Fire Fighters: Towboat Owner Is at Fault

Stand by all stations. Attention, all districts, a five alarm fire. That's it. Let's roll. Let's go. Firefighters. Presenting firefighters. The true to life story of our unsung heroes who stand ready to ride by day or night against our most murderous enemy, the demon of fire.

In just a minute, we'll take you to the scene of the fire at the waterfront. The fire under the old wooden dock, which was extinguished by Tim Collins' rookie fireman and Lieutenant Greenspan when they worked their way under the dock with a rowboat.

But before we join Tim Collins, here's a message for you. Go Firefighters! Let's go to the dock of the Tenacomb towboat company, where Chief Cody is examining the scene of the recently extinguished fire. Just a moment ago, you remember, the engine men were ordered to take up their hose lines, and The truckmen set to work, replacing the planks they had torn up in the hour-long search for

the fire that was eating its way through the beams far below the surface of the dock. But Chief Cody could find no clue to the origin of the mysterious fire until Tim Collins touched his arm and said, Chief Cody, look over there.

Where? Out there? Great blistering blazes. There come the tugboats that tie up at this dock. Kind of comb the owner has been in my hair all afternoon. Well, Collins, what about? I didn't mean the boat, sir. I mean there. On the planks at the edge of the dock.

A pile of ashes. Yes, sir, and there. And over there. Somebody's been dumping ashes on this dock. Ashes by the bucketful. Collins, have you ever been aboard one of those tugs? Me? No, sir. Well, I have. They don't have dallies for cooking like larger boats, but there's a little coal stove for coffee and snacks.