. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . s a member of Eagle Engine Company No. 1:5,but 32 was in his ward, and, of course, he took a lively interest in the was for many years secretary of the Firemens Insurance Company, ofwhich John B. Miller is the surveyor. This company has had but two survey-ors in sixty-one years. Pine Hopkins, a member of Chatham Engine Com-pany No. 2, was the first surveyor, and he filled the office for over thirtyyears: after his death. John B. Miller, who was the surveyor of the Hanove
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . s a member of Eagle Engine Company No. 1:5,but 32 was in his ward, and, of course, he took a lively interest in the was for many years secretary of the Firemens Insurance Company, ofwhich John B. Miller is the surveyor. This company has had but two survey-ors in sixty-one years. Pine Hopkins, a member of Chatham Engine Com-pany No. 2, was the first surveyor, and he filled the office for over thirtyyears: after his death. John B. Miller, who was the surveyor of the HanoverInsurance Company, succeeded him, and he also has occupied that position forover thirty years. Mr. John F. Halsted, an old and respected member of theBrooklyn Volunteer Fire Department, is now, and has been for a number ofyears, president of the company. It is one of the sturdy old landmarks oftire insurance that survives the reckless competition of late years. WilsonSmall was assistant engineer when John Biker was chief, and was for manyyears one of the trustees of the Fire Department, and was long an earnest. COIL OF HOSE. 702 OIK F1RKMKN. advocate of the public schools. His recent death is fresh in the minds of his memory he ever green. Hut in :;-.*s delegal ion could probably have beenseen John Cohanks, John Treanor, Sam. Dougherty, able to have taken care ofBostons pride if he had hern around m those days and cut up any ol Ins anticsabout Old Smoky. William Burnton, a good second, Jacob Joseph andNicholas Theal. George Snyder, the well-known lithographer in William Street,Samuel Townsend. now president of the City Fire Insurance Company, whichhas celebrated its half cent my of an honorable business career, and his brother,Sylvanus, as enthusiastic a firemen as ever wore a fire-cap, William Smith,( ornelius Garrison, who was killed at a (ire in Kim Street. William J. Mc-Laughlin, John Tipper, who was able to defend •• ()ld Smoky on all occasions,John Lee, Will
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