The News from Paterson, New Jersey • 50

Everitoij Km 60th Anniversary Mid-Century Edition. July 15, T350 Section 3 Page tO nized 0 Fears m-'Sterted in 101IS, PaEJJPirs miR a it3: A Proud Fire Company Lines Up i 6r Inspection in the Gay Nineties Honor Roll of Fire Deportment Uifte 4 3 I This I jg gave, their Uvh Force Ranks Among Best In Country duty: B1 lm Nov. 12. 1893, jatHcfc volunteer. Eugm buried in ruins of aiu; I tobacco factory v' City Protected by 223 Men, La test' in Fire Equipment 8 street.

overcome at fir te 3 motive works, lc. ft. 1891, James ful! May 5, 1893, Christopher phy, callman, Hbok and No. 8, thrown from truck ana over. wMMcxaagnj Bto.

u'itiitj; g-wua'ttJSjJSgJ. April 27. 1928, Fireman I ireman No' 4rtaJ Fireman Edward Tribe. EnirU. Company No, killed in of Lynn building.

Main stmtW April 2. 193fi Fireman Johnston. Engine Company So fatally injured when i 1, automobile while ha'uUng EwJ fire in Manhattan hotel. 1934 Fireman Joh n8in Company and Fireman Allen Saal. Tn, Company No.

3. kilted te rotepj of St. Bonaventure'a LiceuT Ramsey street. i March 12. 1938, Deputy Chief James P.

Sweeny. Captaia Joh, wen port. Engine Company Fireman Louis Rodesky, fj. OtlMa i I ME-MBTK5 'of aid Cnwuii IhMk and Ladder Company Na. posed te 1194 wok ttnr Iwwdwva anuntas te front of their aid quarter at ftnrt and rflaen Sta.

The epparxtea carried heir (8-feot exteasion ladder, eoe 35-foe ten fere 88-feet, os 18 feet, on tig-foot roof ladder. The apparatus was pore baaed to 1881. ton street, just south of street Wa.hlnrtoe Co. No. 3 This company took It name from the street where Its quarters wf located Just north of Fair street The company was organized April 1828.

They later moved to Elluon street end still later to Prospect street. Just south of Ellison street. pboenlx Ne. 4 The phoenix Manufacturing company, one of the pioneer silk firms Of the city was the owner of the apparatus used by this company which was organized te September 1828, The company was quartered te Boudinot. now Van Houten street, -and membership was made up of employes of the Phoenix mUL Petty squabbles among the members resulted tn the fire wardens notifying the company that their services were no longer required in August 1842 Jeckso Co.

No. 4 The present quarters of Engine Company No. 4 te Slater street. Just east Of Jersey street, was erected in the Fall of 1855 when Jackson Engine Company No. 4 was organized.

They- first fought fires with piano-box engine which they used until 1888 when they were given a engine built by the -Paterson Steam Fir Engine Works, the first buUt in this city. Protection Ca. No. 8 With headquarters at High end Temple streets. Protection Engine Company No.

8 waa organized to the Spring of 1832 and were equipped with Smith goose-neck engine. Their quarters were destroyed by fir In 1858 and agate in 1860 and the following year they were moved to Water street, opposite Albion street where they remained until Central fire headquarters wag erected te Yap Houten street Engine Co. Ne. I This company waa organized in 1840 with headquarters at Broadway and Mulberry streets and they were given the old apparatus of Neptune No. 2, but the company disbanded in 1842, because of lack of members.

Vigilant Ce. No. Vigilant Engine Company No. 6 was organized 1a 1867, and were given the old apparatus of Engine No. 1.

They were quartered in a one-story frame building on a site which adjoins the present quarters of the company at Market and Pennington street -Lexington Ca. No, 7 Residents of the Totowa section of the atruggling small in dustrlal town organized Lexington Engine Company No. 7 In 1868. They were given the Smith engine used by No. 3 and were quartered at Sheridan avenue and Henry street.

