. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . it. Among the original members the name of James Y. Watkins. Sr.,stands prominent; he was an old fireman, having been a member of Engine Com-panies 21 and 14 ; he was also a trustee of the Fire Department Fund, servingfaithfully from 1853 until the time of his death in period of thirty A. Burr was also prominent in the department, serving as treasurer ofthe fund, and chairman of the Firemens Ball Committee. The Watkinsfamily were well represented in this com
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . it. Among the original members the name of James Y. Watkins. Sr.,stands prominent; he was an old fireman, having been a member of Engine Com-panies 21 and 14 ; he was also a trustee of the Fire Department Fund, servingfaithfully from 1853 until the time of his death in period of thirty A. Burr was also prominent in the department, serving as treasurer ofthe fund, and chairman of the Firemens Ball Committee. The Watkinsfamily were well represented in this company. James mentioned above,and James \ .. Jr., the assistant foreman, were well known members of HoseCompany No. 10, Engine Company 42, and the Exempt Engine. Anothermember of the family, John (_)., served his time in this company. Two othermembers of No. 50, John Feeney and Matthew Stewart, served in the SecondFire Zouaves. Both of them were honorably mentioned. Captain Feeneywas severely wounded. No. 50 remained in the department until the end, andand was always known as a quiet, duty-doing OLD JAIL.[City Hall Park ] J C74 or \{ F I K E M K X. No. 51.—Relief.—(targanized September I, 1852; located in Fiftieth Streeinear Second Avenue, and went out of Bervice in 1 .^*;.>. Anions its memberswere John IS. Flagler, foreman: Thomas Harrison, assistanl foreman; , Stephen McCoy, Henry Brickall, John Johnson, William Duane, andJames Dorsey. No. 52.—UlTDINB.—Was organized October 27, 1851, by John T. Rollins,from old 8 Hose, and who was assistanl engineer in 1840. Wrighl Seaman,Jordan L. Mott, George H. E. Lynch (who was afterwards foreman), andothers of Harlem. They located in One Hundred and Twenty-second Streeton the north side, between Second and Third Avenues, and continued in thesame local ion until organized as Engine Company 52. They received a newcarriage the year following their organization, and in 185G received the car-riage that the
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