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Show Quick Service oi Fire Department Tho tiro department made a quick run Thursdny to tho OIo Peterson homo on the Stntc Hand, where a passing , train had started a lot nt weeds and cheat grass allre For a while the blnzo threatened the destruction des-truction of Bomo outlmllldlngs, but the loss was nil. Tho llro lllustrnted tho eluclonoy of tho now gong. As soon ns tho alarm was turned In the young lady In central cen-tral pressed a button which Instantly started the gong over the llro station ringing Several men Immediately nt-tached nt-tached tho hobo cart to an automobllo and by the time thnt another member had learned from central tho location or the lire, tho boys were ready to stnrt and another man was loft ringing ring-ing tho big llro boll over tho City Hall, notifying those that were nfnr off. Tho wholo operation requiring less than two minutes. Fire Chief Royle desires that those who ring the, bell do so with tho cord from the outBlde, nnd thnt they ring It for a time, stop, nnd then ring It ngnln, repeating this method for sev-oral sev-oral minutes. |