However, after a brief career the company was -disbanded when the members took their engine to Molly Ann'a brook to wash it and failed to return it to quarters. LibertyCo, No. 7 The number of the defunct To-towa company was taken over by Liberty Engine Company which was organized in 1871 and their first enginFwaa.k piano-box en gin formerly in use by No. 6 They were quartered te a one-story frame building on the site of the present quarters of Engine Company No. 7, Gould avenue and Pacific street.

Lafayette Ce. Ne. 8 The next Totowa company to ba organized waa Lafayette Engine-Company No. 8. -with in Sherman avenue, near Totowa avenue.

This company was instituted te 1872 and they were given the apparatus formerly used by Lexington No. 7. In 1878 the present brick building at Yf ay avenue end Liberty street, which bouses Engine Company No. 8, was erected for the volunteers. Paterson Co.

No, 8 This company went on duty Mar. 3, 1883 and was housed in a brick building at Jackson street and Washington avenue. They were given the old tngine of No 2 The companys quarters was moved to the present site of Em gins Company No. 8 in Main street, opposite Washington avenue. Colombia Hose Ne.

1 This company had a rather turbulent career following their organisation in April 1855. They were quartered in John, now Ellison street, alongside Engine No. and Thick No. 1. In 185ft two members of the company iivere Last Word In Fire-Fighting Equipment In 1886 1 t-jysog.

3 -V gymigLU -MMWlR'IlgJi 4 No. Fireman Matthew 8 Neill, Engtna No. 5, rireraj. pana "rh, Engine So killed in collapse of Prospect street warehouse. 19.

1942, Auxiliary Firemai Wiinam Conklin, attached to gine Company No. 4 killed hea he was thrown from the appirim in a collision with an 'automobin at Grand and Marshal streets while responding to an April 21, 1942, Fireman August Schneider of Engine Company No. 4. died of injuries received April 19, 1942 when he also was thrown from the same apparatus is Conklin. July 30, 1944.

Fireman Andres M. Offner of Engine Compiny Na 12, killed in action while serving with the Army in France Oct 29, 1944. Fireman Bernard Kennedy, unattached, killed in lotion in Holland. ilr A ized a B'jreaw Camfeuttf-bie with Batta.uia Covet Frark A. fxmdail a eopendsor end -Capt Ecftii J.

Frederick, bis assistant Cap. Peter Begt clerk te toe bureau fa charge of tank and -oil burners imi si tenons The functions of Use 'barqea ts the inspection of leate-v all other buddies. A nt Lie 1 kept Of all da's te con sect with fire and deaths and injuries re-auiung firm Hr. When the paid department was organized, three kook an ladders companies and nine engine mm-panic were formed. Today there are three hook and ladder com pari ht four additional engine companies here teen established.

bringing the total te 13. to accommodate ted growth ef Use city. Remnants et tee long IP volunteer day atiii are Be however. Te fire are still housed in the aa budding they eeewpied during the volunteer day. They are No.

1 72 Jackson SL, and Sa 3 Truck at Auburn St- and Godwin Ave. The history ef the fire department ts realty a hutery advance ef the motor ate and the progress ef Paterson Item a village bate aa tedustml center and city The hegSrittef of tlse fir department ef Paterson waa Indeed humble. Several mill wwsen bad small handkyigme. not much better than good -taned hand-aquyx and these were eed wrth more or less effect a the caibl fires. TMa was truly the era ef pasa-the-bucket brigade.

ftmrm OrtW te Itll Available record boer that the rtrst veiuoteer rompey organized July 4 115 jaad wse know as Passaic Fire Co- 1, the name dennag trwm the river which te the days was the chief source power lor the ladustriai plants. Passaic 'No 1 was tSe only company smtil Feb 1811 when Neptune No. we placed duty The same year the tedflature set up the tMekiy-srWed poru the village tete a Lre district wit power to tag the inhabitants for fire protect. Fire wardens then came ipte power. The Paterson rtre Association held Its first meeting De X.

