. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . not have a drop of waterthrown upon them. I was foreman of Eagle Fire Engine Company No. 13, OUK KIliKMKN. •>!).-> which was located in Dover street, near Pearl. When the City Hall bellstruck the alarm we rolled out There wasnt any City Hall bell then, interrupted Mr. Wheeler, as headjusted his stock and high turn over collar. ••Youre right, George (with a brotherly lingering upon the name ofGeorge). It was the hell on the old jail that used to be between the CityHall and
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . not have a drop of waterthrown upon them. I was foreman of Eagle Fire Engine Company No. 13, OUK KIliKMKN. •>!).-> which was located in Dover street, near Pearl. When the City Hall bellstruck the alarm we rolled out There wasnt any City Hall bell then, interrupted Mr. Wheeler, as headjusted his stock and high turn over collar. ••Youre right, George (with a brotherly lingering upon the name ofGeorge). It was the hell on the old jail that used to be between the CityHall and Broadway. Well, with a fasl run, we were the first company at thefire, which was in .Merchant Street, near Wall, a very narrow street. Hano-ver Street is where Merchant Street was, and its twice as wide. Two lourstory stores were blazing from bottom to top, like a carpenters shop on lire had. already crossed Merchant Street toward Pearl. An engineerordered me to take my hose into Pearl Street, and, if possible, stop the tirefrom crossing that street. Five or six stores were then blazing in Pearl. VIEW OF iiANK OF AMERICA, CORNER OF WALL AND WILLIAM STREETS. [From painting in possession of James M. Rankin.] Street. Our one stream of water seemed almost useless to contend with sucha conflagration. There were no iron shutters there then, and in a few minutestwenty windows of the upper stories of the high buildings on the east side ofPearl Street were in a blaze. Although Chief Gulick and every man underhim did everything possible to stop the fire, my heart sank within me to noticethe awful destruction of property. After the fire crossed Pearl Street it rushedto the river and south to Coenties Slip with little opposition. Over six hundredbuildings and property worth twenty million dollars were destroyed. TheMerchants Exchange stood where the Custom House now stands, corner ofWall and Hanover Streets. It was a large white marble building. ChiefGulick ordered me to tak
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