. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . led Fulton Slip, on July 23, 1800. He is now living at Mill Neck, OysterBay Township, Queens County, Long Island. On May 20, 1820, he joinedProtection Fire Engine Company No. 5, Foster Nostrand being foreman, andSamuel Jont s Willis assistant foreman ; location in Fulton Street, at the rearof the old Dutch Church. He was elected foreman of tlie company on thefifteenth of January, 1828, and resigned from the office and the company on thetwenty-second of June, 1830. At the time he
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . led Fulton Slip, on July 23, 1800. He is now living at Mill Neck, OysterBay Township, Queens County, Long Island. On May 20, 1820, he joinedProtection Fire Engine Company No. 5, Foster Nostrand being foreman, andSamuel Jont s Willis assistant foreman ; location in Fulton Street, at the rearof the old Dutch Church. He was elected foreman of tlie company on thefifteenth of January, 1828, and resigned from the office and the company on thetwenty-second of June, 1830. At the time he joined the company a firemanhad to serve ten years to clear him from jury and military duties. OnDecember 21,1821, he was at the fire that took place in Fulton Street reachingfrom Fulton on Front Street to Beekman Street, and on Fulton and Beekman1 ,he East River, the block where Fulton Market now stands. It was abitter cold night, and the engines had to work all the time to keep from freez-ing. He was also at the first burning of the Bowery Theater. John QmQG was born in the Eleventh Ward. He joined Mechanics. is-. () LT li F I K E M K N. Hose Company No. 47, of the old Volunteer Fire Department, in 1804. Hehas held every position in the company, and w as foreman at the dissolutionof the Department. As a fireman he was always prompt in the dischargeof his duly. He was a disciplinarian, and his company was second tonone in fire duty. At one time he represented No. 47 in the Board. He hecamea member of the Exempt Firemens Association in 1867, was one of the charteredmembers of the Volunteer Firemens Association of New York, and is now one ofthe directors. Hr was president of tlie Mechanics Association, composed ofmembers of the Old Department on the east side of the city. This organiza-tion claims to be the spark which kindled the Maine of enthusiasm anions thescattered members of t he Old Department which evenl na 11 \ I nought the pres-ent Volunteer Firemens Association into
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