. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. JOHN R. THOMPSON John R. Thompson, hoseman of EngineNo. 32, was born in Philadelphia Sep-tember 11, 1844, arrived in San Fran-cisco October 6, 1864, and joined theDepartment February 14, 1883. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN The house is entirely new and in everyway suited to the requirements of thecompany. It has a second-class Amos-keag engine, and a Graves hose wagonwhich carries looo feet of 2^ inch as it is in such a sparsely popu-lated neighborhood, the company natur-ally has not much of a fire record, butwheneve
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. JOHN R. THOMPSON John R. Thompson, hoseman of EngineNo. 32, was born in Philadelphia Sep-tember 11, 1844, arrived in San Fran-cisco October 6, 1864, and joined theDepartment February 14, 1883. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN The house is entirely new and in everyway suited to the requirements of thecompany. It has a second-class Amos-keag engine, and a Graves hose wagonwhich carries looo feet of 2^ inch as it is in such a sparsely popu-lated neighborhood, the company natur-ally has not much of a fire record, butwhenever it has been called out it hasalways performed its duties faithfullyand well. The Captain of the company,R. T. Browne, is probably the oldest. CAPT. R. T. BROWNE man in the Department, having beenborn in 1835. He was a member ofVolunteer No. 7 of the Volunteer FireDepartment, and has been a member ofthe Exempts for thirty-four years. In1859 he came to California, and in 1870joined the paid Fire Department. Hehas always given the closest attention tofire matters and is a fire-fighter of fortyyears standing. The other members ofEngine Company No. 33 are: Lieutenant,John Cauley; engineer, Wm. H. Heaney;driver, Jeremiah McNamara; stoker,Peter Burke ; hosemen, J. J. Casserlyand Thos. Johnston.
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