. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . on on September 12, 1884. Peter H. Short was a member ofthe Albany Fire Department from 1S72to 1874. He came to this city in 1875,and was appointed a member of thisDepartment on MaA 1, 1875; he waspromoted assistant foreman on June 1,1880, and foreman April 18, 1883, andchief of batallion on August 1, Short has a record of which hemight well be proud. On February 21,1885, at a fire in Nos. 1G and 18 Wil-liam Street, and Nos. 57, 59 and 61Beaver Street, Chief Short, th
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . on on September 12, 1884. Peter H. Short was a member ofthe Albany Fire Department from 1S72to 1874. He came to this city in 1875,and was appointed a member of thisDepartment on MaA 1, 1875; he waspromoted assistant foreman on June 1,1880, and foreman April 18, 1883, andchief of batallion on August 1, Short has a record of which hemight well be proud. On February 21,1885, at a fire in Nos. 1G and 18 Wil-liam Street, and Nos. 57, 59 and 61Beaver Street, Chief Short, then fore-man of Hook and Ladder No. I, withthe assistance of firemen Furman, King,Cottrell, Lynch, Clarke and Lyons, res- John j. cashhah. cued at great personal risk, Mr. and Mrs. Jaede, their daughter, and JosephineKraft and Mary Leary. Six persons lost their lives at this fire, and one personwas injured. For this act he was presented with the Bennett Medal, and aresolution was presented to the Board of Fire Commissioners asking for hispromotion. This resolution was signed by the leading insurance and business. OI K F I U K M E N. men of this city. On April 18, L886, with the assistance of Bremen Larkin andTompkins. Chief Shorl rescued, al groat persona] risk, Mrs. Hannah Riley andher three children, from the fourth floor of the burning1 building, No. 89Mulberry Street. The late Francis Mahkdy was bornin this city in 1839. He joined theVolunteer FireDepartment in 18.~> became foreman of EngineCompany No. :il,and served until thebreaking out of the war, when he en-listed in the army. On his return again resumed command ofNO. 31. He served with this companyuntil the disbandment of the Depart-ment . He was appointed a member ofthe Paid Department in 1ST0, and as-signed to Engine Company No. !]; hewas promoted assistant foreman, andtransferred to Engine Company No. assistant foreman of this com-pany, ho was buried for four hours ;iia tire whic
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