. Public works . the Boardof Examiners of this city, members of the Board of Under-writers, Presidents of a number of fire insurance companies,professors from Columbia University, and a number of menwho have made a study of fire prevention. The family sleptafterwards near the fire and in the morning the test wasfound to be successful. Fire Destroys Town. Shubuta, Miss.—Fire destroyed a large part of this townentailing a loss of $150,000. Only five stores remain inthe place. The Meridian fire department, 60 miles away,was summoned and stopped the conflagration. Three Policewomen Appointed. Colu
. Public works . the Boardof Examiners of this city, members of the Board of Under-writers, Presidents of a number of fire insurance companies,professors from Columbia University, and a number of menwho have made a study of fire prevention. The family sleptafterwards near the fire and in the morning the test wasfound to be successful. Fire Destroys Town. Shubuta, Miss.—Fire destroyed a large part of this townentailing a loss of $150,000. Only five stores remain inthe place. The Meridian fire department, 60 miles away,was summoned and stopped the conflagration. Three Policewomen Appointed. Columbia, S. C.—Three policewomen have begun activeduty here, and will be known as travelers aides and as-signed to the railway stations of the city. Full police pow-ers are vested in them, and they will wear distinctive uni-forms and police badges. Particular attention will be givento young women arriving on the trains who are in need ofassistance, according to instructions given by MayorGriffith. MOTOR VEHICLES. Courtesy. Trenton (N. J.) Times. NEW TRUCK FOR , N. J. New Fire Auto Tested. Slackwood, N. J.—The Slackwood Volunteer Fire com-pany has just received and tested its new automobile chem-ical engine. A parade and speeches marked the local cele-bration. The apparatus is shown in the accompanying il-lustration. New Combination Arrives. Dunkirk, N. Y.—The new combination lire automoljilcordered by the board some time ago has arrived from Buf-falo from the makers, the E. R. Thomas Co. The apparatusis a combination pumper, chemical engine and hose wagon,driven by a 90 horse power motor and equipped witli anelectric self-starter and electric lights. The chemical tankhas a capacity of 40 gallons and there is 100 feet of chem-ical hose. A thousand feet of hose can be carried on thetruck. New Combination , Va.—Tlie new motor combination fire engineand hose wagon, whicli has just been received by the cityhas been taken under its own power to statio
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