Firemen of an English town converted this motor-trawler for use as a fire-float to combat riverside fires caused by German air raiders. Equipped with six powerful pumps producing 2000 gallons of water a minute, the fire-float is seen here during tests.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1941, Page 6
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41Firemen of an English town converted this motor-trawler for use as a fire-float to combat riverside fires caused by German air raiders. Equipped with six powerful pumps producing 2000 gallons of water a minute, the fire-float is seen here during tests. Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1941, Page 6
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