. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. at danger, yet notwith-standing this, there has been no life lostamongst the members in the dischargeof their duties. This is a record thatreflects much credit upon Capt. Com-stock and his predecessor in office. OnApril 3d, 1883, several members of theFire Patrol had a close call at the PalaceHotel. Afi alarm came in at 1:53 P. that hotel and owing to the prox-imity of station i, the members of thatcompany had reached the scene of thealarm before any of the companies ofthe Fire Department got there. An ex-plosion of
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. at danger, yet notwith-standing this, there has been no life lostamongst the members in the dischargeof their duties. This is a record thatreflects much credit upon Capt. Com-stock and his predecessor in office. OnApril 3d, 1883, several members of theFire Patrol had a close call at the PalaceHotel. Afi alarm came in at 1:53 P. that hotel and owing to the prox-imity of station i, the members of thatcompany had reached the scene of thealarm before any of the companies ofthe Fire Department got there. An ex-plosion of gas had taken place, causedby the breaking of an eight inch gasmain in the basement. By some meansthe escaping gas had become ignited and the broken main was pouring out avolume of flame to its full by Captain Russell White andprovided with Babcock extinguishers,the patrolmen descended to the basementand soon extinguished the flame. Theescaping gas immediately filled the vaultsand drove the men out. A second ex-plosion occurred whilst some thirty men.
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