Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . 668 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. date. The judges reported that Engine 7 took suction from the river,and washed No. 2 in less than five minutes. After being washed, herbuilder, Mr. Van Ness, pronounced her in good condition. Bothengines played through four lengths of hose for nearly five being called they were started fairly, and during the first halfminute No. 2 was working 110 strokes, but on the tenth half minutehad lowered to 88 strokes. Engine 7 made 298 strokes during t
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . 668 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. date. The judges reported that Engine 7 took suction from the river,and washed No. 2 in less than five minutes. After being washed, herbuilder, Mr. Van Ness, pronounced her in good condition. Bothengines played through four lengths of hose for nearly five being called they were started fairly, and during the first halfminute No. 2 was working 110 strokes, but on the tenth half minutehad lowered to 88 strokes. Engine 7 made 298 strokes during thesecond , half minute, and maintained this stroke until the ninth halfminute, when No. 2 was declared washed. This match was playedat Fulton Ferry and was witnessed by fully two-thirds of the popula-tion of Brooklyn. In 1858, at the celebrated fire-engine match in Albany, EngineNo. 3, of Brooklyn, carried off the honors, and was declared to be the. champion hand-engine in the State. Later on she was challengedby Engine No. 31, of New York City, and Engine No. 4, of Lan-singburg, N. Y. Both of these engines were easily defeated by theBrooklyn boys. At the playing match, between Engines Nos. 1and 6, in 1850, when the order to cease was given, it was found thatNo. 1 had been beaten by six inches. This was discovered aftermeasuring the boxes of both engines. Many hundreds of dollars
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