Fire Fighters: Tim Freed with Steam Shovel

Five bells, stand by all stations. Attention! All districts! A five-arm fire! Five bells move immediately! That's it! Let's go! Let's go! Fire, fighter! Presenting, fire, fighters! 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 moment we'll join Chief Cody, Private Moshnoski, and engineman Andy Parker at the scene of the storage loft fire, a fire that's turned into a tragedy for the men of the fire department.

While fighting the blaze up on the second floor where bales of rags were stored, the floor suddenly collapsed when the bales became sodden with water, collapsed with a great roar of twisted beams and masonry, carrying Rooki-Tim Collins with it.

Now, Tim lies buried beneath the rubble, buried under tons of it, as Chief Cody, Moshnoski, and Andy worked frantically, but with a little hope to rescue him. We'll join the rescue party, which is fighting to save Tim's life, right after we've heard this message.

Let's go, firefighters! Let's go to the scene of the Loft Fire, where Tim Collins lies buried under tons of brick and waterlogged bales. For hours both the rescue company and the engine company, under Chief Cody's direction, have been working desperately to dig their way through the ruins in the hope that by some

miracle Tim may still be alive. A steam shovel from a nearby construction job has been commandered to help move the rubble, but even this seems futile to the friends of Tim when suddenly their rescue efforts take a heartening turn.

Moshnoski, watching the big shovel, suddenly cries out, The shovel operator stopped for some reason. You're signaling, Mush. Better see what he wants. Looks like his shovels hung up on a pipe or something. Let's take a look, Chief.