. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . CITY HALT,, WALL STREET. dorsums. On the twenty-eighth of February there was published a list ofarsons that had noe chimneys, or not fitt to keepe fire in, and an order wasssned by the mayor and aldermen calling upon these delinquents to causemutable chimneys to be built without delay. In January of the following yearJohn Dooly and John Vorrickson Meyer were appointed to inspect all the. PLAN OF CITY HALL. chimneys and fire hearths in the city, and on the fifteenth of March, 168
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . CITY HALT,, WALL STREET. dorsums. On the twenty-eighth of February there was published a list ofarsons that had noe chimneys, or not fitt to keepe fire in, and an order wasssned by the mayor and aldermen calling upon these delinquents to causemutable chimneys to be built without delay. In January of the following yearJohn Dooly and John Vorrickson Meyer were appointed to inspect all the. PLAN OF CITY HALL. chimneys and fire hearths in the city, and on the fifteenth of March, 1683, alaw was enacted empowering the appointment of viewers and searchers (firewardens) of chimneys and fire hearths, to report to the mayor and aldermen,, who could impose a fine not exceeding twenty shillings for each default; pro-hibiting the laying of straw, hay, or other combustible matter in their dwelling 1H OUR FIREMEN. houses, or places adjoining1 the s;i but at a distance from their houses ;ind the streets; and providing for hooks, ladders, and buckets, to be kept in conve-nient places;1 and, further, that if any person should suffer his chimney tobe on fire he should pay the sum of fifteen shillings. On the ninth of September following, the mayor, aldermen, and common-ally of the city, petitioned the governor to confirm unto them the severalancient customs, privileges, and immunities granted by the former governorof the province, Col. Richard Nicolls, 1G6T>, who incorporated the inh
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