. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . cheering that greeted atingle stalwart figure limping painfully along with the buff lire coat of old days upon hisback and the trumpet of his old command under his arm. And so with Big Six engine,refurbished and furnished with a new statue of liberty for the occasion, the old chief HarryHoward went by. Then came lire company after fire company, with decorated engines orhose carriages, and at last gave way to some veteran organizations and kindred nssoeial ions. When fifty of the
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . cheering that greeted atingle stalwart figure limping painfully along with the buff lire coat of old days upon hisback and the trumpet of his old command under his arm. And so with Big Six engine,refurbished and furnished with a new statue of liberty for the occasion, the old chief HarryHoward went by. Then came lire company after fire company, with decorated engines orhose carriages, and at last gave way to some veteran organizations and kindred nssoeial ions. When fifty of the boys in red shirts, black trousers turned up above the mud, and big firebats came trudging along, hauling an antiquated hand engine, the crowd cheered wildly, andthe fire laddies took lip the cry of Hi, hi, hi ! as they passed the President. The leaders of the line waved their big speaking trumpets, and tlio whole scene for the time was 01 f unrestrained joy on the part of the firemen and the crowd. The French visitors] contem-plated this demonstration with open-mouthed wonder. The faces of the old boys were a. THE UXiON (BUILT 1811.)[In the Bartholdi Parade.] study. Most of them wore their hair cropped close, and all of them looked robust. Therewere other old engines, and hose reels and hook and ladder trucks drawn by hand, usefulhere nowadays only as relics. Among the old masheens in the line was the Union,built in lsll, while a mouldy wreck of a hand pump, worked with cranks, and carried on afour-wheeled truck, was built in 1760, and looked every day of its age. The following- is a list of the firemen in the parade :VOLUNTEER FIREMENS ASSOCIATION.\* E. Bishop, Financial Secretary. Joseph S. Beer, Recording Secretary. Andrew L Brash, Merchant, George F. Loftus, Hatter, John J. Blair, John K. Costigan,John Quigg, Martin Senger, William F. Searing, Mills, ,hew Elliott, David Simpson, Edward Murray, John H. Noakes, I tennis Moloney. Fr
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