121 eeted te raise toy taxation. This amount would ad pay the salary of one fuema today The first twe companies served the streczltog young community until I82 when twe seere fire companies were ergarized. toot in that time various tetprwvesnents are noted such as the erection ef a new kou.se far a truck company at memo the puirhas of a quantity of towrpe none replace the teattocr-riveied hose Out eunI btt in me. In Nov, 1844. the Fire Association instructed the fire wardens procure the paware et a art tx-empilne fizeme Ires mdtia and Jury duty after eerving seven years aa firemen, This is believed to he the lint fire men exemption law that wa passed te New Jersey, In 1137.

the fire warden voted a salary et 853 a year for lie chief of the department. fir aaiary paid any fireman. William Caa-deil waa elected chief and Titus Ward and Cornels R. Poet, assistant engineers The, election meeting wa bet? at Peter Art tide won' Museum' hotel, then located Mam and SiRith Ms. Fir warden continued te control the department wntii April.

1855 when teey turned ever their duties te the officials of the eom-muntiy. Paterson having been mad a city te improve-meet were mad at nor te the department, new houses were chased. Before the Introduction of brick beakraartert of the com paBter'cetWed of frame aback with bench built about the wall and a stove, a table and aa ail lamp were the o5y furnishing. The city te 154 fixed the first pay for companies te the volunteer department follows; 8309 per anoint for lift class companies 8509 far second clan sod have companies and 244 for Hook, and ladder companies. Wafer for fit and domestic use was first introduced into the city in 1853 by the Paasjde JFMer Co-The following year, the city contracted with the company for 199 hydrants.

Opposed Steam Engine The Introduction ef itfim fir engines we bitterly opposed by the volunteer firemen of Paterson, is common wa firemen With accurate foresight, they saw the introduction of steam engine as the death knell et the volunteer system Young and ambitious men were eager to Join the ml on teeth, viewing It as a springboard for their political, butir.es and social ambi-tions. kite the pasting of volunteers they wouid hie to seek other means for advancement. For the tamo reason, the volunteers later caused aNlcliyte the use of horses to draw the engine Despite the objecting te steam engines, plans for the pucehev ef the- first steam-pumping fire engine fiy-the ray were almost com-, piet when the Civil War broke out. An engine railed the "Mary i i i' K.n 1 h. 1 i May, 1884.

the first trsae et her' was purchased. Istaso Co. Jto. I. bought the first tew mm et their funds for the stem.

A few the later the ceotpasry pur-, chased another hone so drew the cart. The following year the Sy earth-, orities, realizing the mmrJt mi be horses for speed ha grcxng te fires, purchased team for fine. 3. A. cad and Tirwtk No la the next tww years, tte rest at the compaie wna -faraasfeed with horses.

Rubber Sean ld -Leather hoa was shed until 1271 when the first twta(r boa was put into sendee sad i 1131 etetaa bene; was purchased A keee hoee wa erected in Bridge Sfi te 1 W8, relieving the firemen from Jin task of wsahlng tneie tom diet each fir. I The first ettr nrdmjaw far the general regulation, ersaagement tad government ef the f.re department wav pawed April 1875. and stipulated that eorb fir gei company tnight have tost should' net exceed 73 meashers; ek hoc end ladder ceaepagy not te nevi 60 teembecw and fsS tom company 60 members The ordinance aiso peweidr I that a chief engineer and two auuftart should be elected-to. serve terms of two years each, every qaUfied member ef a eoazphiy being entitled te vute te person, -Strong agitatiow ws started la 1I7C lor the- estafelohmeet of 8 paid fir deprtet hut llrror Benjamin Buckley I that the cost would be too great for the taxpayer and instead mwaonexd-ed better fr the vwlaa-teeTS. The niaaual farce et the iepart-meet ad the time cecsased of one.

chief ejagjtieer. two-eaatssmet ee-gineert; 523 member ef ergteo companies 173 ssewhert eg truck rompames. and. 153 member wf hose eompaole. makiasg a Wei ef 7S0 lee.

By TS 34 lb eomhowd forte had rise to 133 In the year 1884 the toearti ef aMerme took awy from the eusv panics the electieo ef chief mi aixtsqt ecgireerv aad te Mav 1849. appwHrtcd Deend 1 TaznhuiJ chief and Jam F. Morphy avsirt-ant ewgineerr. Etsrieg teat yew a special aUgrrtK eoamouttee re-orcahized thA-departawat and eu March 2. 183 the vehmteer ys-tem parsed into kmory.

