. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . f Engineer Cornelius V. Andersonind Engineers Zophar Mills, Wells, Wilson, John Kenyon, Alfred Cai-son,Nm. A. Freeborn, George H. Rampen, George Kerr, and John T. Rollins,-iter he became president of t he Board of Fire Underwriters. At a fire in GrandStreet, near the Bowery, Mr. Miller rescued an old man (a German) from suf- ation. At the great fire of 1845 he discovered a fire in a large brick storagevarehouse m Stone Street. A line of hose was stretched through to the roof,id
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . f Engineer Cornelius V. Andersonind Engineers Zophar Mills, Wells, Wilson, John Kenyon, Alfred Cai-son,Nm. A. Freeborn, George H. Rampen, George Kerr, and John T. Rollins,-iter he became president of t he Board of Fire Underwriters. At a fire in GrandStreet, near the Bowery, Mr. Miller rescued an old man (a German) from suf- ation. At the great fire of 1845 he discovered a fire in a large brick storagevarehouse m Stone Street. A line of hose was stretched through to the roof,id at his direction Edwin Coe, of Hose Company 9, and a most daring man,vas placed in charge until water could be obtained. Finding the line all>rokeil up on account of the explosion and no water to be had. and fearing foroe s safety. Mr. Miller returned to the burning building, found it full of•moke, and Coe in the upper part unable to get out. Determining that Coehould not suffer alone, he crawled up the stairway through the blindingmoke, calling loudly for Coe, but received no answer. On reaching the third. .ioiin n. :. 43s on; FI HEM EN. story he found Coo nearly suffocated, and with difficulty pot him out of thebuilding ton place of safety. Soon after t his the building fell, a mass of burningruins. In 1850 he was elected President of the Board of Fire Wardens underthe new law. In \s:>~ Mr. Miller organized Adriatic Engine Company ,and was elected foreman. In 1859 he was one of the organizers of (. Hook and Ladder Company No. 10, and remained with her tillthe disbanding of the Department in 1805, after twenty-five years of activeservice. For the past thirty years Mr. Miller has been surveyor of the OldFiremens Insurance Company. When Mr. Miller resigned the office of assistant engineer on the ninth ofApril, 1851, owing to business arrangements, it was determined to presenthim with a testimonial. On January 12, 1852, the principal firemen of the
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