. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . rrys,Calhoun Benham, S. H. Brooks and Thomas Hayes. Their meeting at Lagunade la Merced, near San Francisco, on the thirteenth of September, 1859, isspoken of as one of intellectual giants. At ten paces Broderick inadvert-ently discharged his pistol while in the act of aiming at the word. Terrytook an advantage, that might not have been, under such circumstances, anunfair one, and fired. Brodericks right breast was pierced to the left armpit,and he was carried from the field to
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . rrys,Calhoun Benham, S. H. Brooks and Thomas Hayes. Their meeting at Lagunade la Merced, near San Francisco, on the thirteenth of September, 1859, isspoken of as one of intellectual giants. At ten paces Broderick inadvert-ently discharged his pistol while in the act of aiming at the word. Terrytook an advantage, that might not have been, under such circumstances, anunfair one, and fired. Brodericks right breast was pierced to the left armpit,and he was carried from the field to die three days later at Leonidas Haskell sresidence at Black Point. His last words were: They have killed mebecause I was opposed to slavery and a corrupt administration. In a public square in San Francisco the war hero General and SenatorEdward D. Baker pronounced the funeral oration. It was worthy of thespeaker and the illustrious man who lay in his coffin before him. Tern wasnot punished. Brodericks memory was honored in New York, and the drama,Three Eras in the Life of a New York Fireman, was founded on his. DAVID C. BRODERICK. ol K Kl KN. remarkable career. The duel in which he was killed w;is the second in whichhe was en paired. His first was in 1S52, on the east shore of San Francisco,with Judge Smith, son of Governor Smith of Virginia—Extra Billy conditions were navy revolvers at ten paces, go as you please, with sixshots. Broderieks pistol became out of order at his first shot, and while hewas bending over to get it into proper condition for continuing the fight, abullet from Smiths pistol shattered to fragments the watch which the mem-bers of Howard Engine gave him. fragments of 11 it* case lacerated his stom-ach, but the present saved his life. Ex-Police Justice William Dodge has thechain which was attached to the watch on this occasion. Thomas Moloney, a well-known citizen, now in his eighty-seventh 3rear,who belongs to a family of firemen, did fire
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