. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . the line, and the miner kept his word by r k k 1 1: !•: m k n. • uitintr liim to death. Robert H. Ellis, who was afterwards President of thetoard of Fire Commissioners, joined lliis company in 1847. Franklin Water-Hirv. afterwards captain of the Insurance Patrol, became foreman of the corn-any in 1852. Adam I. Pentz, who was Treasurer of the Fire Departmentfund for four years, President of the Fire Department for five years, andSecretary of the Firemans Ball Committee, was a mem
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . the line, and the miner kept his word by r k k 1 1: !•: m k n. • uitintr liim to death. Robert H. Ellis, who was afterwards President of thetoard of Fire Commissioners, joined lliis company in 1847. Franklin Water-Hirv. afterwards captain of the Insurance Patrol, became foreman of the corn-any in 1852. Adam I. Pentz, who was Treasurer of the Fire Departmentfund for four years, President of the Fire Department for five years, andSecretary of the Firemans Ball Committee, was a member of this company, asveremany of the solid Quaker residents of the Seventh Ward, all of them•ring men of standing and eliaraeter. On February 14. 1853, Delancey W. Knevals was elected foreman, and onlie same night John F. Sloper was presented with a handsome fire cap as aoken of appreciation of Ins meritorious services as pipeman. Knevals held the?Hire of foreman for several years and was followed by Edward J. Knight, in859, in which year the company abandoned their double deck engine for a. EXCELSIOR ENGINE NO. 2.[Organized January 16, 1846.] Shanghai style of apparat us built by James Smith. This engine carried a mag-ntieent signal lamp that cost one hundred and fifty dollars, and was claimed toK3 the handsomest in the Department at the time. On Knight s retirement fromhe office of foreman. Delancey \V. Knevals was recalled to that position again,erving two years. It was during this second term of his service that theoinpany. in 1861, received a new steam engine built by the Amoskeag Com->any of New Hampshire. He was succeeded by John McDermott. Robert succeeded McDermott and was the last foreman of the company. While proceeding to a fire one night in ;4, a stranger who was pullingmi the rope was run over and killed instantly. The company took charge oflie body and buried it at their own expense, holding the funeral services athe engine bouse. It was
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