. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . been anxiouslypacing in front of theruins waiting for hisson to be brought Gallagher, ofEngine Company , was found pinned against a wall by a heavy safe, which had fallen fromthe floor above. Of poor Andy Schenck it is related thai when the alarm for the liresounded that night he was calling at the house of the young lady to whom hewas engaged to be married, and who earnestly urged him to stay. No,said he. after some hesitation, Ill go to this fire, and this is the
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . been anxiouslypacing in front of theruins waiting for hisson to be brought Gallagher, ofEngine Company , was found pinned against a wall by a heavy safe, which had fallen fromthe floor above. Of poor Andy Schenck it is related thai when the alarm for the liresounded that night he was calling at the house of the young lady to whom hewas engaged to be married, and who earnestly urged him to stay. No,said he. after some hesitation, Ill go to this fire, and this is the last fire Iwill go to. It was indeed his last, for there he found his grave. Amongthose who miraculously escaped being killed wereZophar Mills. Jacob Larrick,of Hook and Ladder No. 6, ex-Comptroller Brennan, then captain of theSixth Ward police : Chief Engineer Harry Howard, and Timothy L. West. The following are the names of the wounded: Matthew Gilligan, Engine 21;Hugh Hart. Engine 21 ; E. Gillespie, Engine 21 ; Patrick Feenev. Engine 21;Patrick Waters, Engine 21 ; John Newman, Engine 21; Joseph R. Wheeler,. O C \i VI \l K M EN. Hose 5; Charles Kratz, Hook and Ladder 11 ; Robert Brewster, Engine 6;Philip McHugh. Engine 1.); Charles Parks, Hose 25: Charles Daly, Engine20; Patrick Gorman, Engine 15; John J. Shaw, Hose 8 ; Hugh Gallagher,Hose 25; Timothy Shinley, Engine 1): Peter Curian, Engine 10; CharlesWheeler, Hose 25; Augustus Hoyt, Hose 10; William Basset, Hose 54;Thomas Flennan, Engine 15; John Lewis, Hose .1 : John Atkinson, Hose 49;William Moran. Engine 21. When the sad news was announced in the journals of the following day,thousands upon thousands congregated a round the ruins and at 1 he dead-housein the hospital yard to view the mangled remains of those brave hut unfor-tunate men. The firemen of Brooklyn, Jersey City and Newark held meetingsof sympathy, while in 1 he Common Council Alderman Blunt presented a seriesof resolutions upon the death of the firemen, and o
Size: 1506px × 1659px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidourfiremenhi, bookyear1887
