. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. EDWARD I. CHURCH was born in San Francisco in 1865, andjoined the department April i, 1894, ashoseman of No. 33 Engine, then trans-ferred to No. 27 Engine, in same with the Fire Patrol for four years. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN ENGINE COMPANIES 177 ENGINE COMPANY NO. I. Engine No. i is a pioneer of the de-partment, and went into service as oneof the six original engine companies onDecember 3, 1866. The original mem-bers of the company were: Foreman,W. O. T. Smith; engineer, Sam Rainey,. CAlT. JAS. J. CALLEN Jr. ; d
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. EDWARD I. CHURCH was born in San Francisco in 1865, andjoined the department April i, 1894, ashoseman of No. 33 Engine, then trans-ferred to No. 27 Engine, in same with the Fire Patrol for four years. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN ENGINE COMPANIES 177 ENGINE COMPANY NO. I. Engine No. i is a pioneer of the de-partment, and went into service as oneof the six original engine companies onDecember 3, 1866. The original mem-bers of the company were: Foreman,W. O. T. Smith; engineer, Sam Rainey,. CAlT. JAS. J. CALLEN Jr. ; driver, N. E. Waters; stoker, JohnDay; assistant foreman, J. Augustus;clerk, H. Hazeltine, Jr. ; extramen, J. , W. H. Godfrey, W. Smith, Theo-dore Brown, W. Brewer and O. S. Baker. The engine-house was built manyyears ago, and is comfortable and com-modious, having the usual dormitory andother rooms and conveniences. Thecompany has an American engine of thefirst class and a Holmes hose wagonwhich carries 750 feet of hose. Thereare five horses in the house. The dis-trict covered on a first alarm is on a linewith Bush street to the ferries and westto Mason street, then following Mason toCalifornia and the sea wall. With a fire record of nearly 315 years,it would be an unnecessary task to re- capitulate all the important fires EngineNo. I has battled with. In the earlydays it had to cover the remotest partsof the city. The members are : Captain,James J. Callen; lieutenant, E. J. Gillig;engineer, Thos. Kelly; driver, DanFarren; stoker, Joseph H. OBrien ;
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