Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . d to engine, which was at hydrant in FrontStreet, near Pine, the horse became frightened and ran away. Win-tringham was thrown from his seat, and the tender ran over andbroke his legs. He was taken to the City Hospital, where he diedten days afterward. George W. Bell, fireman Engine Company No. 8, on the 29th ofOctober, 1865, at 9:30 a. m., at a fire in the coal yard foot of Forty-second Street, North River, while working to subdue the fire,inhaled gas from the burning coal and dropped almost sense
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . d to engine, which was at hydrant in FrontStreet, near Pine, the horse became frightened and ran away. Win-tringham was thrown from his seat, and the tender ran over andbroke his legs. He was taken to the City Hospital, where he diedten days afterward. George W. Bell, fireman Engine Company No. 8, on the 29th ofOctober, 1865, at 9:30 a. m., at a fire in the coal yard foot of Forty-second Street, North River, while working to subdue the fire,inhaled gas from the burning coal and dropped almost was carried to his residence, where he died November 19th. Dominick Sicot, fireman Engine Company No. 4, on the 19thof November, 1865, at 12 :30 A. M., while on duty with his companyat a fire at 16 Water Street, fell from the roof, striking with terribleforce in an area in the rear. He was taken to the City Hospital,where he died on the 14th of December. ThomasTrwin, fireman Engine No. 4, on December 2d, 1865, at2 : 10 A. M., at the fire at 15 State Street, was killed in front of the. 346 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. building by the falling of the wall. The building was filled withcotton, which, expanding, burst it open. It is supposed that Irwinwas struck by one of the iron shutters, as his body was cut intwain. The lower limbs were found about twenty feet from the headand trunk. David B. Waters, foreman, and Peter H. Walsh, fireman, EngineCompany No. 5, May 1, 1866, at the midnight fire at the Academyof Music, were burned to death on the stage. The pipe of EngineNo. 5 was in on the stage from the Fourteenth Street side. Afterthe men had been there a few minutes a puff of hot air and fire burstthrough the building and compelled them to retreat. The smoke,though, was so dense and the heat so stifling that this could be doneonly by following the line of hose. All got out except Waters andWalsh. Their remains were found on the 22d inst. burned to shape-less cris
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