. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. MAURICE HIGGINS Maurice Higgins born in Dublin, Ire-land, in 1869, joined the Departmentin 1896 as hoseman, now ranks as driverof Chemical Engine Company No. 3 CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4- Chemical Engine Company No. 4went into service in 1893. It is locatedat 451 McAllister street. The house hasbeen built with a provident regard forthe future, and is made to accommodatea fire engine with hose wagon and ap-paratus. Some day an engine companywill be duly installed in the vacant quar-ters intended for such use. The househa
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. MAURICE HIGGINS Maurice Higgins born in Dublin, Ire-land, in 1869, joined the Departmentin 1896 as hoseman, now ranks as driverof Chemical Engine Company No. 3 CHEMICAL ENGINE COMPANY NO. 4- Chemical Engine Company No. 4went into service in 1893. It is locatedat 451 McAllister street. The house hasbeen built with a provident regard forthe future, and is made to accommodatea fire engine with hose wagon and ap-paratus. Some day an engine companywill be duly installed in the vacant quar-ters intended for such use. The househas two dormitories—one for the mem-. CAPT. JAMES P. BRITT bers of Chemical Engine Company and the other available for use by anengine company when such a companyshall be organized. Chemical Engine Company No. 4 wasoriginally stationed in the house of En-gine Company No. 15 at 2114 Californiastreet, and its first members were CharlesHewitt, engineer; John Phelan, stoker ;Thomas McGovern, driver, and WilliamHunt, steward. It has a Champion double-sixty, with a two-horse first alarm it takes in the district ly-ing between Ellis and Jones streets,Guerrero and Thirteenth, McAllister and SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 153 Pierce, Ellis and Mason, and Bush andPolk streets. Chemical Engine CompanyNo. 4 has been at and engaged in all tiresin that district for the last seven has also done duty at other importantconflagrations on a second and thirdalarm, notably the Baldwin Hotel Captain is James P. Britt, who hasbeen a member of the department since1886. He was a hoseman on the old fire-boat Governor Irwin,
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