Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . tion of the details ofthe disaster has often heldspell-bound a company oflisteners, particularly his de-scription of the efforts of thefiremen to sustain life in thebody of young Mr. Tindale,who had been unfortunatelycaught in the machinery of .the fallen building. The company with whichMr. Dalton was then con-nected was dubbed TheBrewery Bull-dogs, owing totheir having a picture of adog upon their signal lan- t^i Lawrence Dalton. terns, i he company was or-ganized by butchers, and was noted for th
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . tion of the details ofthe disaster has often heldspell-bound a company oflisteners, particularly his de-scription of the efforts of thefiremen to sustain life in thebody of young Mr. Tindale,who had been unfortunatelycaught in the machinery of .the fallen building. The company with whichMr. Dalton was then con-nected was dubbed TheBrewery Bull-dogs, owing totheir having a picture of adog upon their signal lan- t^i Lawrence Dalton. terns, i he company was or-ganized by butchers, and was noted for the efficiency displayed atfires by its members. In May, 1854, Mr. Dalton became a regularmember of Hose 17, and was later on elected to the position ofassistant foreman of that company. He subsequently succeededMr. Terrence Keenan as foreman. When Alfred Carson was chief engineer of the Volunteer FireDepartment, he was ordered before a Board of Trustees to testify tothe efficiency of Hose 17, and honestly stated that the company wasone of the best equipped and disciplined under his 546 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. For many years Mr. Dalton was unanimously elected to theposition of foreman of his company. When at last declining theoffice, he was succeeded by Michael Dalton, who for years afterwardwas unanimously elected to fill the position. Mr. Daltons reminis-cences of the days when he ran with the machine would afford amplematerial for the pen of the novelist, while he has every reason torefer with pride to his former connection with Hose 17, which com-pany he so ably commanded. Mathew McCullough was born in the village of Tarrytown,N. Y., in April, 1843. At an early age he came to New York City,accompanied by his parents. At the outbreak of the Civil War, andwhen but eighteen years of age, Matt, as he was familiarly called,enlisted as a private in the Seventy-third New York this company he served with more than ordinary bravery, forwhich
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