Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1896 — Sweden’s Fire Lassies. [ARTICLE]

Sweden’s Fire Lassies.

The little town of Xasso, in Sweden, has a feminine department, 160 strong, In Its,fire Brigade. The water works of the village consist simply of four great /tuba, and it is the duty of the women “firemen” to keep these full in case of fire. They stand in two continuous lines from the tubs to the lake, about three blocks away, one line passing the full buckets and the Other sending them back.