The newly rvergatiaed depart- l- The Paterson Fire Department la celebrating 60th anniversary thte year the abolition of the volunteer brigade and the orgeat tation of a paid department. The establishment of a paid de pirtment on March 20, 1890 ushered in an era of rapid Improvement la the department with the result that the Paterson unit today Joyi an enviable gating among comparable eltle In the nation. Efficiency Rating Hiati Recognition of the department! Jilgh efficiency was accorded by the National Board of Fire tinder-writer and the National Fire Protection Association In 1948. In their annual report of that year, compiled from statistic gathered from ill part tl the country, they noted that in Paterson the per capita los by fire wa lower than L. any other rity In the country having population! of J20.0GU and "he 1949 report will not come out until late this year but it is expected to compare favorably with the preceding year.

The Steady Improvement In fire fighting teennique and equipment which na been characteristic el the department through the yean wa not hindered during a world Wr and change of leadership in the decide Just passed. Modern high -speed motor trucks and motor-driven pumps have long since replaced the rickety gome-necked carta and the pass-the-bucket system. But even the present apparatus a change aa newer model come out on the Burkfts The latUft addition! to the Motorcade waa the purchase two years ago of two 1.000 gallon pumping Engine, one of which is located at central headquarters with Engine Co. Noi 5 and the other at Engine Co. No 12 firehouse.

Circle Ave. and Cimton St. Some new equipment Includes fog nozzles on booster line which atomize the water and thereby reduce water damage, and a new type of extinguisher, called a CO Extinguisher and containing ice compressed in a cylinder. It is used expressly for electric, gasoline and oil fires. In addition, a new fa mask, called the Scott-Air Pack, Is now in use and permits firemen to May longer to smoke or gas-filled buildings without belhg overcome.

-About a year ago, two resusetta-tors were placed In the deputy fir chief ear end they have been responsible for saving the Uvea of several people. Standard equipment include three chief' cars. on 75-f net Ahren Fox Aerial truck, two 65-foot Ahren Fox aerial trurlu. eleven Ahren Fox combination hose, pump end wagon trucks, one Chevrolet mechanical truck, one Dodge supply truck and one turret wagon. 22? Men in Department The department as it now atandi 1 headed by Chief James J.

Troy and a personnel of 223 men. Late last -year, the firemen won a decrease in working hourt Since the, Inauguration of the two-plauon system 34 year ago. they had been working an 84-hour week Since this past Jan. 1. they are working 72 hours a The departments rank were depleted during the war.

Thirty of it ablest men answered the caU to duty and two never cam beck-Firemen Andrew Offner and Bernard Kennedy were killed la service. The department like the police department, took akey position In the civilian defense program. During blackout emergencies the lire chief waa stationed at the nerve center in city hall where orders emanated and1 firemen were alerted trt" duty, Battalion Chief Joseph port then captain, and drill mas ter, supervised the auxiliary fir-men. This organization was created as ait emergency measure and was called to duty particularly during blackouts. Along i Instruction in-dire-fightinf, they were equipped wUtii 550 gallon tnotor pump and QCD ho by the government Following the war.

the government reclaimed the pumps. The auxiliaries were iba disbanded by the State following the war end but the local grmip de- dded to ty intact. AbmlCM members are still oft the rolls. On Sept. 1948.

Chief TMma Coyle retired after 3 Xas-head of the department -ted Deputy Chief James J. Troy was elevated to his position. i Coyle vis 70 year old at ni retirement on pension. It was during bis years of wise management the department that it made it greatest strides. He was appointed fireman Feb.

I. 1904. named lieutenant Aug. 22, 1908, and P-'pointed chief July JM912. the see-, nd chief to be named Mince-tCe department was reorganized tote i.

palt organization, Chief Troy, who was born June JO. 1889, was appointed July 1, 1910, became 1921, battalion dilef, March 31. 1938 and deputy chief. Ma.h 1942. At the im time of his elevation to chief deputy chiefs were named to make the first time the department waa under the command of Chief and two fhe'two deputle are Chief James -A.

