fire-gongs

Updated: May 15, 2025

A fire hydrant was placed within seven hundred feet of every house, with the insurance rates reduced from twelve and one-half to thirty per cent; the services of three fire-engine companies was arranged for. Fire-gongs were introduced into the community to guard against danger from interruption of telephone service.

Edward William Bok - A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After

A fire hydrant was placed within seven hundred feet of every house, with the insurance rates reduced from twelve and one-half to thirty per cent; the services of three fire-engine companies was arranged for. Fire-gongs were introduced into the community to guard against danger from interruption of telephone service.

Edward William Bok - The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after