Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ldren had been dug outby the firemen. Mr. Bricesefforts to save life and prop-erty on this occasion deservesmore than passing notice. When ex-Chief Deckercalled the old vamps to-gether at Military Hall forthe purpose of having themparticipate in the parade onCharles Brice. Evacuation Day, 1883, Mr. Brice interested himself on the occasion, and on the day of theprocession he, as foreman, headed seventy-five men, who draggedbehind them a hose-carriage, with the original panels of old 42hose-carriage
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ldren had been dug outby the firemen. Mr. Bricesefforts to save life and prop-erty on this occasion deservesmore than passing notice. When ex-Chief Deckercalled the old vamps to-gether at Military Hall forthe purpose of having themparticipate in the parade onCharles Brice. Evacuation Day, 1883, Mr. Brice interested himself on the occasion, and on the day of theprocession he, as foreman, headed seventy-five men, who draggedbehind them a hose-carriage, with the original panels of old 42hose-carriage in her sides ; the whole was preceded by a full bandof music, and the old members of 42 Hose seemed as young andspry as in the days when they used to pass a hose-cart or a hose-cart used to pass them. The latter was not of frequent occur-rence, however. After the Volunteer Firemens Association had beenorganized, Mr. Brice was elected a member, and subsequently be-came a member of the Board of Directors, to fill a vacancy. A wiseselection was made when he was appointed one of the committee to. Short Biographies. 4< revise the by-laws. He was a member of the ball committee whenthe Association gave their first ball at the Metropolitan Opera House,on February 10, 1885, and he did much toward making the affair asuccess. At the recent election for officers of the Association, was elected second vice-president, and later on was chosenpresident of the Board of Directors. Quiet, unassuming, and courte-ous, Mr. Brice is very popular, and had he embraced politics he wouldundoubtedly have been as successful as his brother John. John Buckbee needs no introduction to my readers. His popu-larity extends to the poor mans cottage as well as to the rich mansmansion. He was born on the 29th of December, 1831, in the oldThirteenth Ward of New York, and at an early age joined 6 acquired a practical public school education, Mr. Buckbee be-came apprenticed to the plumbers tr
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