Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . 692 Reminiscences of the Old Fire by the fire commissioners. The facts are as follows : While respond-ing to an alarm of fire, Engines Nos. 7 and 12 collided with eachother, while the latter came very near being overturned. The entireblame was placed upon theformer engine, and she wasordered to be placed in herhouse, tongue in. Each mem-ber was further ordered to paya fine of five dollars. An indignation meeting wasat once held by members ofthe aggrieved company, whopassed resolutions den
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . 692 Reminiscences of the Old Fire by the fire commissioners. The facts are as follows : While respond-ing to an alarm of fire, Engines Nos. 7 and 12 collided with eachother, while the latter came very near being overturned. The entireblame was placed upon theformer engine, and she wasordered to be placed in herhouse, tongue in. Each mem-ber was further ordered to paya fine of five dollars. An indignation meeting wasat once held by members ofthe aggrieved company, whopassed resolutions denouncingthe action of the commission-ers, and characterizing theiraction as a gross injustice, ancan unwarrantable assumptionof authority. The commis-sioners, at their next meeting,rescinded the order. The competition betweencompanies during the early days of the Williamsburgh Departmentwas so great as to lead to many serious affrays. This state of affairswas brought about by the eagerness of members of the differentcompanies to be first to stretch in at a fire. Some stringent measurehad to be necessarily adopted in order to insure a p
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