SEVEN FIRE ALARMS
BY “THRILLED” WOMAN The frequency of fire alarms in Chanute, Kansas City, U.S.A., almost had driven the fire chief to a nervous breakdown. Seven alarms in succession calling the firemen to the same house had so wrecked the esprit de corps of the department that Douglas Graham, State fire marshal, was called in. His investigation disclosed that a woman had turned in the alarms because “it was so thrilling to see the fire wagons.” In three instances she had set fire to her home.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 992, 7 June 1930, Page 21
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87SEVEN FIRE ALARMS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 992, 7 June 1930, Page 21
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