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UI1C t»UCll U1C [JiCVlUUB day, and he quoted it to the committee, in part, as follows; “Sir, we are not entirely broke, but it keeps all the nterrr. bers pretty busy making enough money to operate our obsolete equipment. We are not asking for a handout, but we are advised that you might be able to help us secure 6ome firefighting equipment at the price we can afford. Speaking of obsolete equipment, Saturday iporning at 5 a.m., July • AQ, |IW bfld aU>,thre9U9ff <** | trucks at a fire, and our 1937 truck completely wore itself out. Now we have only two trucks left. “We are truly in the market for a truck, and our men have been fighting these fires in street clothes, so we need some turnout gear, chemox masks and any type of extinguishers.*
Marsh told the committee
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