. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . stoker, and assistant engineer, and was finally promoted to be assistant foreman toEngine Company No. 23, September \,1SG!). He was made foreman on Feb-ruary 1, 1873, and assigned to EngineCompany No. 32. Two years later,on September 25, he was promoted tochief of battalion, and assigned to theSixtli. John J. Bresxax, chief of the SixthBattalion, was a member of FultonEngine Company No. 21 in the Volun-teer Department. He was appointed amember of the Metropolitan Fire De-partmen


. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . stoker, and assistant engineer, and was finally promoted to be assistant foreman toEngine Company No. 23, September \,1SG!). He was made foreman on Feb-ruary 1, 1873, and assigned to EngineCompany No. 32. Two years later,on September 25, he was promoted tochief of battalion, and assigned to theSixtli. John J. Bresxax, chief of the SixthBattalion, was a member of FultonEngine Company No. 21 in the Volun-teer Department. He was appointed amember of the Metropolitan Fire De-partment on October 20, 1865, andassigned to Engine No. 31. Promotedto be assistant engineer of EngineNo. 12 on February 1, 1870. On July1. 1870, he was promoted to the rankof assistant foreman, and transferredto Engine Company No. G. He alsoserved for a short time in Engine Companies Nos. 13 and 20. March 1, 1873,he was appointed foreman of Engine Company No. 33. He commanded thiscompany until February I, 1SS0, when he was appointed chief of the SixthBattalion, with headquarters in the house of Hook and Ladder No. .JOHN .1. BKESNAN. 936 OlR K I li K M K N.


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