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1887 Antique NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT NYFD HISTORY Firefighting LEATHER For Sale


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var itemNumber = window.ItemID ? window.ItemID : -1; function passpara(){return + itemNumber + location.href.lastIndexOf(\'/\') + 1));} OUR FIREMEN A History of the New York Fire Departments Volunteer and Paid. Chronological, Historical, Statistical, and Biographical Portraits of the Most Famous Firemen, and Sketches of Their Deeds of Self-Sacrifice and Intrepidity. A Record of Gallant Achievements. An Illustrated History of the Old Hand Engine of the Past and the Steam Engine of the Present. Insurance, Its Beneficence and Importance. Great Fires of the Metropolis For Two Centuries. The Architectural Growth of the Empire City. Mechanical Devices. Fire Zouaves. The Charitable Fund. Memorable Target Companies, Etc. By Augustine E. Costello. FIRST EDITION. Published in 1887 by the author. “Extra Library Edition,” 10\" x 7\" turkey morocco leather with gilt-edged pages. Illustrated with engravings. 1112 pages.

Condition: VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. This rare 1887 New York City Fire Department history has just been fully restored by a professional book conservator. It has been rebacked with a new black morocco leather spine, with the original leather and gilt titles laid on. The original leather boards have been refurbished, the inner hinges repaired. The binding is firm and strong. The text is clean and complete. Edge repairs to the front endpapers. No torn, loose or missing pages.

NOTE FROM NEETMOK: The last time I sold a copy of this very rare title, more than 50 people had it saved on their Watch Lists. When the book sold for more than $1300, some of them messaged me to say \"I\'m so angry I missed this! If the buyer doesn\'t pay, please let me know.\" I had an urge to ask them why they didn\'t act while the book was still available. What were they watching and waiting for? This is a rare 1887 deluxe First Edition history of the New York City Fire Department, the most famous and most respected fire department in the world. There was never any question that it would sell. The ONLY question was, who would be the lucky buyer? If you\'re considering purchasing this rare antique book, I would urge you to jump on it while you can. There\'s truth to the old adage, \"Snooze, you lose.\" Don\'t be the guy who writes to me after the sale hoping the buyer doesn\'t come through. I realize it\'s a lot of money -- the best things worth having usually are. But I can tell you as a collector myself, I have never regretted big purchases for truly rare items. The only regrets I have are the gems that slipped by me and are now in someone else\'s collection.

DESCRIPTION:

This is a very rare deluxe First Edition of OUR FIREMEN, a 1112-page history of the first 200 years of the greatest and most heroic firefighting force on this planet -- the New York City Fire Department. Bound in gorgeous “turkey morocco leather” with gilt-edge pages, this historic book retailed for ten dollars upon its publication in 1887 (the equivalent of $244 in today’s money).

As a chronicle of New York firefighting from the 17th through the 19th centuries, OUR FIREMEN is an unparalleled tribute to the \"hands that fight the flames.\" This exquisitely detailed volume takes the reader through the development of the New York volunteer and paid departments, the creation of fire prevention laws, descriptions of New York’s worst fires (up to 1887), and the history of firefighting appliances from the bucket to the hose.

With over ten chapters of biographies on heroic firefighters as well as “some old-time fire laddies,” OUR FIREMEN is an outstanding testament testimony to the men who contributed much to the history of New York City. At the same time, it is a richly detailed look at how New York’s early fire departments functioned, from the command heirarchy down to the deployment of equipment whenever an alarm was received.

OUR FIREMEN features dozens and dozens of rare illustrations of fire engines, fire houses, fire wagons, fire horses, and other equipment. Also fire department banners, medallions, fireman’s certificates, ceremonial firefighting accoutrements, and more, including maps, financial reports, and even detailed diagrams of certain neighborhoods in the city as they were laid out in the past.

To give you a better idea of what you\'ll find in this huge, amazing volume, I have personally created a special listing of the contents and illustrations, which you\'ll find below. These are provided for your convenience. At the bottom of this page you\'ll also find some of the illustrations themselves. I hope you\'ll take a few moments to have a look.

