. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ngton Smith, and Theodore Keeler became sur-veyor. When Coger retired, Craig was appointed surveyor of the NationalInsurance Company, and was also selected as captain of the Fire Patrol, andserved on alternate nights with Captain Samuel Smith. This was in the erabefore horses, wagons, and automatic valves, when the men pulled a cart con-taining the covers, etc., and rolled her on many a still alarm, and had livelyraces with the fire companies. There was no electricity in those d
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ngton Smith, and Theodore Keeler became sur-veyor. When Coger retired, Craig was appointed surveyor of the NationalInsurance Company, and was also selected as captain of the Fire Patrol, andserved on alternate nights with Captain Samuel Smith. This was in the erabefore horses, wagons, and automatic valves, when the men pulled a cart con-taining the covers, etc., and rolled her on many a still alarm, and had livelyraces with the fire companies. There was no electricity in those days, but themen went as if they had it in their boots. They were quick, hard-workingfellows, without discount. Smith w-as a member of the Volunteer FireDepartment, an active, energetic worker, and was the surveyor of the NiagaraFire Insurance Company, and also of the Empire City Fire Insurance Com-pany. Craig was also appointed surveyor of the Citizens Fire InsuranceCompany, and, although he now carries a cane in his daily business walks, hewas a lively and hardworking man in the Fire Department and on the Fire. Ol K K I If K M K N
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