. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. eensteadfast in his allegiance to Engine , and is still with it as captain. He isa native of Ottawa, 111., and was bornJuly 17, 1850, and four years later cameto California. On April 15, 1879 hejoined Hose Company No. Sand became,in turn, assistant foreman and foremanof that company. The other members of the companyare, lieutenant, J. J. Kelly; engineer,Frank Crockett; driver, Maurice Bar-rett ; stoker, James Tyrell ; and , P. Canty and Wm. Matheson,hosemen. A few of the more important fires wereKrezs tannery,
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. eensteadfast in his allegiance to Engine , and is still with it as captain. He isa native of Ottawa, 111., and was bornJuly 17, 1850, and four years later cameto California. On April 15, 1879 hejoined Hose Company No. Sand became,in turn, assistant foreman and foremanof that company. The other members of the companyare, lieutenant, J. J. Kelly; engineer,Frank Crockett; driver, Maurice Bar-rett ; stoker, James Tyrell ; and , P. Canty and Wm. Matheson,hosemen. A few of the more important fires wereKrezs tannery, where Engine No. 20worked ten hours; Roth, Blum & Copacking house, thirty-six hours; andthe San Francisco Gas ImprovementCo., where a pile of coal was on fire atwhich Engine No. 20 worked three companys engine is a third classClapp & Jones. James J. Kelly was born in San Fran-cisco, Cal., January 4, 1869. He joinedthe Department August 16, 1895 ^shoseman of Engine No. 20, was pro-moted to assistant foreman and nowranks as lieutenant of Engine No. FRANK CROCKETT Frank Crockett, engineer of EngineNo. 29, born in Newark, N. J., in 1847,joined Department in 1877, and whilemachinist at Corporation Yard, he tookout the new water tower at the Wangen-heim fire. The walls caved in, wreckingthe Tower, and his bravery in stickingto his post of duty was commendedby all. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 217 .M^tS^T!^^,
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