CONTENTS ARE:

CHAPTER ONE ~ THE GENESIS OF FIRE EXTINGUISHING, 1609-1664: Manhattan Island as seen by the discoverer, Henry Hudson * \"A Rugged Fragment of Creation\" * Primitive fire apparatus * Quaint customs * Dutch architecture * First fire ordinance, 1648 * Fire wardens and surveyors of buildings * The Reign of the Knickerbockers

CHAPTER TWO ~ PRIMITIVE FIRE APPARATUS, 1664-1731: The British take possession of New Netherland * Establishment of a \"Burger Wagt\" * An insufficient amount of fire buckets and hooks and ladders * Governor Dongan and his council take action * Means adopted for the extinguishing of fires * Pavement of streets * Fire wardens appointed * \"Throw our your buckets\" * The City at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century

CHAPTER THREE ~ THE FIRST HAND ENGINE, 1731-1782: Machines introduced from London * Newsham\'s Engine * The first fire companies are formed * Who were the original fire laddies? * Location of stations * How the Department Force increased * Terms of service * Privileges and exemptions * Act of incorporation

CHAPTER FOUR ~ BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA, 1783-1797: The British evacuate the City * \"Henceforth New York was to move on her marvelous career\" * The firemen\'s address to Governor Clinton * A new Fire Organization is formed * The Fresh Water Pond * New companies are organized * Fire buckets and their uses * Location of engine houses

CHAPTER FIVE ~ IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE EXTINGUISHING METHODS, 1798-1811: Act of Incorporation, 1798 * Formation of fire insurance companies * Additional fire engines * Description of the City at the close of the 18th century * Rapid expansion of New York * The Great Fire of 1804 * Fire plugs * Another destructive blaze, 1811

CHAPTER SIX ~ ADOPTION OF A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE CITY, 1811-1822: Two sailors and a prisoner distinguish themselves * Laying of the corner stone of the City Hall * Extension of fire limits * Enactment of laws for the more effectual prevention of fires * Duties of firemen * The use of fire buckets superseded by hose

CHAPTER SEVEN ~ GROWTH OF THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT, 1822-1835: An epoch in the City of New York * The Yellow Fever epidemic * New building laws enacted * The City increasing with unprecedented rapidity * The services of volunteers dispensed with * Location of engine houses * Praise for the Fire Department * Public cisterns * Insufficient supply of water * Formation of a hydrant company

CHAPTER EIGHT ~ FEUDS AND THEIR SUPPRESSION, 1835-1842: Frequency of fires * Element of rowdyism in the Department * Bitter feuds between fire companies * The importance of the services of the Fire Department universally admitted * A proposition to elect and appoint five fire commissioners * Efforts to suppress \"volunteers\"

CHAPTER NINE ~ INTRODUCTION OF THE CROTON SERVICE, 1842-1853: Much rioting among the fire companies * Condition of the Department * New York City divided into three fire districts * The Morse magnetic telegraph * Erection of a water tower * The Hague Street disaster * Chief Carson\'s charges

CHAPTER TEN ~ ABOLISHMENT OF THE VOLUNTEERS, 1854-1865: Creation of the Board of Fire Department Commissioners * Peter Cooper\'s Plan * How abuses crept in * Charges in the newspapers * Investigations held * Location of companies * Burning of the City Hall cupola * Exit the old volunteers

CHAPTER ELEVEN ~ LIFE AMONG THE VOLUNTEERS: Scenes and incidents, grave and gay * Historic memories * Distinguished firemen * Refreshments and amusements * Morality and temperance * AT the Theater * Songs and singers * Luxurious furnishing of an engine house * A temperance orator\'s only speech

CHAPTER TWELVE ~ STORIES OF THE COMPANIES: Racing rivals * A tragedy in the Tombs * The Tea-water pump * Celebrated combats and champions * The \"Battle of the Boots\" * The Big Bowery Fight * Old \"Mose\" * Chivalry of the firemen * Foraging for a supper * Hard work at the fires

CHAPTER THIRTEEN ~ MEMORABLE INCIDENTS: Running on the sidewalks * Attacked by rowdies * Concealing a hydrant * The bunking rooms * Heroism of an old fire laddie * A gallant rescue * Target companies * Knights of the Round Table * Frank Clark, of \"Old Turk\" * A fireman becomes a monk

CHAPTER FOURTEEN ~ FIRES OF THE OLDEN TIME: History of some of the great fires that have devastated New York * The alleged incendiary Slave Plots of 1741 and 1796 * The Revolutionary struggle and the attempts to burn down the City * Disastrous fire of 1811 * A sailor\'s gallant deed * The old jail bell and its history

CHAPTER FIFTEEN ~ OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATIONS: Accidents to firemen * 200 families left homeless * The calamity at Niblo\'s Theater and burning of the New * The Bowery Theater in flames three times * An old play bill * Revolt of the firemen on account of Chief Gulick * Introduction of politics * Destruction of the old National Theater * A sense of magnificence and splendor * A million dollar conflagration in Water Street

