Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ity, and with characteristic daring and gal-lantry, rushed into the building and up to the roof, where he tore theensign from its pole. Wrapping it about his body, he descended thestairway of the hotel, and had nearly reached the main corridor, whenJames W. Jackson, the proprietor of the hotel, discharged the con-tents of a gun into Ellsworths left breast, killing the brave fellowinstantly. Corporal Brownell revenged his colonels death by shoot-ing Jackson dead on the spot. Noah L. Farnham, better
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . ity, and with characteristic daring and gal-lantry, rushed into the building and up to the roof, where he tore theensign from its pole. Wrapping it about his body, he descended thestairway of the hotel, and had nearly reached the main corridor, whenJames W. Jackson, the proprietor of the hotel, discharged the con-tents of a gun into Ellsworths left breast, killing the brave fellowinstantly. Corporal Brownell revenged his colonels death by shoot-ing Jackson dead on the spot. Noah L. Farnham, better known as Pony Farnham, who atone time was a member of 42 engine, and subsequently foreman of 148 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. Hook and Ladder No. 1 and an assistant engineer of the Department,succeeded to the command of the regiment. At the battle of BullRun, Colonel Farnham was wounded severely, from the effects ofwhich he died in the hospital at Washington. Many funny stories are told of the Pet Lambs, as the Zouaveswere nicknamed. One, both good and true, is this: On their first. Colonel Noah L. Farnham. arrival at Washington, the Lambs, of course, immediately inspectedthe fire-quenching apparatus of the city. It was so inferior totheir own superb facilities for combating the destructive element,that it excited their derision, while the management of the first firewhich they witnessed brought forth contemptuous groans. Shortlyafterward, a conflagration broke out which threatened Willards, atthat time the great hotel of Washington. Despairing of conquer-ing it, the city authorities sent for assistance to the Fire Zouaves,then quartered in the old Capitol.
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