Its first big task was in 1915, at a fire at the Southern Laundry, next to the Great Western Hotel; its last major action was in 1942, when, after an enemy air attack, it helped to save the big gasholder at Swindon Works.
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Its first big task was in 1915, at a fire at the Southern Laundry, next to the Great Western Hotel; its last major action was in 1942, when, after an enemy air attack, it helped to save the big gasholder at Swindon Works.
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