. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. 6, 1894, the original membersbeing: Foreman, James Grady; engin-eer; W. Welch; driver, J. J. McCarthy;stoker, E. P. Brennan; assistant fore-man, James Layden; hosemen, JamesKelly, James Dever, A. Hallett, JosephWoods, George McDonald, Frank Ken-ney, and A. Welch. The engine houseis a modern structure, built in 1893, ^^^refixed in 1869. hi all respects it is anup-to-date engine house. The appar-atus comprises a third class La Franceengine and a Graves hose wagon, carry-ing 750 feet of 2^-inch hose. It wasthe first house in
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. 6, 1894, the original membersbeing: Foreman, James Grady; engin-eer; W. Welch; driver, J. J. McCarthy;stoker, E. P. Brennan; assistant fore-man, James Layden; hosemen, JamesKelly, James Dever, A. Hallett, JosephWoods, George McDonald, Frank Ken-ney, and A. Welch. The engine houseis a modern structure, built in 1893, ^^^refixed in 1869. hi all respects it is anup-to-date engine house. The appar-atus comprises a third class La Franceengine and a Graves hose wagon, carry-ing 750 feet of 2^-inch hose. It wasthe first house in the Department wherethe three-horse hitch went into use. Thecompany turns out to all alarms throughthe Richmond district and the Bay, and from Laguna to Geary streets. Thereare eight men in the company. It hasrendered a good account of itself at allthe fires it has participated in, and hasalways been able to keep its end the Brannan-street fire the companylabored continuously for seven hours,and at the Baldwin fire for eight company has a good CAPT. JAMES LAVDEN The captain is James Layden, who hasbeen in the Department since April i,1886. He is a native of San Francisco,and was born August 13, 1863. He be-came foreman of Engine No. 23, January20, 1898, after several promotions, enter-ing Engine No. 15 as hoseman, and after-wards to assistant foreman of Engine , then to his present rank. The com-pany has the second-best record at theNorth Beach drill tower, i sec. The other members are : Lieutenant,Pat Barry; engineer, Chas. Hewitt;driver, J. J. McCarthy; stoker, W. ; hosemen, Geo. McDonald, , and Wm. F. Curran. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN Patrick Barry was born in Ireland andcame to this country when a mere with volunteers is 1864; joined paidDepartment in 1870 as call man; pro- W. J. Shields, born in San Francisco in1873, joined Department November 15,1894, as hoseman of Engine No. 23, andnow ranks as stoker of same
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