. The Oranges and their points of interest, embracing Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange and Orange valley. veral times later on short-lived hook andladder or engine companies were organized. It v/asnot until 1867 that a permanent hook and laddercompany was organized. This was the germ fromwhich a Fire Department sprang. Later on asteam fire engine, a hose carriage, a hook and ladder truck and a hand engine were added. I/i 1873 thevolunteer Fire Department wasdisbanded and a paid Fire De-partment organized under ChiefEngineer John J. Fell. Thehand engine was sold and an-other steam
. The Oranges and their points of interest, embracing Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange and Orange valley. veral times later on short-lived hook andladder or engine companies were organized. It v/asnot until 1867 that a permanent hook and laddercompany was organized. This was the germ fromwhich a Fire Department sprang. Later on asteam fire engine, a hose carriage, a hook and ladder truck and a hand engine were added. I/i 1873 thevolunteer Fire Department wasdisbanded and a paid Fire De-partment organized under ChiefEngineer John J. Fell. Thehand engine was sold and an-other steamer added, and horseswere procured to draw the en-gines. The department at pres-ent consists of two steam fireengine companies and two pressure on the water mainsof sixty pounds to the squareinch is sufficient to give the de-partment all the water they re-quire for fires under ordinary cir-cumstances, and to throw streamsover the highest buildings in theplace, and it is but rarely that theengines are called into service. Orange has always borne thereputation of a quiet and orderly Winter Scene Opp. P. A Mountain Brook.
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