. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . rens Department in Union Square. The splendid exhibit of the Volun-teer Fire Department was in the armory, against the east wall, of which itoccupied one-half the length, and was in charge of the following committee :William H. Wickham, chairman; Lawrence Taylor, A. J. Delatour, James 14 (MR FIREMKN. L. Miller, Josiah lledden. (. Godfrey Gunthcr. William M. Randell, SylvanmJ. Macy, John Grade, Alon/.o Slole. John Decker. .John \{. Ilatt. Itoherl Mc-(iiiinis. (harles MeDougall. K
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . rens Department in Union Square. The splendid exhibit of the Volun-teer Fire Department was in the armory, against the east wall, of which itoccupied one-half the length, and was in charge of the following committee :William H. Wickham, chairman; Lawrence Taylor, A. J. Delatour, James 14 (MR FIREMKN. L. Miller, Josiah lledden. (. Godfrey Gunthcr. William M. Randell, SylvanmJ. Macy, John Grade, Alon/.o Slole. John Decker. .John \{. Ilatt. Itoherl Mc-(iiiinis. (harles MeDougall. K. I). < iarcsche, Francis i I. Macy, George T. Ho|ie,linii-v W. Lane, James F. Wenman, X. If. Jarman, The opening address, made by General John A. Dix, placed the Fair in thehands of the. LadiesCommit lee, for whom Mr. Joseph H. Choate Fair lasted until the twenty-third of April, and netted one million onehundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and seventy-one dollars and ninety cents, the contri-but ion of t he VolunteerFire Department beingthirty t housand two bun-dled and liftv THE FIKKMANs MONU-MENT AT O KEEN WOOD. Several years havepassed since the NewYork Fire Departmentbought a handsome loton Tulip Hill, Greenwood(einetery. for the inter-ment and commemora-tion of those who hadlost their lives in the dis-charge of .a laborious,and often perilous spot selected is oneof the finest in thecountry. The FiremansMonument is a p3Tamidalcolumn of marble, restingon a massive pedestal ofthe same material, witha granite base fireman on its sum-mit is a well-executedfigure. One arm sur-rounds and supports a child, just rescued from the flames, which still pursue it, His right handholds a trumpet. The attitude is spirited, and the general effect very four of tbe pilasters of the pedestal, and upon its upper surface, appearsvarious representations in relief, or in full, of implements and articles apper-taining to the firemans
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