. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. n transferred to Truck No. 4,whose fortunes he has followed eversince. On J. W. Kentzels withdrawal fromthe Department in January, 1900, Kentzel succeeded him and becameCaptain of Truck No. 4. The lieutenant of the company isJames Cuminsky, who is one of the fewmen in the Department who enjoys thedistinguished honor of having won theScannel medal for conspicuous was at the Baldwin fire when JamesCuminsky was tillerman of Truck Com-pany No. 6. With Second AssistantEngineer P. H. Shaughnessy, Cumin-sky, at gr
. The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record. n transferred to Truck No. 4,whose fortunes he has followed eversince. On J. W. Kentzels withdrawal fromthe Department in January, 1900, Kentzel succeeded him and becameCaptain of Truck No. 4. The lieutenant of the company isJames Cuminsky, who is one of the fewmen in the Department who enjoys thedistinguished honor of having won theScannel medal for conspicuous was at the Baldwin fire when JamesCuminsky was tillerman of Truck Com-pany No. 6. With Second AssistantEngineer P. H. Shaughnessy, Cumin-sky, at great personal risk to his ownlife, rescued and saved the life of awoman whose name was unknown. Hisname is inscribed on the honor roll ofheroes of the Fire Department whichis kept at the chiefs office at the CityHall. The other members of the companyare: Driver, Wm. Shackleton; tiller-man, Frank Carew; truckmen, PatrickHogan; George Donald; George Davis;Robert Powers; J. E. Eckelmann and Kelly. Mr. Eckelmann is a son ofone of the original members of the LIEUT. JAMES CUMINSKY J. Cuminsky was born in San FranciscoJanuary 12, 1857; joined the Depart-ment in 1883 in Truck Company No 2;later detailed to Water Tower No. i;now ranks as lieutenant of Truck No. 4.
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