| Show russian cities airo department tho the same precautions against fire are taken in moscow and st petersburg today that were in uso use a century ago scores of fire towers are everywhere seen they run up about seventy five to feet are built U ue like e a lighthouse with winding stairway and have a platform all around the top where the watchman patrols day and night if a firo fire is discovered a signal is given and tho the fire d department part ment turns out etwas it was only recently that st petersburg the capital with hundreds of millions of government property secured a steam fire engine and that is a poor old fashioned affair the hand engine does service there yet as aa in other cities in the empire when a fire alre breaks out the streets are cleared for such a department display as an american town would make people go wild talk loud get in the way and when the fire burns bums out the department goes back to watch the towers for another signal moscow cor car new orleans times demo crat |
