. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. bornin him came to the front, and he wassoon on his way to the gold diggings ina staunch ship that safely weatheredthe storms that were so fatal to manyvessels that rounded the Horn at thattime. He arrived in San Francisco Bayin February, 1850, with $ in hispockets, and immediately went to steamshipping, running as fireman betweenthis port and San Juan and Panama. Hecontinued at this occupation for someyears during which time his vessel, thesteamer Independence, was wrecked ona reef off the Southern coast and burnedto
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. bornin him came to the front, and he wassoon on his way to the gold diggings ina staunch ship that safely weatheredthe storms that were so fatal to manyvessels that rounded the Horn at thattime. He arrived in San Francisco Bayin February, 1850, with $ in hispockets, and immediately went to steamshipping, running as fireman betweenthis port and San Juan and Panama. Hecontinued at this occupation for someyears during which time his vessel, thesteamer Independence, was wrecked ona reef off the Southern coast and burnedto the water line and sunk. Through hisingenuity and heroism he saved the lives SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN of ninety people aboard, among thembeing Jas. L. Freeborn, the banker, andJason Collins, the chief engineer, both ofwhom had lost consciousness in the waterand were rescued by his diving downand bringing them up and swimmingashore with them on his back. Whennearly exhausted with the great task ofswimming ashore with each passenger onhis back, his great mind came to his. SAWVLk rescue. By putting the rest of themin life preservers he towed them ashoreand landed in the boiling surf safe andsound. After returning from a long tripon the water he concluded to try hisfortune in the mines, where he was as-sociated with John W. Mackay. ButDame Fortune failed to smile uponhis efforts, and he soon returned to a lifeupon the surging billows, where he re-mained until 1859 when he left the oceanfor good and became a special patrolman,which position he filled with ability until1863, when he was appointed Inspector at the Custom House, where hejremaineduntil 1884, at which time he retired frompublic life and opened up the saJoqn atNo. 935 Mission street, where he -huslived with his estimable wife for forty-three years. His place is fitted out withpictures and mementoes of VolunteerFiremens days. Tom Sawyers fire record dates backto his boyhood days in New York, whenhe was a member of Colum
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