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Show FOUGHT A FIRE WITH FROGS Artificial .Shower of "Peepers" Puts Sudden End to Blaze on Connecticut Con-necticut Farm. Greenwich, Conn. When fire brke out in the farmhouse of Lawrence De-lucla, De-lucla, the auto steamer from Mianus got to the fire in good season, but in a few minutes the firemen used up all the available water and were in a j quandry. They began a hasty search for pools. Finally one of tbem came back and reported a small pool. "It's just a mess of 'peep frogs,' " he said to the foreman. "About five hundred gallons of 'peepers' and two hundred gallons of water." "All right," replied the foreman, "pump the 'peepers' on, maybe they'll do." The orders were followed, and in a few minutes It began to rain frogs. The proved to be great fire extinguishers, extin-guishers, and in a jiffy the blaze was out. |