Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . s in thisyear, when none of the up-town companies would go to the SecondDistrict on alarms of fire, which were then remarkably prevalentin that district, and where all were needed, No. 17 was solicitedto join them in opposition, or wait at the City Hall until all thecompanies came up, and then go down in a body. This the com-pany, through Mr. Wright, positively refused to do, but did as theywere wont to do, go wherever and whenever the bell directed,and the result was, they never were molested. Mr.
Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . s in thisyear, when none of the up-town companies would go to the SecondDistrict on alarms of fire, which were then remarkably prevalentin that district, and where all were needed, No. 17 was solicitedto join them in opposition, or wait at the City Hall until all thecompanies came up, and then go down in a body. This the com-pany, through Mr. Wright, positively refused to do, but did as theywere wont to do, go wherever and whenever the bell directed,and the result was, they never were molested. Mr. Wright nowresigned his position as foreman, and on October 5, 1854, was suc-ceeded by Mr. Sidney Larremore, who filled the office creditablyuntil October 4, 1855, when Mr. William Burrell was chosen fore- 638 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. man. The engine in use by the company at this time was rebuilin February, 1856, by Mr. James Smith, of New York, at a cost of$900, and in the year following was painted by Mr. Moriarty, ofNew York. Nothing of any importance occurred from the above. Charles B. Farley. date until the morning of April 14, 1857, when, at the burning ofthe Duffield mansion (a one-story building) on the north-west cornerof Duffield Street and Fulton Avenue, Assistant Engineer Vander-veer in charge, an accident occurred by the falling of a wall, whichresulted in the serious injury of Messrs. Charles H. Rogers andThomas P. Hopkins, the former so much so as to render amputationof the leg necessary, thereby totally incapacitating him for furtherduty. Mr. Rogers, during the year 1862, served as bell-ringer onthe City Hall tower. About this time, the number of active members having been lim-ited by the fire commissioners to sixty-five men, it was found neces-sary to form a separate organization of the exempt active members,which was done on the 25th of April, 1859, under the name and title ofthe Old Guard Association, and which a few years ago showed a rollof fi
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