. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. bells and other manifestations of wel-come. Some of the companies, who,perhaps, did not take too kindly to theidea of being supplanted by a paid depart-ment, had bands in their engine-houses,which played solemn dirges as the lasthours drew near. The occasion of the going out of theold department furnished a fruitful textfor farewell odes, editorials and vale-dictory addresses, all bearing cheerfultestimony to the public spirit and pat-riotism of the Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, and to the splendid service it hadrendered to
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. bells and other manifestations of wel-come. Some of the companies, who,perhaps, did not take too kindly to theidea of being supplanted by a paid depart-ment, had bands in their engine-houses,which played solemn dirges as the lasthours drew near. The occasion of the going out of theold department furnished a fruitful textfor farewell odes, editorials and vale-dictory addresses, all bearing cheerfultestimony to the public spirit and pat-riotism of the Volunteer Fire Depart-ment, and to the splendid service it hadrendered to the city during its career. But some of the more lively and care-less spirits of the Old Vamps weredetermined that the career of their com-panies would not be closed without sig-nalizing the event in a way more agree-able to their tastes and inclinations, andaccordingly an alarm was sounded fromSixteenth and Folsom streets to give theold boys their last run with theirmachines. It was a false alarm, turnedin by some of the old boys themselves, 28 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN.
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