CHAPTER SIXTEEN ~ VOLUNTEERS FIGHTING FIRES: More fires of the olden time * A terrible snow storm and burning of the Tribune Building * The Bowery Theater destroyed for the fourth time * The awful fire of 1845 * Thrilling incidents * Niblo\'s Garden in flames * The fearful Hague Street disaster * The Harper\'s fire * The Park Street Theater

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN ~ FINAL FIRES OF THE OLD DEPARTMENT: Great loss of life at the Jennings fire * Charity\'s compassionate hand * \"Andy\" Schenck\'s marriage and untimely death * The Crystal Palace Conflagration and destruction of engines * The death of Joseph Skillman * Fires through the Draft Riots and heroism of the firemen * Exciting and perilous times * Alleged Southern plot to burn hotels in 1864 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN ~ THE GREAT CONFLAGRATION OF 1835: A night of destruction and terror * Seventeen degrees below zero * Frozen rivers and frozen engines * Twenty million dollars worth of property swept away * A mountain of flame lighting up the bay * Despair of the citizens * Gallant struggles of the firemen * Alexander Hamilton\'s views

CHAPTER NINETEEN ~ GUNPOWDER CHECKS THE FLAMES: Ravages of the great fires * Graphic description by eye witnesses * Insurance companies bankrupted * Terror and dismay * The fairest portion of the city in ruins * Action of the authorities * Arrival of Philadelphia firemen

CHAPTER TWENTY ~ NEW YORK’S WATER SUPPLY: Primitive New York dependent on wells and cisterns * The famous and fashionable tea-water pump * Love stories and tragedy * Establishment of the Manhattan Company * The scheme of Christopher Colles * Plan to utilize the Bronx River * Passage of the bill for the Croton * The celebration in 1842 * The new aqueduct

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE ~ IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CITY: Creation of a Street Commissioners\' Department * Active measures of improvement inaugurated * Wells and pumps constructed * The City south of Grand Street lighted with gas * Ancient burial grounds obliterated * Public schools * Wharves, slips and piers * New buildings created * The Croton Aqueduct * Public cisterns * City debt * Water pipes

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO ~ THE CITY\'S UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS: Markets and their ancient mode of doing business * New York takes rank as the third city in Christendom, and exceeds in expenditure any other municipality in the world * Its growth and prosperity unparalleled * Ancient nomenclature of streets * Reduction in the rate of taxation * Sales of real estate * Public works and construction of drives and parks * The Croton and the Aqueduct

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE ~ VOLUNTEER PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Some of the grand displays in which the old Department has participated * Celebrating the opening of the Erie Canal and the the introduction of the Croton * Commemorating the French Revolution of 1830 * The First Annual and the Triennial parades * Torchlight processions * Great parade of 1883 * The Statue of Liberty fete

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR ~ THE CHIEF ENGINEERS AND ASSISTANTS: All men of \"character and undoubted respectability\" * Chiefs whose names are household words * The pride and boast of the old Fire Department * Their term of service and deeds of heroism * An unbroken succession of leaders of the Old Volunteers

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE ~ SOME PROMINENT VOLUNTEER FIREMEN: Edward M. Hoffmire - his varied and interesting career * William Brandon - fireman and insurance surveyor * John Baulch - at every large fire in New York from 1835 to 1862 * John T. Agnew - from a family of firemen * Carlisle Norwood - \"the very ideal of the True Fireman\" * Richard P. Moore - first to make trial of a steam fire engine in New York City * Clarkson Crolius - at every fire in the Sixth Ward * William B. Dunley - the best informed fireman in New York * John McDermott - an art connoisseur * Richard Evans - popular with the boys * Francis Hagadorn - has filled offices of trust and honor * William L. Jenkins - enamored of a fireman\'s life * Abraham H. Purdy - a sturdy veteran * Anthony Yeoman - an active fireman

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX ~ FIREMEN WHOSE DEEDS WILL LIVE AFTER THEM: Adam W. Spies - one of the most successful merchants in the City * Adolphus Borst - has signally served his country * James F. Wenman - first used a trumpet when a child * David Scannel - soldier and public officer * Timothy Sullivan - early loved fire * John B. Miller - a gallant assistant engineer * John K. Costigan - a gallant veteran * Henry Wilson - his generosity and self-sacrifice

