fireboat

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"When we got back to Bridgewater and secured the fireboat, a bass boat came charging in and yelled that somebody across the cove had driven their riding lawn mower into the lake," said Busch.

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  • Marco will see that the fireboat is there at once. —  MacInnes, Helen - The Venetian Affair
  • The siren had screamed high as the fireboat curved from the Grand Canal into the rio , swooped down two full octaves, and stopped. —  MacInnes, Helen - The Venetian Affair
  • So in order to avert the potential disaster of a plane crash in Boston Harbor, we should have a new fireboat ( "Old fireboat stokes fears of 'disaster,'" Jan. 29)? —  Home - BostonHerald.com
  • "When we got back to Bridgewater and secured the fireboat, a bass boat came charging in and yelled that somebody across the cove had driven their riding lawn mower into the lake," said Busch. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • After the fireboat towed the lawn mower to a neighbor's boat ramp, the diver righted the lawn mower, which was laying on its side, so it could be rolled up the ramp. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
 

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