. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . counted the district with his fingers, and a moment or twoafterwards died. Peter N. Cornwell was every inch a fireman. He knew how to obey andhow to command and to see that his commands were obeyed: and tofight and conquer a fire, always having due regard for the welfare ofthose who served under him. never ordering a man to take a risk thathe would not readily take himself. In early life he joined Eagle Hookand Ladder Company No. 4, and in time was elected assistant foreman,in w
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . counted the district with his fingers, and a moment or twoafterwards died. Peter N. Cornwell was every inch a fireman. He knew how to obey andhow to command and to see that his commands were obeyed: and tofight and conquer a fire, always having due regard for the welfare ofthose who served under him. never ordering a man to take a risk thathe would not readily take himself. In early life he joined Eagle Hookand Ladder Company No. 4, and in time was elected assistant foreman,in which office he served two years and a half , when he was elected foreman,and also served two years and a half in that position, when he resigned andcould not be prevailed upon to serve any longer, as he wished to give the boysa chance to go up ahead. After his resignation the company presentedhim with a silver trumpet as a token of their esteem, and also electedhim representative. While a member and officer he aided greatly to achieveand maintain for the company the reputation of being the quickest and hardest. 414 OUR FI REM EN. working liuck company in the city. In 1S53 lie was elected an assistant engi-neer, in which oilier he served many years. He was several times injuredand had many hair-breadth escapes at fires. He was prominent as a FireInsurance Surveyor and was General Surveyor of the New York Board ofFire Underwriters. He died August 7, 1875, at the age of forty-five services were held at his residence and also at the church in SecondAvenue, corner One Hundred and Nineteenth Street, and were attended bythe Masonic fraternity, members of the Volunteer Fire Department, manygentlemen prominent in insurance circles, and a large number of the residentsof Ha rlem. John M. Bennett, one of the oldest living members of the Old Department,joined Protection Engine No. 5, of which Wilson Small was then foreman, in1835, and served with her during the great fire of t
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