Tom Kane of Gorham, Maine, has spent about 23 years aboard the City of Portland III fireboat.
(Fred Field for The Boston Globe )
Fireboat heading into port a last time
Handled half-century of emergencies on Casco Bay
Tom Kane of Gorham, Maine, has spent about 23 years aboard the City of Portland III fireboat.
(Fred Field for The Boston Globe )
PORTLAND, Maine - The aging fireboat has responded to thousands of distress calls in its half-century of service, doused hundreds of blazes, ferried to shore countless infirm or injured from stricken vessels and the islands of Casco Bay, and blasted its cannons in watery celebrations of innumerable holidays. (Full article: 955 words)
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