Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — Fire Chiefs Study Apparatus. [ARTICLE]

Fire Chiefs Study Apparatus.

Members of the International Association of Fire Chiefs at Indianapolis were given an exhibition of four combination hose an 3 chemical wagons and of two new metropolitan steamers. Wednesday evening the visiting chiefs and their families were entertained by the city. Wednesday afternoon 15,000 people surrounded the Grand Hotel to witness a practical exhibition of a lifesaving net. A young woman from one of the summer gardens jumped from the fourth floor of the Grand Hotel into the net without injury.