. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . before the streets were cut through and graded had many atough pull with their carriage over the hills. In 1859 the company changed Tombs, on Leonard Street, corner of Elm, and did duty in the Seventhand Eighth Districts. The men removed in 1858 to the corner of Man-hattan Alley and Elm Street, into new quarters specially erected for theiraccommodation. They remained here till the disbandment of the VolunteerDepartment in 1865. The late county John Clancy, who was for a
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . before the streets were cut through and graded had many atough pull with their carriage over the hills. In 1859 the company changed Tombs, on Leonard Street, corner of Elm, and did duty in the Seventhand Eighth Districts. The men removed in 1858 to the corner of Man-hattan Alley and Elm Street, into new quarters specially erected for theiraccommodation. They remained here till the disbandment of the VolunteerDepartment in 1865. The late county John Clancy, who was for a num-ber of years editor of that popular paper, the Leader, and foreman of thecompany, was one of its originators, and also Supervisor Walter Roche, whowas foreman, and Congressman Morgan Jones: also Denny Burns, known as the member from Sligo, Johnny Stacom, and James M. Sweeney (brother ofPeter B.), were representatives from it. It had a good many noted men in thedown-town districts on its roll. Larry Clancy, brother of John and clerk of theMarine Court, was a member of No. 60 Hose. John R. Lyng, the old-tune. its name to Manhattan HoseCompany, and continued un-der that name until the Prior, who was thesecretary of the company inlsi;4, was the proprietor of thelarge stables in One Hundred,and Twenty -ninth Street. Har-lem, and also in Manhattanville. He and his widow, whosurvives him. were t he parentsof nineteen children. ^m.( i-awford, assistant foreman;Robert O. Glover, secretaryFire Insurance Company;James Hedemath, GarrettDardass, John McArthur,Patrick McKenna, JohnLynch, Michael Lanihan, PaulSchwapper, John McArthur,Edward Roach, foreman, andJames Murray. M. T. BRENN-VN. No. 60.—M. T. Brexnax.—Organized March 28, 1854. Ithad its headquarters in the O 0 K V 1 R E M E N. sporting man of New York, was an honorary member, and did good Hogan, hetter known as Jumps was a doorkeeper in the Sixth Wardwhen Captain Jourdan, afterwards Superintendent Jourd
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