. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . issioner Purroy made a reportfavoring the appointment of an instructorin life-saving, and on January 24th ChrisHoell, of the St. Louis Pompier Corps,was engaged to instruct the Life-Saving(torps, a branch of the School of In-struction, which was located in the quar-ters of Engine Company No. 47, in theirduties. The Corps were instructed andtrained in the use of scaling and ordinaryladders and life-lines and other life-savingappliances, at the Old Sugar House, at thefoot of West
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . issioner Purroy made a reportfavoring the appointment of an instructorin life-saving, and on January 24th ChrisHoell, of the St. Louis Pompier Corps,was engaged to instruct the Life-Saving(torps, a branch of the School of In-struction, which was located in the quar-ters of Engine Company No. 47, in theirduties. The Corps were instructed andtrained in the use of scaling and ordinaryladders and life-lines and other life-savingappliances, at the Old Sugar House, at thefoot of West 158th Street. Chief Bonnerw as at the head of the School and instruc-tor in the practical duties of a fireman, andcandidates for appointment had to pass theSchool, and get a report on the degree ofproficiency exhibited and the branch of theservice for which they were best qualified. February 5th Police Inspector Byrneswas thanked for the arrest of the fire-alarm fiends and the breaking up of anorganized plan of systematic and maliciousannoyance to the active members of the Department by sending out CHRIS HOELL. 878 OLi; V I K K M K .V. During the month, Water Tower No. 1 was placed on test service in thequarters of Engine Company No. 7. In Marcli the District Messenger Com -panies were required to eouiiect t heir ollices wifli Fire Headquarters, as sev-eral serious fires, and the death of at least one person, were found to be dueto a popular belief that the companies had direct communication with the FireI >epa rtment. January 3d, Chief of Battalion Hugh Bonner was made Second AssistantChief of the Department, and on the 11th Foreman Thomas Gooderson, ofEngine Company No. 35, was promoted to the rank of Chief of peril to the city in the event of the destruction of the telegraph apparatusat Headquarters had been considered for several years, and CommissionerPurroys suggestion that a duplicate set of apparatus be made and put in afire-proof building
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