Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 295, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1913 — Surprised Primary Pupils Execute Rapid Fire Drill. [ARTICLE]

Surprised Primary Pupils Execute Rapid Fire Drill.

Fire Chief Montomery visited the primary department of the public sdhools this Thursday morning and sounded the gong. The three hundred pupils, under the direction of the surprised teachers, executed an orderly departure from the building, vacating it in just 55 seconds. A gong was installed in the Catholic parochial school and the first fire drill held, and the pupils vacated the building in 45 seconds. A surprise alarm was also sounded at the high school this afternoon and a rapid exit made. These drills will probably be conducted several times during the ygar.