This Day in History: 1934-05-08

The Mahwah Fire Department had some unusual help in putting out a brush fire at the end of Malcolm Road. The fire in the woods had been reported by Miss Edith Bester and Robert Fey, a neighbor. As the firemen fought the blaze, the attracted a group of the neighboring children. They offered to help and when they were not discouraging from doing so, went home for pails and brooms. Soon five little girls were standing shoulder-to-shoulder to each other and battling the stubborn blaze. The five girls were Dorothy Jane, Dariel Keith, Elaine Ruehl and her two guests, Jan Foster and Barbara Walker. The firemen praised their work and named them the Children’s Fire Brigade. It took most of the afternoon to extinguish the blaze. (Bristow)