. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . was observed on thisoccasion. The engines were deserted, a ring was formed, and at it the gladia-tors went. In the midst of the fun the gigantic Gulick appeared upon thescene. He was the Chief Engineer. He settled the contest immediately. Ablow from his fist was like a kick from a horse. He sailed right in and scatteredthe ring and the fighters in a minute. No chief had ever so great a hold upon the firemen as James Gulick refer in the chapter upon fires to the refusal of
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . was observed on thisoccasion. The engines were deserted, a ring was formed, and at it the gladia-tors went. In the midst of the fun the gigantic Gulick appeared upon thescene. He was the Chief Engineer. He settled the contest immediately. Ablow from his fist was like a kick from a horse. He sailed right in and scatteredthe ring and the fighters in a minute. No chief had ever so great a hold upon the firemen as James Gulick refer in the chapter upon fires to the refusal of the men to work after thegreat tire of December, 1835, when the Common Council deposed him fromoffice. Here is another instance of the affection the boys had for him. It wasin the beginning of the same year, January 4, that a fire broke out in CentreStreet, adjoining the works of the New York Gas Company, which destroyedtwo houses. Against the gable end of one of the burning buildings a largenumber of barrels of resin were piled. The firemen worked diligently to save occurred in Pearl Street, near Maiden RACK FOR DRYING) LEATHER HOSE, 1840. 170 OUR FIREMEN. these by rolling- them into the street, and the night being intensely cold, someone kindled a small fire in the street with a part of the contents of a brokenbarrel, which the workmen employed by the gas company attempted toextinguish. They were warned by the llremen to desist, and a big. heavy fel-low, who insisted upon putting out the fire, was shoved away. Thereupon alarge number of his friends attacked the few firemen around the fire. Otherfiremen flew to the assistance of their comrades, and a regular tight laddies conquered. Gulick heard of the affair, and, hastening to the scene,exclaimed: What does all this shameful conduct mean at this moment?One of the workmen flew at him and struck him from behind over the headwith an iron bar. His (ire-cap, however, protected him from serious ning up
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