. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ^/A<^0 2^3 t&^&f ***** ^»~*^- c ck-^D Azof**- <ny^<»/j^*» c^t**-. ^cJ> /tC^ /^y •j; s OUR FIREMEN. Lorenzo Delmonico, one of the brothers who are famous as caterers, wasborn in 181:i, in the village of Marengo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Hejoined his relatives in this country in is:; In 1840 he entered the Fire Onpartment as one of the organizers of Engine Company No. 42, of which conpany his brother Siro was also a member. Siro died in December,
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ^/A<^0 2^3 t&^&f ***** ^»~*^- c ck-^D Azof**- <ny^<»/j^*» c^t**-. ^cJ> /tC^ /^y •j; s OUR FIREMEN. Lorenzo Delmonico, one of the brothers who are famous as caterers, wasborn in 181:i, in the village of Marengo, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Hejoined his relatives in this country in is:; In 1840 he entered the Fire Onpartment as one of the organizers of Engine Company No. 42, of which conpany his brother Siro was also a member. Siro died in December, member of the family, Charles, belonged to North River EngineCompany No. -So, and later of Metaniora Hose Company No :.J. Lorenzo diedat Sharon Springs, N. Y., September 5, 1881. Allen R. Jollie, who died in 1877, will long be remembered as theenthusiastic fireman who was invariably first at the engine house, and who used,single handed, to roll it along the sidewalk until helparrived. He was a man ofconsiderable strength of muscle as well as of character. In 1826 he joinedEngine Companj No. 12, and in 1828 No. 29 in Greenwich village, to whichlocality he had removed. He served for s
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