Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . lon, the notedhost of the Ivy Green, in Elm Street, was one of the most prominent. No. 33 was in Gouverneur Street in 1820. Barnard Smith was foreman, and Davidand Jacob G. Theall were members. No. 34 was located in Christopher and Grove streets in 1824. Abraham was foreman at that time. James B. Mingay joined her in 1836. Charles Short 455 Miller, now foreman of the corporation yard i:her and also her foreman in Brodericks time. No. 35 was a Harlem company. She waLater on, the boys were in
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . lon, the notedhost of the Ivy Green, in Elm Street, was one of the most prominent. No. 33 was in Gouverneur Street in 1820. Barnard Smith was foreman, and Davidand Jacob G. Theall were members. No. 34 was located in Christopher and Grove streets in 1824. Abraham was foreman at that time. James B. Mingay joined her in 1836. Charles Short 455 Miller, now foreman of the corporation yard i:her and also her foreman in Brodericks time. No. 35 was a Harlem company. She waLater on, the boys were in the habit of going o^to borrow a game-cock or a black-and-tan pup. Gansevoort Street, was a m< located in Third Avenue in 1823.;r to Wards Island when they wantedWilliam Healy, one of her members, ; the head baker there. He famous for the porter-house steaks that he No. 36 was in Varick Street, near Van dam Street, in 37 was organized in 1853, and was located in Fifty-ninth Street, neaAvenue. No. 38 was located at the grounds of the old House of Refuge in was ,5€^;gipi!iiiaii^ No. 39 was located in Vesey Street in 1820. George F. and Charles W. Merkle,also A. H. and Samuel R. Moverick, were members of her in the thirties. She wasnicknamed Skiver, her members being for the most part butcher boys. John Lord,who kept the Ivy Green, in Elm Street, back of the Tombs, was one of her ablestchampions, and preserved her guide colors for many years. Jimmy Nesbit, who was aregular habitue- of the Ivy Green, was also one of her defenders. No. 40 was in Mulberry Street, near Broome Street, in 1822. Jim Bard, the brass-founder, and ex-alderman of the Fourteenth Ward, was her foreman after she wasreorganized, and ran from Schencks machine-shop in Howard Street, near CentreStreet. She was then a little white goose-neck engine. No. 41 was in Attorney Street, near Delancey Street, in ^25. No. 42 was in Roosevelt Street, near Cherry Street, in 1823. Benjamin H.
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