. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . osition of assistant engineer in 1831, serving until he organized Tliirt v-1 hree Host; Company lie was afterwards fleetedAlderman of the Fifth Ward. In 1S26 John Coddington and Win. and James1 lollnlire became members of 1 Ik; company, and were followed by Robert Barr,Thomas Maker, Henry (iaines, Joseph .Moon. Richard 1 rick and JosephDebann, the company using- al that time an engine built in 1805. From 1829until they moved to Reade Streel the following names a
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . osition of assistant engineer in 1831, serving until he organized Tliirt v-1 hree Host; Company lie was afterwards fleetedAlderman of the Fifth Ward. In 1S26 John Coddington and Win. and James1 lollnlire became members of 1 Ik; company, and were followed by Robert Barr,Thomas Maker, Henry (iaines, Joseph .Moon. Richard 1 rick and JosephDebann, the company using- al that time an engine built in 1805. From 1829until they moved to Reade Streel the following names appear on 1 he companyrolls: Wm. Baker, John Miles, Daniel F. Ruckle, (harles Holliniie. SamuelBennett and Robert Sanderson. This company and Engine Company No. 1 were always bitter rivals, andtheir rivalry did not, cease when t he company moved to Reade Street. JohnLyng. the old timespori. who i*, st ill living, and who has had as eventful an ex-istence as it is possible for any one man to have, was a member of the companyhi Reade Streel. On May 26, 1836, the company lost one of their members, who was killed at. AMERICTS ENGINE NO. 6.[Big Six engine, built in 1851.] a fire on that date. The company continued to get into hot water and finallywere disbanded on August 5, 1846, with Engine Companies 21, 23, and 3G, forfighting. Americus (Big Six—Tiger) was started at a meeting of citizens of theeast side held at Mathers printing ink establishment in Front Street nearGouverneur, December 11, 1848. Wm. A. Freeborn, an old member of Hookand Ladder 4, and an assistant engineer from 1839 to 1842, aided the movementby his presence and advice. The next meeting was held at the Vivarambia,No. 3 Hester Street. At this second meeting it was formally announced thatthe city authorities had resolved to locate the company when organized in thehouse of old Black Joke Engine Company No. 33, in Gouverneur Street nearHenry. On December 30,1848, the following gentlemen organized the company:David M.
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