Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1917 — AERIAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS LATEST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AERIAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IS LATEST

San Diego, Cal., Is laying claims to being one of the most progressive communities on thte map. San Diego has everything any other city in the c o has, and In addition has the first and only aerial municipal fire brigade in the United States, and. it is believed, in the whole world. The picture shows the aerial fire patrol, with the chief and his aviator.