. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. HUGH QUINN Hugh Quinn was born in Ireland, De-cember 24, 1840. Came to the UnitedStates in 1855. Joined department Janu-ary I, 1873, as truckman of Truck No. i,and has served for 27 years with them. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN i6i TRUCK COMPANY NO. 2. Truck Company No. 2 is one of theoriginal hook and ladder companies andwent into service December 3, first members of the Company were,foreman, A. Bourgeoise; driver, J. ; tilierman, M. Phillipe; assistantforeman, E. Tappaine; clerk, F. Gamier;truckmen, I. Gillett,
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. HUGH QUINN Hugh Quinn was born in Ireland, De-cember 24, 1840. Came to the UnitedStates in 1855. Joined department Janu-ary I, 1873, as truckman of Truck No. i,and has served for 27 years with them. SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN i6i TRUCK COMPANY NO. 2. Truck Company No. 2 is one of theoriginal hook and ladder companies andwent into service December 3, first members of the Company were,foreman, A. Bourgeoise; driver, J. ; tilierman, M. Phillipe; assistantforeman, E. Tappaine; clerk, F. Gamier;truckmen, I. Gillett, A. Berson, E. Herte-man, 1, Maisson, P. Gibbon, H. Duc-rochet, O. Leroux, P. Quintal, S. Mistre,L. CAPT. JOHN DRYER The company at present comprisestwelve men, John Dryer being Cap-tain. He is a native son and wasborn in San Francisco, March 20, joined the Fire Department JuneI, 1894, as stoker of Engine No. 2,but was immediately transferred to En-gine No. 5 as driver. Later he becameforeman of Truck No. 6, and was after- Florence; truckmen, Frank Cummings,W. E. Gallatin, Joseph Wolf, RinaldoCuneo, Frank Kruse, John Crosby, Heffeman and James Corwell. The record of the company as fire-fighters is second to none. Of recentfires it did thirteen and one half hoursduty at the Baldwin and eleven hours atMiller, Sloss and Scott. At the formerfire Truck No, 2 rescued three womenfrom the Cupola of the burning buildingand carried them safely down to terrafirma. These women were in a positionof great danger and beyond the reach ofthe fire escapes, and would inevitablyhave perished but for the timely andeffective aid of Truck No. 2. The company has a remodelled HayesTruck and it
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