. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. risoner out for a walk, ODon-nell, knowing he meant to escape, re-fused to honor it. By ignoring this orderhe lost his position, but when the pris-oner escaped from his successor he the sheriff, who acknowl-edged his error, it was typical of theold fireman that he left his position ratherthan do a thing that he knew was wrong. JAMES OCALLAGHAN. Captain James OCallaghan of Brod-erick Engine No. i, of the Exempt FireCompany, was a well-known Pioneerand, from the time of his arrival in Cali-fornia in 1849, wa
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. risoner out for a walk, ODon-nell, knowing he meant to escape, re-fused to honor it. By ignoring this orderhe lost his position, but when the pris-oner escaped from his successor he the sheriff, who acknowl-edged his error, it was typical of theold fireman that he left his position ratherthan do a thing that he knew was wrong. JAMES OCALLAGHAN. Captain James OCallaghan of Brod-erick Engine No. i, of the Exempt FireCompany, was a well-known Pioneerand, from the time of his arrival in Cali-fornia in 1849, was prominently identi-fied with the growth and advancementof our city, both politically and commer-cially. At the outbreak of the Mexican war,Captain OCallaghan, then a resident ofBrooklyn, New York, was in commandof a company in the regiment of the NewYork State militia. The regiment vol-unteered its services and was just about SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN log to be mustered in and sent to Mexicowhen the news came of General Scottsvictories and the cessation of JAMES OCALLAGHAN About this time Fremonts glowing de-scriptions of the climate and scenery ofCalifornia, which appeared in the NewYork papers, decided him to try his for-tune in that then far away country. To-gether with several other business menof New York he formed a company, pur-chased and fitted out the ship Flavius,and on March i6, 1849, sailed from NewYork for the Golden Gate. Safelyrounding Cape Horn anchor was droppedin San Francisco Bay on September 16,1849, the voyage having lasted exactlysix months. Proceeding to the minesCaptain OCallaghan mined during thewinter of 49-50 with success on theFeather river. He then returned to SanFrancisco and engaged in the business ofbuying and selling real estate, which,owing to the rapid growth of the young city, offered wonderful opportunities forprofitable investment. In 1852, he was elected assessor of thecity of San Francisco, and in the follow-ing year was re-el
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