. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . y 28, 1815. When onlyfifteen years old he ran as a volun-teer with Engine Company In 1835 he joined EngineCompany No. 14, then No. 21,and next No. 38. He was surveyorof the Lorillard Insurance Com-pany. Died January 10, 1887. George W. Lane was a mem-ber of Pearl Hose Company delmonico. 28, and treasurer for more than seven years. At his instance his company used the first steam fire engineever seen in the city. Mr. Lane was chamberlain of the city, and preside
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . y 28, 1815. When onlyfifteen years old he ran as a volun-teer with Engine Company In 1835 he joined EngineCompany No. 14, then No. 21,and next No. 38. He was surveyorof the Lorillard Insurance Com-pany. Died January 10, 1887. George W. Lane was a mem-ber of Pearl Hose Company delmonico. 28, and treasurer for more than seven years. At his instance his company used the first steam fire engineever seen in the city. Mr. Lane was chamberlain of the city, and president ofthe Chamber of Commerce. E R Campbell was born January 7, 1833, in the Thirteenth Ward. Hejoined the famous Engine Company No. G in Gouverneur Street on March 1.,1852. On September 8, 1855, he was nearly killed going to a fire in GrandStreet. Near Lord & Taylors his engine collided with a stage, and the bigmachine, weighing about four thousand two hundred pounds, threw the stageon the sidewalk. Half a dozen of the firemen went down, and the engme rCampbell, breaking his leg and injuring one of his arms. over Mr thought he would not survive, but he did, although he was laid up It wasfor seven mths. Charles B. Elliott, who afterwards became a justice in oneof the Brooklyn courts, was also thrown down and injured, but he lived to tellthe tale. In later years Mr. Campbell was a keeper in Sing Sing andClinton prisons. He was instrumental in bringing prominently before the OUR FIR KM EN. 479 public the evils of the contracl system, and had to leave the PrisonDepartment. David MlLLlKEX was secretary and vice-president of the Fire Departmentone year, and president three years; afterwards vice-president of the Asso-ciation of Exempt Firemen. In March, 1S40. he joined Engine Company No. ! 18, and was its representative for five years. In 1847 he was t ransferred to1 lose Company No. 40, electedassistant foreman for one year, foreman forthree years, and was its representative for six
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