. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. NICHOLAS BARBETTA Nicholas Barbetta was born in SanFrancisco, Cal., February 22, i860, andentered the Fire Department in 1882 ashoseman of Engine Company No. 12. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 157 He was promoted to steward of Chem-ical Engine Company No. 3 and then tostoker of Engine Company No. 11, andnow ranks as driver of Monitor Battery No. I. MONITOR BATTERY NO. JOHN J. WALES John J. Wales was born in San Fran-cisco in 1869, joined the department July,1893, as extraman, and now ranks asdriver of Monitor Battery No. 2. TRU
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. NICHOLAS BARBETTA Nicholas Barbetta was born in SanFrancisco, Cal., February 22, i860, andentered the Fire Department in 1882 ashoseman of Engine Company No. 12. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 157 He was promoted to steward of Chem-ical Engine Company No. 3 and then tostoker of Engine Company No. 11, andnow ranks as driver of Monitor Battery No. I. MONITOR BATTERY NO. JOHN J. WALES John J. Wales was born in San Fran-cisco in 1869, joined the department July,1893, as extraman, and now ranks asdriver of Monitor Battery No. 2. TRUCK COMPANIES TRUCK COMPANY NO. I Truck Company No. i is a poineercompany of the paid department and wasorganized December 3, 1866. The de-partment commenced with only two hookand ladder companies, this being one ofthem. The original members of thecompany were: foreman, Fred Roskamp;driver, Sam Ratcliff; tillerman, H. Ros-kamp ; assistant foreman, D. J. Slicer ;clerk, W. S. Carrol; truckmen, J. Con- nolly, L. Marks, P. Fitzpatrick, M. Haley,M. MuUins, W. Herring, H. Crawford,John McGee, W. Keeler, and H. The company is located at 22 OFar-rell street, in the very heart of the busi-est part of the city, and responds, on afirst alarm, to all fires in that quarter. Truck I is as old as the Fire Depart-ment itself, and to write its record wouldinvolve the enumeration of all the im-portant fires of the last thirty-four yea
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