fire-buckets

In a good apartment-house, trained watchmen stand on guard night and day to protect the occupants, and stand-pipes, hose and fire-buckets are provided in all the halls, and kept in repair for emergency.

The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 Various

The superintendent shall likewise have a supply of fire-buckets, flambeaux, and lanterns, at the office, to be ready when wanted.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction James Braidwood

All hands were set at work wetting the sails, from the royals down, with the engine and fire-buckets, and we soon found that we left the enemy very fast.

The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 J. F. Loubat

The ship's buckets are to be passed up to the pumps, as soon as possible, by the persons who may be stationed near them, and these and the fire-buckets and division-tubs filled.

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance

"Come on, Court, see the fun!" called the football half-back, who was slopping along with two dripping fire-buckets of water.

The Witness Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

The postillion had ridden on the one on the driving side; he was a little punch fellow, and in a pair of boots like fire-buckets.

Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney

Within the writer's recollection, in nearly every house in Salem two or more fire-buckets, marked with the owner's name, were, when not in use, kept hanging in the front hall.

The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Various

She placed it on the axe over the fire-buckets for perusal later.

Jill the Reckless 1928

"Tell him to stand by with fire-buckets, but not to leave the yard without orders from me," directed Gatton.

The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921

Fire-hose old and rotten -- couldn't stand a hundred - pound pressure; fire-buckets and water-barrels empty, axes not in their proper places, fire-extinguishers filled with stale chemical -- why, the smallest kind of a fire here would get beyond our control with that man on the job.

The Valley of the Giants 1918