. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . illet, after-wards sheriff of New York ; Hon. Hart, Robert and Peter Goelet,and others were members. Mr. Rob-ertson says that he thinks the boj^sof the Old Department were as activeand quick, all things considered, asthey are at the present day. James A. Moxaghan joinedMarion Engine No. 9 April 1, 1858,and served until the disbandment ofthe Old Department in 1865. Born in the Fourteenth Ward, Mr. Monaghanwas familiar and popular with the entire population, and he soon drift
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . illet, after-wards sheriff of New York ; Hon. Hart, Robert and Peter Goelet,and others were members. Mr. Rob-ertson says that he thinks the boj^sof the Old Department were as activeand quick, all things considered, asthey are at the present day. James A. Moxaghan joinedMarion Engine No. 9 April 1, 1858,and served until the disbandment ofthe Old Department in 1865. Born in the Fourteenth Ward, Mr. Monaghanwas familiar and popular with the entire population, and he soon driftedinto politics. In 186? he was elected a member of the Board of Councilmen,and became its president. The next year he was elected alderman, and alsobecame president of that body. He is a member of the Exempt and VeteranFiremens Associations. Peter Mastersox, in 1850, joined Engine Company 36, then located atSeventieth Street and Broadway. The following year the company wasdisbanded. Mr. Masterson then organized, in 1852, Engine Company No. 33,which was popularly known as Black Joke.* The companys quarters were. PETER MASTERSON Ol K F i It K M K N. located at Fifty-eighth Street and Broadway, and Mr. Masterson for manyyears remained her foreman. • Black Joke was one of the hardest, working-companies in the city, and was besides a power in the department. was likewise instrumental in organizing Hose Company No. :S4, atForty-tirst Street and Eighth Avenue; also Pete Masterson Engine Companyat One Hundred and Fourth Street and Blooming-dale Road. was elected one of the trustees of the Benevolent Fund. Duringthe draft riots Foreman Masterson did some splendid service in the upperpart of the city. On the lirst two nights of the riots Mr. Masterson kept up afull head of steam on the engine. His men were formed into a patrol,extending from Sixty-second Street to Fiftieth Street, and from Sixth Avenueto the Hudson River. For the protection so afforded to lif
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