Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-09
CITY F|REMEN ARE
SEEN IN THRILLS
Gave interesting Demonstration
at Tenth and Market Satur-
day Afternoon.

Assurance that in the event any
serious fire should start here the Will
mlngton Fire Department, with it's
modern equipment and efficient fire.
fighters. could cope with the situation,
was given hundreds OF persona who
witnessed the demonstration OF fire
apparatus at Tenth and Market
streets, Saturday afternoon, bringing
Fire Prevention Week to an emphatic
climax.
Despite the steady downpour OF
rain. which started shortly after noon,
throngs OF persons eagerly awaiting
the start OF the demonstration. were
lined back OF the ropes stretched along
Market street and Tenth street for
several hundred feet.
Fire apparatus which shot a huge
stream of water high above the Du-
Point Hotel and spread out in a per-
feet sheet OF water the entire block
was the chief attraction of the demon
stratlon given in place OF the wall seal
ing feat. which was Cancelled by Fire
Chief Lutz, because OF the rain, the
high winds and other general condi-
tons which might menace the safety
of the firemen.
Spectators We're thrilled with every
event Of the program which lasted
more than two hours. during which
hundreds of tons of water were used.
The use of eight separate streams
OF water shot 100 feet in the air and
FAR up Market street as an effective
curtain used during fires to bring the
blaze under control was effected by
the use OF three powerful pumps on
the fire engines. The strong winds
having a free way over the sunken
gardens in front OF the city hall threw
the water over spectators. many of
whom We're supplied with umbrellas
because OF the rain. The water. how
ever, did not dampen their eagerness
TO stay until the end. Many of them
even went ia their homes for rain
coats and then returned.
The demonstration was under the
supervision of Fire Chief Lutz, Deputy
Chief Donahue, Fire Marshal Aim
scow and Assistant Fire Chiefs Croc-
kett and Tazewell. Members of Truck
Company No. l, and Engine companies
], :, . and were the actors" in the
fire drama.
The fire curtains on the Industrial
Trust Co. building. on Tenth street
west Of Market, We're also used in
the demonstration, showing how eff
fectively the outside of a building
can be kept free of fire and great
heat kept down while the firemen
are fighting within. Fire hoses through
which water was pumped under high
pressure from the fire engines were
used by the firemen on the seventh
and tenth floors IF tho I'm pAp- lJa.a1
shooting streams OF water over the
sunken gardens and close 10 the steps
~ City Hall
This system is generally used when
the firemen need a higher elevation
FOR their hose while fighting fire in
another high building opposite.
During the early part of the after
noon a much used hose burst on the
east side OF Market street at Tenth.
The force OF the water knocked sew
eral persons from their feet and
drenched scores. The hose was dis
connected without delay and replaced
with a new one.
After the demonstration closed the
residents of Wilmington were appar-
entity convinced that the city has a
competent fire force which is ready al
any time TO protect the lives anC
property of the citizens no matter how
big the blaze might be. The cam
paign launched during Fire Proven.
ton Week is believed by the Fire De
par,ment officials TO have educated
The people as TO the necessity of mere
watchfulness in the prevention oil
fires.
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