hose-cart

On one side was the municipal court, like a country school; on the other, the room of the volunteer fire company, with a Ford hose-cart and the ornamental helmets used in parades, at the end of the hall, a filthy two-cell jail, now empty but smelling of ammonia and ancient sweat.

Main Street 2004

The engine of course had the start, but the hose-cart, a huge two-wheeled reel, about which the hose was wound, was much lighter, and speedily was clanging abreast of them.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

For to help pull the fire-engine or hose-cart to a fire was the ardent hobby of every lad in town.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

The big doors swung open, and with a rush the little crowd divided and went at the old-fashioned hand-engine and the hose-cart.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

The hose-cart, with its automatic gong, clanged out immediately after, and the race that always occurred was on.

The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs

On one side was the municipal court, like a country school; on the other, the room of the volunteer fire company, with a Ford hose-cart and the ornamental helmets used in parades, at the end of the hall, a filthy two-cell jail, now empty but smelling of ammonia and ancient sweat.

Main Street 1920

On one side was the municipal court, like a country school; on the other, the room of the volunteer fire company, with a Ford hose-cart and the ornamental helmets used in parades, at the end of the hall, a filthy two-cell jail, now empty but smelling of ammonia and ancient sweat.

Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918

It had nothing but an old-fashioned engine, a hose-cart, and a ladder-truck, all of which had to be drawn by two-footed steeds, the volunteer firemen of the village.

The Dozen from Lakerim Rupert Hughes 1914

Panamanians could be seen, scurrying around a hose-cart, apparently in search of clothes; some were struggling into red shirts, others were stamping their feet into short boots or girding themselves with wide canvas belts.

The Ne'er-Do-Well Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

When the fire was out the chief, breathless, his blue blouse bearing the marks of the encounter with flood and flame, sat down upon the overturned hose-cart and beamed upon his company.

The Indifference of Juliet Henry Hutt 1912