. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . LOCK ON DOOR, FOOT OF STAIRS OF THE BURNT BROOKLYN THEATRE. Dr. A. J. Minor, medical officer, resigned in January, 1877, and wassucceeded by Vice Medical Officer L. F. Ives, whose position was accepted byDr. Pierre C. F. Des Landes. The cutting down of the estimates necessitatedthe creation of the rank of private, at $800 a year for new appointees. March28th, Mr. C. De F. Burns, Librarian of the Lyceum, was appointed Assistant. ill R FIR E MEN. 867 Secretary. The recommendations
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . LOCK ON DOOR, FOOT OF STAIRS OF THE BURNT BROOKLYN THEATRE. Dr. A. J. Minor, medical officer, resigned in January, 1877, and wassucceeded by Vice Medical Officer L. F. Ives, whose position was accepted byDr. Pierre C. F. Des Landes. The cutting down of the estimates necessitatedthe creation of the rank of private, at $800 a year for new appointees. March28th, Mr. C. De F. Burns, Librarian of the Lyceum, was appointed Assistant. ill R FIR E MEN. 867 Secretary. The recommendations to managers of places of public, amusementiot having been generally complied with, tin Board directed the delinquentso procure proper means for extinguishing and preventing lires withoutlelav, by virtue of the power given them in Section 5, Chapter 742, of the,;iws of 1871, and persisted until they were obeyed. John J. Gorman, nominated by Mayor Smith Ely, Jr., was confirmedJanuary 3d to succeed Judge Hatch. Mr. Kinir was elected President, and Gorman Treasurer. Mr. JohnJ. Gorman is a native typeof the self-made New was born in this cityOctober 3, 1828, and educatedin Public School No. 3, cornerof Grove and Hudson the age of eighteen hebecame a member of theVolunteer Fire Department(May 12, 1846), and fromthat date was a prominentmember in several compa-nies. At the disbandmentof the Volunteer Fire De-partment he was foreman ofExempt Fire Engine Com-pany. Few men now living canpoint to a record of greateractivity
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