Kennedy, a Hr" aince -April 16, 1915. nd Chj Hobart 'Mratheam, who became a fireman June 1, 1922. Battalion Distrt Created In addition, the department wa dlvided'fnfo battalion district and two additional battalion chiefs named to make total of eight, treater protection during fires i afforded in this setup as one deputy chief and on battalion chief always remain -on-duty- bead- 1 were not re-instated the eompiny disbanded with a sumptuous banquet in the Washington hotel A new Company was organized ll 1857. Cataract Hose Ne. 3 A second hose company, Cltir-act No.

2 wu organized duty 1869 and started service is December of that year. The com-pany was first quartered with Engine No. 1, but later was moved to Auburn and Godwin -streets, the present quarters of Truck Company No 3. Hose No. 3 IfiBenut Hose No.

3 wai or-, ganized In 1869 and went into service Feb. 1. 1870, and for nuny years they were quartered in the vamYJmilding as Engine No 4 is Slater street- Eagle to Ne. 1 Eagle Hqok and Ladder Company No. i wa pieced in eni Mar.

22. 1839 and Were quirtered in Ellison street, 'adjoining login No. 3. These quarters burned and In 1858 they were moved ts Prospect atfeet where they remained until .1872 when they moved to Jackson street, the pres ent site of Truck No 1. Germania Co.

Ne. Germania Hook and uddef Company No. 2- as organized a 1871 and went Into service Apr 1. 1872. Thev were given the od Eagle truck and were quartered a a ahed at the rear of old Military Hall, Cross and Ellison streets, to 1873 they weft moved to the' etd quarters mI EjgiEfo' pany to Prospect street, wr the company remained until trw- the company remamea jk! jrve! 3 1 THE HOUSE-DRAWN Jeffers steal ensine, owned by Neptune Co.

No 2, wa Ue pride ef the de-warUaeat back I ISM. The company, them located on Hotel St. (now Hamilton SU teat south of Market Sfi, had bought the engine with Ito own funds. carried ever roofs to places safety, Meads Department 5 1 Hqw Companies Originated ed am automobile was purchased for os of the etilef of the department I 1812; 1 and 5 were converted from horse drawj to motor propelled and two com- tenatiea wagons, similarly con-1 Ceiled, were 'pieced In service. The chemical engine waa rebuilt with aa automobile chassis and was trankf erred tha Wests iie MeUmi-nf the city and became -known at Engtna Na.

11. As time passed, the other engine companies were furnished with if Passaic C- No. 1 From available record ft appears that the first fir company wt Paterson, July i. 1815. Jt was Passaic Fir Company No.

1, the name coming from the river which te those days was i i expelled from the department as a result of a water fight between No. erred to their present quarter! is 4 and 5 at a fir and when they Central fire headquarters motor-driven apparatus and the the chief source of powerfor tift industrial plants of the growing town. steam engines beesm memory fir department lost tla first in a -Dm te Nov. 18J5 i ment had four permanent men tn yhen Pa trick Beophy of -Engine 1 i Roster. of Paterson Fire Department mi call 5 SSh L.

Devenport, Bag-Chief. Drill Matter, Jan-1 J83I John J. Lawless, Master Co. Ne- 3 was buried and killed iart.he ruins of the Allen. Reynolds and Cs.

tobgcco factory on Van Houten St. The following yeay, on July 8, 186, James Johnson of Engine Co N. 3 was overcome with the heat at the Danforth Locomotive Work, and died a few hours later. firemen Kilted In 1938 The worst blow tha department suffered waa the lot of five .41 II nine exgioe and tlsrve hock ladder companies sad -ght men te each. te the Spring et 1S81.

ftoe legl-lature pawed a law the office ef chief and luauat en-gineeri and te May ef that year John Sftrg was elected chief and James 3k. assistant sgiseer. Star who was her in Paterwm Dec 14. 1145 ami served te the CivU War with Compasy A. Jith I JLirthhMM amc, June 1, August A.

