. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ap with liis assist-ant, on to the platform, and to hold on for dear life. The driver secures him-self on the box by st raps, v\ ii houl which he could not keep his scat. Alarm orno alarm, the men are always ready and in habitual suspense. The constantwatching1 and waiting take the edge off their capacity for surprise. Tin y are mechanically re-sponsive to the strokeas the weight whichreleases the halters ofthe horses. No matterin which quarter of thecity a lire is, 1 he alarmis
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ap with liis assist-ant, on to the platform, and to hold on for dear life. The driver secures him-self on the box by st raps, v\ ii houl which he could not keep his scat. Alarm orno alarm, the men are always ready and in habitual suspense. The constantwatching1 and waiting take the edge off their capacity for surprise. Tin y are mechanically re-sponsive to the strokeas the weight whichreleases the halters ofthe horses. No matterin which quarter of thecity a lire is, 1 he alarmis sent to every stalionhouse, and at the lirststroke of the hell everycompany is required toprepare for action. Thecompletion of the signalmay show that onlyabout one-tenth of thecompanies in the cityare required, hut therest are ready to dashout of the station whilethe gong is still ham-mering and vibratingthe last note of the sig-nal. It is because thehorses see so little ofoutdoor life that theydisplay so much activitywhen an alarm is sound-ed, and put all their>t rengt h inlo t heir of a com-. KXTIXUUISHIXU TOOLS. [1, Combinatiou distributor ami controlling nozzle on pipe: 2. Distributorfor cellars, roofs and shipping : 3, Distributor with extension pipe : 4, Base- \ment pipe: o. Danger lla? for Elevated R. R.; 6, Calcium light with tanks and appliances ; i. Danger lamp for Elevated R. R.;8, Hay fork ; !», Ordinary nv. woc nrxnc ojalroH hook; 10, Extinguisher: 11, Shovel ; 12, Bucket; 13. Cellar and subcellar pipe iM tls om,e cisivcu with attachments ; 14, Roof rope ; 15, Hose and ladder hoister for roofs, win- ,,-|,,- if mwcci w tr» dow sills, wells, etc.: IB, Respirator bag; 17, Bellows for charging; IS, Life u -N 11 ah LUline ; 19, Danger whistle: 20, Lye protectors. ] l;, 1 f er them at all when they were so intelligent in the performance of their duties. Bless you, heanswered, theyd play tricks on us if we didnt tie em up. Theres a fellow,he added, poi
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