Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . with the FireDepartments of New York and Brooklyn responded to allmy inquiries for information. I am particztlarly indebted,however, to my old friends, Martin J. Keese and CaptainFrancis J. Twomey, clerk to the Common Council of NewYork, and custodian of the valuable records of that city;and also to Mr. William P. Allen, chief clerk to the chiefof the New York Fire Department; to Charles Oscar Shay,chief of the New York Fire Department; First AssistantChief Hugh Bonner, of New York; and Commissione

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Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . with the FireDepartments of New York and Brooklyn responded to allmy inquiries for information. I am particztlarly indebted,however, to my old friends, Martin J. Keese and CaptainFrancis J. Twomey, clerk to the Common Council of NewYork, and custodian of the valuable records of that city;and also to Mr. William P. Allen, chief clerk to the chiefof the New York Fire Department; to Charles Oscar Shay,chief of the New York Fire Department; First AssistantChief Hugh Bonner, of New York; and CommissionerPoillon, Chief Nevins, and Mr. Thomas Heffran, of theBrooklyn Fire Department. The courtesies extended me by brother journalists ofNew York and Brooklyn during my labors, and especiallythose of my friends, William Fairfax Elliott, of the Times; Amos J. Cummings, of the Sun; EdwardA. Holmes, of the Sunday Dispatch; Peter F. Delaney,of the Sun; George Dobson, of the Brooklyn Eagle;Walter C. Quevedo, of the World; and John , of the World, will not readily be forgotten by THE

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