Butte Fire Department Praised For Small Losses And Strong Team
Chief Fred Martin leads a lean force of 53 in a city of 80 000 to 100 000, with four stations and five motor apparatus. The department emphasizes fire prevention, tight inspections, and a two platoon system that keeps men rested and on call. losses have fallen from 350000 in 1912 to about 22000 by 1915 with 1918 expected to drop further.
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Butte Fire Department
Butte
San Jose
Cal
West Quartz Street
Arizona Street
Caledonia Street
Harrison, Avenue
Fred Martin
Temin Anim
Martin
Butte Fie
Quartz Street
Main Street
West Side
Harrison Avenue
Tam
Cris Eee
Eagle Butte
Quarts Street
Warama
Quart Street
Subterranean Noises Baffle Australian Geologists
W. H. Ferguson reports in Victoria Geological Survey records a series of mysterious underground noises near Daylesford Yandoit Shepherds Flat and Pickpocket Diggings. Sounds like distant explosions or thunder may originate along a fault line or extinct volcanic activity three miles away.
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W. H. Fernson
Geological Survey of
Victoria
Daylesford
Ria
Australia
Shep- Mat
Yandoll
Pick
Pick |Ngs, Between Clysedale
Newstead
Ferguson
Shepherd's Flat
Yandoit
Kinas
Yandoit Hills
Stonyrise
India
Barisal
Mexico
Italy
Marina
Pointing With Pride: Fur Wearing as Climate Proof
In Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph a Q and A quip sees Mrs Corntessel asking about a woman who wears furs when weather is warm. A farmer responds Let her alone noting it proves this region has one of the coolest climates on earth.
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Pittsburg
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