Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . see. We were the first company on the ground, and westopped at the hydrant, just in front of the fire, A big six-story warehouse was burn-ing. The iron shutters of the upper stories were red hot, and the whole inside was on fire. It was my business toconnect the engine with thehydrant, and I began tofasten the coupling. Therewas something the matterwith the hydrant, and Icouldnt screw on my foreman came round,and saw the connectionwasnt made. Whats thematter ? says he. I toldhim there was
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . see. We were the first company on the ground, and westopped at the hydrant, just in front of the fire, A big six-story warehouse was burn-ing. The iron shutters of the upper stories were red hot, and the whole inside was on fire. It was my business toconnect the engine with thehydrant, and I began tofasten the coupling. Therewas something the matterwith the hydrant, and Icouldnt screw on my foreman came round,and saw the connectionwasnt made. Whats thematter ? says he. I toldhim there was some troublewith the hydrant. Giveme the pipe, he says. Ihanded it to him, and hetried it for a minute; but itwas no go, and the ordermove on to thenext hydrant. Just as westarted, No. 4 came up andstopped at the same hy-drant we had left. Theboys got to work lively,but they couldnt make theconnection either. Whilethey were tussling with theime down with a crash. All the boyspt the poor fellow who was stooping overof the hot shutters struck him with thes ift been done with a knife. That was. ~} 4 ;? - Ready for Action. hydrant, the front wall of the building cheard the noise, and got out of the way, excthe hydrant. He hadnt time to rise, and orsharp edge and cut him in two, just as slickan accident that couldnt be guarded against, for no man could foresee that the wallwas going to tumble without any warning. When the engine-house was reached, the fire in the furnace was dumped, but notbefore a basketful of shavings and dry wood stood by the side of the engine ready foranother alarm. The horses went back to their stalls, and while the firemen went tobed, the engineer and his assistant began to wash and clean their engine, as they alwaysdo after a fire, day or night.
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