Answer: 1. The fire was on and a fire man turned it off, 2. he saved the dog that was trapped, and they saved the house.
Explanation: they are telling how everything happened and how it got solution and everything was alright
Sentences 2, 3, and 4, best elude that Divine Providence was involved in the fate of Plymouth's Colony.
The first sentence is filler information that does not talk about God or Divine Providence at all
Enjambment - the sentences do not finish with the end of the line.
Simile - "like a slackened drum"
Maybe even hyperbole, since it is an exaggeration.