History of Firefighting: From Curfews to Steam Engines
The article traces firefighting history from medieval prevention through curfews, early water-syringe devices in Augsburg and Paris, leather hoses in Amsterdam, and London’s hand syringes. It notes steam engine trials, Cincinnati’s pioneering steam fire engine of 1853, and the shift from volunteer to paid departments in cities, praising volunteers for risking their lives to protect neighbors.
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Augsburg
Germany
Paris
France
Amserdam
England
London
Brathwaite
Cincinnati
A.B. Lattng
New York
Stewart County notes on eggs storms and local events
Lumpkin Independent reports eggs at ten cents a dozen with slow sales. Farmers urged to consider stock laws as Stewart County timber gains value. A railroad worker’s shack burned after leaving a fire. A fierce wind hail and rain storm damaged crops fences and roofs but no lives were lost. A live rattlesnake killed a rabbit after being found in a hollow log. Church notes mock a parishioner’s praying tone. D C Ashley named Deputy Revenue Collector for the 3rd district succeeding M C Wade.
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Lumpkin Independent
Lumpkin
The Late Dan Mace Trotting Driver Dies in New York
Dan Mace a famed trotting horse driver was born in Boston on May 28 1834 He rode his first race at nine and drove notable horses on Cambridge South Boston and New York tracks including Helen of Troy Lady Litchfield Chicago Jack and Kate Miller He moved from Boston to Cambridge then Providence in 1862 Mace was regarded as a master of harness and racing strategy The article also notes a local incident in Athens where a boy named Frank Bain slept through benediction and awoke to hear family plans to search for him.
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Dan Mace
Daniel Mace
New York
Boston
Cambridge
Helen of Troy
Tom Benton
Sorrel Bill
Farmer Boy
Lady Litchfield
Chicago Jack
Kate Miller
Providence
Lady Thorn
Ethan Allen
Hopeful
Judge Fullerton
Derby
Mace
Frank Bain
Methodist
Athens
Frank
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Americas Recorder
W. L. Glessnest
Sumter County
Webster County
Pire Department
Stewart County
Warwick
Society
Mr. Cleveland
D.C. Ashley
M. C. Wade
Quitman
York
Uthura
Bier
Wm. Gordon
Arlingtonharlestowns Mass
Inkle
Jersey City Heights
Buaply
Smarket
W. Staples
Osceola Mille
Wis
Curiruma
Sita
W. B. Oliver
Draper and Tailor
Fred Lewis
Americus
Eo Quire
Janzout
Spot Cash Grocery House
Schumpert
Roney
Cotton Avenue
Americus, Ga
McFarran
Louisiana
New Orleans
Rio
Schumacher
Graham
Tremedous
Tocek
Maine
California
Lakes
Gulf
Price
J. W. Wheatley & Co’s Bank
Americus, Gia
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