Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — Female Firemen. [ARTICLE]

Female Firemen.

In Wasso, Sweden, there Is a feminlno branch of the tire department. Their duties consist in filling four great tubs which constitute the water supply In case of fire. They stand in two continuous lines from the tubs to the lake,, about three blocks awny, one line passing the full buckets and the other sending them back. Whenever the fire alarm sounds they are obliged to come out, no matter what the weather may be, the daughter of the house as Welt as the serving maid, and often their skirts freeze like bark from the water and the cold. If the men are away they not only carry the water, but bring out the hose and ladders and work thepumps.