. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . the National Hoard of Fire Under-writers, in July, 1886, at NewYork, is confessed to be one ofthe best presentations of lire in-surance history and suggestionsin all the records of fire insur-ance. As an insurance expert he isfacile princeps the leading mindof the profession. Among under-writers he is known as JudgeHeald. so clear-headed and ju-dicial are his opinions held to beupon subjects connected with fireinsurance in all its he not chosen the profes-sion
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . the National Hoard of Fire Under-writers, in July, 1886, at NewYork, is confessed to be one ofthe best presentations of lire in-surance history and suggestionsin all the records of fire insur-ance. As an insurance expert he isfacile princeps the leading mindof the profession. Among under-writers he is known as JudgeHeald. so clear-headed and ju-dicial are his opinions held to beupon subjects connected with fireinsurance in all its he not chosen the profes-sion of fire underwriting, he wouldhave made an equally prominentmark as a lawyer or a judge. MARTIN L. Martin L. Croweix was wellknown among insurance men. 976 OIK Fl It KM oeokok T. PATTEKson. in. elected Treasurer of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, and by virtuethereof an inemherof the Committee. The lionored Irusl of Treat-urership was held hy liiin until his removal by death on April I, 1884. Mr. Crow ell held the position ofchief executive officer of the FireIatrol for fifteen consecutive is an eventful Length of timedevoted to active service in a coin-L _ W mon interesl withoul compensation, especially as this burden of respon-sibihty was increased at tunes byW ^ murmuriiigs of complaint from asso- ciates in the business, when well-ordered plans of protection failed toaccomplish the good intended. TheFire Patrol Committee said of him : Mr. Crowell was a man endowedby nature with a character to winthe respect of the brotherhood ofman, quiet, unobtrusive, honest,faithful, firm in his convictions ofright and wrong, with great respectfor the opinion of others; honest toa fault, and faithful in the dischargeof every duty.
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