Peter, Ast. M. chanic, Jan. 24194- John J. CarrflU.riAsSt me- anie, Jan.

1, 136. ry. Brome Damess. penter, Oct 18, 1928. Supply Departmert Spruce.

1st Grw Grad John man. May 21. 18-1- 1ft rapldTy, fannsd liyhicH winds, until It wa completely out of eon- Nevr Jersey Vofeaeteesw, ki NeeujBlesB)fWtl j. a gtre which occurred in active tneaiNteof theveteteer a furtttur warehouse on Froa-ftr department tmm 1464 until hi, st -Saturday afternoon, selectioa as chief. He petered jj, jgja.

le swwded hbe Chlel renvee -had worked valiantly trol The gale awept the blaze from te 1F2 tho toners et the eity.fte adjacent property and their, Marea la Main Sf. and along the Ann" bad bee demonstrated 4Lhy referendum, adopted rtril sere-(work was pracUcaliy coir.plel in ever CHIEF JAMES J. TROY south tide of Broadway. From James W. Sturrock- Fireman, May hW- Chief DrWera John B.

Murphy, Chief July 1916 and the early, hour of the evening i 1 ire for the fire department thts required nppiacaB for- ep-jwhe a wall collapsed and crushed uoinfhsertt pirn as examieetiou-lftva firemen who were working- toby the Service Com-iwd of a narrow alleyway. The muiee The tint appointments dead included Deputy Chief James gfinast to the under this system vn. made Oct P. Sweeny. Capt.

John Davwport. Van to the I 1913. Thirty-! ir-ew tfc the'Firemea Louts Rodesky, Matthew first examiaafims ate 2 faded to Neill and William Ljnch. Jr- there It spread south a far as Market St. and Park Are.

tq Josephs Church on Carroll St-: east on Ellison St. to near Pater- present fire headquarters. The fir burned all day Sunday Tha company' quarters was a small one-story frame building on the north side of Van Houten street, east of Prospect street These quarters were destroyed by fire to January 1843. Temporary quarters wefa in Market street, opposite Prospect street, the former quarter of Engine No. 2.

and No. 1 then moved lo their own new quarters, a two-story frame buildipg at Broadway and Mulberry slreet.L The comnany remained there until 1853 when IhCy-nfoved to Van Houten atreet on the sit -now occupied by the Detective division of the Police Department. The companys first engine was a cumbersome affair operated by hand brakes. In May 1822 an engine, was purchased in New York city which had a side hand-brake, but In June 1835 they obtained wbat wa believed to be the last Word in fire-fighting equipment, the Blark Hawk, a goose-neck engine. The company experimented with various Other engines -until January 1880 when they bought a Button being the first company to introduce steam in the flrft- department The com pany also waa the first to introduce a sliding polk in 1885 and the use of horses in 1884.

Neptune o. No. Thla, apparently waa the only organized fire company te the city, until Neptune Engine-. Company No. 2, was omnized Dec.

1820. Ttus rt-ompany also hid vzr-ioua types band pumpiu? engines until February 1872 when the company purchased at their own expense, a double pump steam engine. This company had quarters in a shed on the south side of Market street east of Main atreet and later In Market street, opposite Prospect atreet The company remained to these quarters unfit ,1842 when they a. Feb. 16,918.

Edward Av.Heneock. cm Driver, Feb. 10. 194 rsufi Richard Hickerson, cal Driver, MaE 1. 14 nf, Jamei Kelley.

Chief! Rn Apr 1922. Wuliird, ChW Charles A. Driver, May 1 Following the reorganftatibn- of the department in 1890, nine engine companies and three truck companies were formed. Those companies and their present' headquarters are: Engirt Co. at central hesdquarters, 115 Van Houteir St Engine Co.

2, h-Q land Engine Co. 3, 12th Ave-; Engine Co. 4. Slater Engine Co. 5, central headquarters; Engine Co.

6, Market and Pennington' Engine Co. 7, Gould. Ave and Engine Co. 8. Wayne Ave.

and Liverty Engine Co. 9. Main St, opp-Washington Truck Co. 1. Jackson Truck Co.

