. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ity libra-rian, was clerk of the court at Jeffer-son Market, school trustee in theEighth Ward, and is now one of thedirectors of the Volunteer FiremensAssociation. In 1852 Thomas W. Constantinewas elected foreman, and was re-elected in 1853. In 1854 CharlesNeary became foreman. In 1856James Leonard was foreman. Heserved until 1858, when he was suc-ceeded by James Mc( ollough, whowas twice re-elected. He had in hiscommand P. Fitzgerald, MortimerSullivan, Bryan Gaughan, Edward Cop
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ity libra-rian, was clerk of the court at Jeffer-son Market, school trustee in theEighth Ward, and is now one of thedirectors of the Volunteer FiremensAssociation. In 1852 Thomas W. Constantinewas elected foreman, and was re-elected in 1853. In 1854 CharlesNeary became foreman. In 1856James Leonard was foreman. Heserved until 1858, when he was suc-ceeded by James Mc( ollough, whowas twice re-elected. He had in hiscommand P. Fitzgerald, MortimerSullivan, Bryan Gaughan, Edward Coppers, M. Tanneau, James Feeney, the old City Hall bell ringer; John and William Conner,Thomas Bowlan, and the Banks brothers, In 1861 Thomas Dunn waselected foreman, and in 1862 and 1863 Michael Fitzgerald was honored wit position. Patrick Garighan was the last foreman, and John McGowanthe last man to join the company. In 1864 the company moved to LeonardStreet into a new house, now occupied as a storehouse by the Fire Depart-ment. The popular name of the company was the White Ghost, which. HOUSE OF ENGINE NO. 21.[Temple Street between Cedar and Liberty Streets, 1865.] 600 O U R F 1 R K M E N. originated with Hie failure of the new engine before referred to, which wasdesigned to excel all others, but could not. The company was disbanded in1865. No. 22.—Phenix.—This company was organized in 1796 and located in asmall frame building in Georges (Market Sired) Slip. Thomas Drake wasthe first foreman, and Jacob Carpenter his assistant. The house was after-wards replaced by a brick building for the use of the company, which wasmostly composed of shipwrights and calkers, and who would turn out to analarm with their hands and clothes full of the tar they Lad been working floor of the engine house was generally covered with a coating of tartracked in by the members. James Scott was appointed an assistant engineerfrom this company in 1817, serving until 1
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