The Squashville Ladies Fire Brigade (1913)
Things have been very quiet with the Squashville Fire Brigade and the boys have fallen into bad ways. The unexpected happens and the fire bell rings, the boys rush to the fire house and eventually get off with the machine. An annoying thing occurs to spoil all the glory and fun. Some interfering girls, the sweethearts of the firemen, happen to be near the scene of the fire and thoughtlessly put it out before the fire fighters arrive. They jeer at the boys and the latter ask the girls if they hadn't better organize a fire brigade of their own. The girls say they will and that in future all fires will be put out promptly. The boys turn over the costumes and fire house to the girls. The girls get busy and sweep the fire house out and make it look real cute with pretty pink curtains and bows and things. They hang pictures of themselves on the walls, as well as photographs of their mammas and papas. The girls give the nicest pink teas imaginable. At other times they have sewing bees and hang ribbons on the trumpet. Unfortunately, a perfectly horrid fire breaks out at Daddy Basset's home and daddy and mother take to the draughty veranda. The boys, with their bad habits, are still up; they run in and manage to stamp out the fire. In the meantime, a person has rung the fire bell and the ladies have been disturbed from their slumbers. They rise quite hastily, dress and do their hair. They go to the fire station and prepare to enter, when the captain finds she has forgotten the key. She returns to get the key and finds it is hanging by a piece of baby ribbon on her trumpet. She returns and they all enjoy the joke on the captain. The old machine is very heavy, but the girls are brave and get going. Little Corinne drops off and weeps in the road. The others find she has disappeared and go back to find her. One girl is dispatched to the machine to get the smelling salts in the medicine chest on the back, and Corinne is soon able to proceed. The girls are met by the boys, who are most rude and say unnecessary things to them. The girls will not be ridiculed. They throw off the costumes and make the boys resume the work.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| David Horsley | Producer |
