. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. DAMBL J. COONEY Daniel was born in San Fran-cisco December 6, 1868 ; joined Depart-ment on January 16, 1894, as hoseman ofEngine No. 21 ; now ranks the same. ENGINE COMPANY NO. 22. Engine No. 22 comprises eight men,and is located at 1819 Post street. OnAugust ist, 1893, it was transformed intoan engine company. Prior to that dateit was Hose Company No. 2, which wasone of the original hose companies of thepaid Fire Department, and went intoservice on December 3, 1866, RobertCleary being the first foreman. But thegr
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. DAMBL J. COONEY Daniel was born in San Fran-cisco December 6, 1868 ; joined Depart-ment on January 16, 1894, as hoseman ofEngine No. 21 ; now ranks the same. ENGINE COMPANY NO. 22. Engine No. 22 comprises eight men,and is located at 1819 Post street. OnAugust ist, 1893, it was transformed intoan engine company. Prior to that dateit was Hose Company No. 2, which wasone of the original hose companies of thepaid Fire Department, and went intoservice on December 3, 1866, RobertCleary being the first foreman. But thegreater utility and efficiency of enginecompanies displaced the old hose com-. CAPT. JOHN R. MITCHELL panics, and accordingly Hose 2 went outof existence. The captain of Engine 22 is John , who was born in Boston, Mass.,December 5, 1865. He joined the De-partment on June 2, 1886, and was at-tached to Engine No. 8 as extraman. In1894 he was promoted foreman of EngineNo. 22, and continued to fill that positionuntil February i, 1900, when he becamecaptain. He has, therefore, had thirteenyears experience as a fireman, and dur-ing that time has fought the fiery ele-ment at numerous conflagrations in thiscity. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN Engine No. 22 has won laurels at manya hard-fought fire, and did good work atthe disastrous fire on Fourth street, atGoldberg, Bowen & fire on Pineand Kearny streets. At the burning ofthe Baldwin Hotel Engine No. 22 workedeleven and one-half hours, and did allthat human effort could accomplish tohelp subdue the fierce tornado of flamethat swept that huge building. The menof the company have proved their capac-ity as firem
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