FIRE ENGINE DE LUXE
ALL-GLASS OBSERVATION CHAMBER.
Blackpool, Lancashire seaside town of big ideas, has a fire engine de luxe —and her fire chief, Mr Varley, has designed it. It can go at 70 m.p.h. From its observation chamber, all glass, a policeman half a mile away can be warned of its approach, and crowds can be warned off in a voice reaching far and wide. The engine has its own electric generator, and portable telephones, each carrying half a mile of wire. There is a kine-camera, artificial breathing apparatus, oxy-acetylene jet, and mechanical non-conducting apparatus for handling electric cable. Three hoses can throw water’ at 700 gallons a minute, and there is a canteen for hot drinks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 May 1938, Page 9
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118FIRE ENGINE DE LUXE Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 May 1938, Page 9
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