. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . and two hooks and eight ladders were purchasedat the public expense lor the use of the fire department. This system prevailed, with slight modifications, until the introduction ofthe hand engines from London. A law forthe better prevention of fire was published at the City Hall onNovember 18, 1731. After the customary ringing of three bells, anda proclamation had been made for silence, it provided for the appointing ofviewers of chimneys and hearths. to make monthly inspections;
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . and two hooks and eight ladders were purchasedat the public expense lor the use of the fire department. This system prevailed, with slight modifications, until the introduction ofthe hand engines from London. A law forthe better prevention of fire was published at the City Hall onNovember 18, 1731. After the customary ringing of three bells, anda proclamation had been made for silence, it provided for the appointing ofviewers of chimneys and hearths. to make monthly inspections; the fine ofthree shillings for neglecting the directions of the fire wardens,re-enactingtflfine of forty shillings for chimneys on fire, and estabishing a like fine for•viewers who should refuse to serve, and a fine of six shillings for neglectof duty; providing for the obtainment of hooks, ladders and buckets, and fireengines, to be kept in convenient places; for leather buckets to be kept in evenhouse; a penally for not possessing the required number of buckets, and afine for detaining other mens STREET LOTS, DUTCH PERIOD. QUE FIREMEN. (MIAITKI! LIT. THK K1KST HANI) KM JINKS. 1731-1782.—Introduction of Machines from London. Newshams Engine.—Formation of the First FireCompanies. Who the Original Fire Laddies were. Location of Stations. How the DepartmentForce Increased.—Terms of Privileges and Exemptions. Act of Incorporation. FT1HE year 1731 was the beginning of a memorable epocb in the history of1 New York and its famous Fire Department. Then came into use thenew hand fire engines. Then was laid the foundation of that gallant,emulous, and self-sacrificing body of volunteers, the record of whose deeds willread to posterity like an old romance. Just as the chronicles of the doughtyCrusaders touch the hearts of the youth of to-day, so will the history of theachievements of the old volunteer companies of the Empire City fire the bosomsof genera
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