. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . BENJAMIN A. OICQUEL. 1)34 OUR JOIIN S. FISffER. modal was presented was the saving the lives of two women and two childrenat a fire in Montgomery Street on the morning of September jii. ihi>9. In1880 he made a thorough inspection of all the theaters in New York. At a fire on the corner of Cherry and Mont-gomery St reels, on .July IHH-I, whichbroke out about midnight, Chief Gicquelmounted a ladder to climb to the roof,and when he had reached the thirdstory, lost his
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . BENJAMIN A. OICQUEL. 1)34 OUR JOIIN S. FISffER. modal was presented was the saving the lives of two women and two childrenat a fire in Montgomery Street on the morning of September jii. ihi>9. In1880 he made a thorough inspection of all the theaters in New York. At a fire on the corner of Cherry and Mont-gomery St reels, on .July IHH-I, whichbroke out about midnight, Chief Gicquelmounted a ladder to climb to the roof,and when he had reached the thirdstory, lost his footing and fell to theground. He was in the hospital forthree months after this accident. On May 1,188G, Chief Gicquel left forEurope to study the Fire Departmentsof the chief cities. While in Paris hemet Henry I). Purrov. [resident of theFire Commissioners, and both wereroyally entertained by Col. A. C. Cous-ton, Chief of the Paris Fire Depart-ment. John S. Fisher, chief of battalion,New York Fire Department, joinedHook and Ladder Company No. 15 in185G, at that time located on ThirdStreet, near Avenue D, and subsequently became connected with Engin
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