Of late years the attention of inventors has been di-rf S,ed to the application of steam to the suction and forcing of water in fire engines ; and many powerful fire engines worked exclusively by ...

The whole is placed and fixed on a suitable truck, and the weight of the ... between the hand engine and the expensive steam fire-engine. Its lightness enables it to be rapidly drawn to a fire ...

Ride along at the back of a ladder truck as it responds to a house fire. When Tom shows up at the shop, Swift is working on restoring an old steam-powered fire engine originally built in 1901.