. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . rs, now foreman ofEngine Company No. 42, of the Paid Department, and stationed in Morrisania,followed Clark as foreman, being succeeded by Julien C. Harrison, James(tarry, Jeremiah Keeler and John Murdock, and the company laid aside theirdouble-decker for a new piano style of engine built by Van Ness. In 1S.)1 the company moved to Houston Street, near Columbia, which quar-ters they retained until they went out of service. Joseph L. Perley. formerlyassistant foreman of this compa
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . rs, now foreman ofEngine Company No. 42, of the Paid Department, and stationed in Morrisania,followed Clark as foreman, being succeeded by Julien C. Harrison, James(tarry, Jeremiah Keeler and John Murdock, and the company laid aside theirdouble-decker for a new piano style of engine built by Van Ness. In 1S.)1 the company moved to Houston Street, near Columbia, which quar-ters they retained until they went out of service. Joseph L. Perley. formerlyassistant foreman of this company, was elected an assistant engineer in 1862,while a private, and re-elected in 1865. He was appointed an assistant engi-neer in the Paid Department, afterwards made chief, and finally one of the lirecommissioners. James M. Flynn followed as foreman of the company, thenCharles L. Miller and William F. Squires, the last foreman. The companywere always bitterly opposed to steam engines in the Fire Department, andfought hard against their introduction. Five of their members went to thewar with Ellsworths OUR FIREMEN. ( II A PT K II X X XVI. RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW. The Last of the Volunteer Fire Companies.—Dates of Organization and Names of jForemen.—SomeQuaint New York History.—Hand and 8team Engine3.—New York Grows too Large for OldTime Appliances and Methods. -The New Regime Takes Charge. 0. 45.—Yokkville.—Aurora.—This company was organized on Sep- tember 11. 1S26, by Milne Packer, Samuel Parker, Alexander Parker, the coach builders, Edward Prince, Edward Wells, and Jefferson Brow n,Milne Parker becoming- the first foreman. On May 21, 182T, the company werereinforced by the following members: John Gh Kip, Joseph Tricker, RobertKilpatrick, Stephen Huestis, James Bell, Stephen Harris, Augustus , and others. Their lirst location was on the northwest corner ofEighty-fourth Street and Fourth Avenue, and when the tunnel was cutthrough Four
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