying the gas office, an opera house and a plumbing establishment, it was finally stopped in the middle of a frame residence. The burned buildings were located in the cen. ter of the town and two of them were of frame and the other of brick construction. Nearly all of the surrounding buildings were of wood. Besides the two gasoline engines and the Hale pumper, the department had in service a steamer and six hose wagons. Nine streams were thrown through 4,335 feet of cotton, rubber-lined hose with ⅞ to 1 1/4 inch nozzles. The teninch main running past the property supplied sufficient water to the six available 4-inch double hydrants which are from 400 to 600 feet apart. The pressure at the hydrants was from 70 to 105 pounds. The value of the buildings destroyed was $75,000 and of the contents, $20,000.