. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . nger to show their powers. In less than five minutes we hadNo. 13 boding over, and our suit of clothes was won. Then we let up. DavidT. Williams, afterward alderman of the Fourth Ward, was foreman of hen he saw that he was beaten he went into Fulton Market to hide his That was the kind of enthusiastic men there were in those our own engine also got washed once. It was at the time of the splitin No. 11 Company. There was a fire near Maiden Lane, and we had not adoz
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . nger to show their powers. In less than five minutes we hadNo. 13 boding over, and our suit of clothes was won. Then we let up. DavidT. Williams, afterward alderman of the Fourth Ward, was foreman of hen he saw that he was beaten he went into Fulton Market to hide his That was the kind of enthusiastic men there were in those our own engine also got washed once. It was at the time of the splitin No. 11 Company. There was a fire near Maiden Lane, and we had not adozen of our men left. No. 5 washed us. When I got to the engine I foundmy assistant foreman. William H. Baird. on top. shouting he would bet onehundred dollars they could not wash the engine again. Mr. Hoffmire orderedii. Baird refused and was dismissed. I saw that every one was dis-heartened. I went to work, planked up so as to make it easier for the men,got help, and said. If you will go to work, boys, we can take all the waterthey can give us. And so we did, although we were at it for three-quartersof an Ul.\M n. PURDY. 13 tea ra 424 OUR FIRE MEM. While I was foreman of No. Ill always managed to get the suction. Iwould oft<n take tin; engine apart to make suit; that everything was in goodcondition. 1 had made more experiments than any ot her lireinan on even went so far as to have a Large pair of cylinders put in, but 1 had totake them out and put the small regulation ones in, as the law required. Ourengine house was a kind of primitive place. Our seats were the lockers inwhich the wood was stored. When the boys wanted a spree they wouldgo to a hotel, generally the old Shakespeare in Fulton Street. When I!irst joined we used to go to Burrs place in Washington Market, not that Iever took anything stronger than a cigar, which may account for the goodhealth I enjoy to-day. Other rendezvous were Conklin Tituss, Dutch and AnnStreets, and Harry Ludlams. (Harry wa
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