. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. CAPT. EUGENE CROWE man out of a fire at Jessie and Eckerstreets, and the captain, Eugene Crowe,on February 26, 1900, covered himself 158 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN with glory in a perilous but succesful at-tempt to rescue a woman from the flamesof the burning El Monte Hotel on Gearystreet. He carried her bodily from thefifth story down an extension ladder toterra firma at great personal risk of hisown life. The feat was deemed worthyof the bestowal of the Scannell medal,so rarely awarded, and only for someconspicuous act of per
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. CAPT. EUGENE CROWE man out of a fire at Jessie and Eckerstreets, and the captain, Eugene Crowe,on February 26, 1900, covered himself 158 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN with glory in a perilous but succesful at-tempt to rescue a woman from the flamesof the burning El Monte Hotel on Gearystreet. He carried her bodily from thefifth story down an extension ladder toterra firma at great personal risk of hisown life. The feat was deemed worthyof the bestowal of the Scannell medal,so rarely awarded, and only for someconspicuous act of personal gallantry. Captain Crowe hails from Minnesota,and has been in the department since1894. He assumed the reins of controlof Truck I on August 28, 1897. Theother members of the Company are:lieutenant, R, H, Woods; driver, C. Con-nell; tillerman, George Carew; truck-men, Hugh Quinn, Daniel Donovan, , VV. F. Tracey, John J. Quinn,Thos. Gallagher, Henry Donnadiu andJulius JOHN J. QUINN John J. Quinn was born in San Fran-cisco September, 1867. Joined the de-partment in 1896 as extraman. Nowranks as truckman of Truck iNo. i.
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