2, central headquarters; Truck Co, 3, Auburn and Godwin SU. Four additional engine were organized following 1900. They are Engine Co. 1ft. organized Oct'l, 1910.

and located at 17th Ave. and Engine Co." organized March 18, 1912. located at Murray Ave. and Quinn St; Engine Co. 12.

Sept. 13. 1912 V. 3rd St and Circle Ave, and Engine Co J3, Oct 20, 1928, 23rd Ave. and E.

21st St -Jams J. Troy. Chief, July 1. 191ft. 5, Hobart Strathearn, Deputy Chief, June 1922.

James A. Kennedy, Deputy Chief, April 18. 1915. Josepti A. Bray, Battalion Chief, Dec.

25, 1923. James Chaplain, Battalion Chief. April 1. 1926. Rudolph Peppinghaua, Battalion Chief.

Oct. 16. 1928 Walter L. Titus, Battalion Chief, July 1. 1929.

George A. Walls, Battalion Chief, July 1. 1925. Craig. Banalion Chief, Aug and store, business offices, churches, banks, city buildings and The most disastrous fir in the city so far as the toss of life Is 1 3 pass.

The twwTptstoms vyrte was adopted te Ptw by rrfere-dqi July I. ink makmg the city A Mlaaw mm 'pioneer bii the" mil at'tbeRescue Mis-ihomrs were consumed in the concerned was et the fescue Th homeiess WCre cared for in ihf -armory sio. 42 Mill St- on Nov. .5, 1917 19 men were trapped and JSiiSj c. Chl-r.

though the eiiy fathers were hesitant about investing the- erty a funis Into a -specOtitlon as they termed it. enthusiastic members of me department were about te make the pare base- Out ef their their funds when war was declared and all, glass, were halted. Members ef the vdtuuteer department mere quick te respond to the call their reentry and eome of the companies enlisted almost te CO No. I bad 42 member and 24 enlisted- Engine Cos- 2 and 2 fiinsHhed two full companies for the 25th SteruneBt. New Jersey Volunteers.

Andrew Derrom. eelonel of the 25th. was aa old fireman, having served nine years in So. 2 and nearly every line oifim in the regiment had seen service as g. Turman.

Every company recruned in Paterson had in It ranks many firemen, whit Co. K. 13th Regiment Volunteer. bad for its captaia, Hugh C. lrfcJufor hi any yiars one ef No.

1 mart erne The apparatus up unfit that time was drawtk by hand, except in Winter when the snow was very ldH The on I nits ft ApJSv iS Frank A. Dowdall. a syitna a 'gWtoa cities et Hew Jersey. burned to death te the bunding and Thirty five a-li ihcsl as. were injured.

wlecteJ front t3f md service list Another fir disaster on June I. were 'appoint ed to tie department ,1901, elalmed the fives of 15 per- sjshs Later, on Jam ET. 191 aa nreworaS had been stored in ww adopted abolishing for the July 4th eelebra-th rank et tocuteoiat to the fire tma. Aa explosion occurred while department and all lietrtenaBts toccupant of the two upper floors were advanced to the rack ef cap-jof the building were having their so that there would tie a ep-noa meal. -tite duty te the Ira house at I The biggest fir frorathe stand-all times.

'po'Btof Joss-, of property was the to the i NPeUr FWi C.ptain.'1, L. 'ThUip Hartley. CapU. mAn J. Crlffln, 1st Graded Miwbtte ILw early Sunday jhouseaXdJactat Pzaic e.n7rtog ea Feb.

8. a fire te a River which had overflowed. Over pazrbatedte if! and nan. May lck Grid Edward A. Cusae (Continued was fa rtmetum uwdio' persona were taken from their 25 was placed te quarters while the others aw alarms.

The only exception to this ruling is during multiple si arm 9-- tetweea Van homes by means of rope, and ---T yn v-XHwaOnmr am mi hra.rhr, timHli, and r. Wftfi alSU 1949, Chief Troy orgaa-teer wr fcaaiiy erercom i i.