"A combined fire escape and fire extinguisher patented by Mr. M. A. Pauly, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It is designed to be raised in the center of the street, so that the firemen may work over telegraph and other wires strung on poles, and is provided with insulated shears for outting all kinds of interfering wires. The apparatus is carried by a frame upon a wagon body, the wheels being mounted to make short turns." Scientific American, February 11, 1893.