. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. 1872,32, was born in New York City. October came to San Francisco in 1888, and2, 1869, came to California in 1873, and joined the Department in 18Q9 as hose-joined the Department in May, 1892. man of Engine No. 32. ENGINE COMPANY NO. 33- Engine Company No. 33 may boast ofone distinction—it is farther from theCity Hall than any other company in theDepartment. It is stationed amidst therural beauties of Ocean View, and if themembers of the company find their dutiesless onerous and exciting than they mightbe they may claim th
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. 1872,32, was born in New York City. October came to San Francisco in 1888, and2, 1869, came to California in 1873, and joined the Department in 18Q9 as hose-joined the Department in May, 1892. man of Engine No. 32. ENGINE COMPANY NO. 33- Engine Company No. 33 may boast ofone distinction—it is farther from theCity Hall than any other company in theDepartment. It is stationed amidst therural beauties of Ocean View, and if themembers of the company find their dutiesless onerous and exciting than they mightbe they may claim the compensating ad-vantages of a health-giving, reposefullocality. The company affords protec-tion to that district lying between theCounty line and St. Marys College, andwas organized for that purpose on April6, 1896. The original members of the com-pany were: foreman, R. T. Browne;engineer, James Mason; driver, JohnAllen; stoker, James Farley; hosemen,Wm. Murphy, Frank McDonnell, JohnMcKean, Jno. McConville, John Con-neft, Walter Conroy, Hdw. Church andMr. 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
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