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN ~ TALKS WITH SOME WELL KNOWN VETERANS: Alonzo Slote - enthusiastic and liked to be near the pipe * William A. Macy - extravagantly fond of the life of a fireman * John A. Cregier - rich in reminiscences * Carlisle Norwood - a veteran with a history * Zophar Mills - the Nestor of the Volunteers * Thomas Boese - crippled in the discharge of duty * Christopher Johnson - has seen exciting times * Henry J. Ockershausen - believed in energetic work * John W. Degrauw - what he considered the pleasantest part of a fireman\'s life * James F. Wenman - looks back to his fire days as the happiest of his life * Theodore Keeler - feels as if he\'d like to see the old boys again * W.L. Jenkins - gives him pleasure to recall the old days * John S. Giles - not deserted by his friends * Peter R. Warner - true to his post * Edward Wood - why he never became an alderman

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT ~ VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DESERVING OF ALL PRAISE: W.D. Wade * J.S. Giles * Peter Goelet * A. Tredwell * J. McGarrigal * H.L. Slote * J. Betts * F. Harper * W.M. Tweed * J. Tyson * P.R. Warner * J.Y. Watkins Sr. * J.Y. Watkins Jr. * J.R. Mount * W.H. Webb * S. Willetts * B. Strong * J.P. Bailey * J.S. Belcher * J.J. Bloomfeld * W. Boardman * T. Cleary * A. Craft * J.W. Degrauw * D.C. Silleck * W.H. Philip * P.J. Chappell * A.V. Davidson * J.H. Johnson * N.D. Thayer * J.P. Teale * F.R. Mott * M.T. Green * J.J. Reilly * D.C. Broderick * T. Moloney * N. Seagrist * J.W. Walsh * W. Lamb * M.O. Allen * J. Barker

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE ~ HEROES WHO DID BATTLE WITH THE FLAME: F.A. Ridabock * J. Dawson * W. Dunn * D. Garrey * F.S. Gwyer * E.W. Jacobs * Benj. J. Brown * M.W. Duane * C. Van Blarcom * M. Franklin * P.W. Engs * Francis Hall * John G. Hall * C.H. Haswell * S.T. Hoyt * P.N. Cornwell * J.M. Bennett * W.H. Wilson * B. Kenney * Eugene Ward * I. Williams * W.M. Mitchell * T.F. Goodwin * W.E. Bishop * L. Delmonico * A.R. Jollie * T. Keeler * G.W. Lane * E.R. Campbell * David Milliken * Zophar Mills * T. Monahan * O.A. Pesoa * C. Forrester * H.W. Taylor * J. Quigg * C.A. Childs * E. Haight * J. Kittleman * J. and R. Kimmens * W.H. Pegg * D.C. Smith * T.A. Ricard * T.W. Adams * W.L. Proch

CHAPTER THIRTY ~ OTHER FAMOUS FIREMEN: G.W. Anderson * J.J. Ferris * J. Hayes * H.P. McGown * S. Burhans Jr. * G.W. Wheeler * N. Finch * M. Fowler * W.R.W. Chambers * J. Galvin * J.E. Colgrove * J.P. Lacour * A. Boese * J.F. Gillin * L.J. Belloni * J. Harris * A.C. D\'Ozeville * O.A. Farrin * J. Fagin * J.H. English * J. Kavanagh * J. Dailey * E.P. Durham * J. Mullin * J.J. Slevin * J. Buckbee * E. Bonnoll * A. Franklin * A.J. Allaire * M.J. Keese * J.L. Mott * H.J. Ockershausen * M.F. Odell * J.R. Platt * J.R. Steers * J. Cornwell * R. McGinnis * F.E. Gilbert * A.P. Pentz

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE ~ SOME OLD-TIME FIRE LADDIES: R.H. Ellis * W.C. Conner * S. Yates * J.H. Bartley * B.M. Sweeney * S. Townsend * M. Thompson * J.P. Prote * M. Fallon * S. Lichtenstein * J.A. Flack * P.B. Van Arsdale * J.W. Garside * J.J. Blair * J.M. Van Alst * F.J. Twomey * S. Waterbury * C. Place * Peter Vetter Jr. * Peter Vetter Sr. * J.H. Waydell * W.H. Van Sickel Sr. * W.H. Van Sickel Jr. * W.W. Warner * T.E. Howe * G.H. Dunn * J.H. Hughes * Samuel Waddell * T. Leavy * W. Hitchman * J.L. Miller * A.B. Hauptman

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ~ FAMOUS FIREMEN OF THE OLD REGIME: Firemen who have run with the \"machines\" * Their companies and their exploits * Methods of extinguishing fires which have passed out of vogue * Very lively times when an alarm was rung out * The kind of history which does not repeat itself in our day and generation * Leading spirits who cherish the memories of the past

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE ~ HISTORY OF THE ENGINE COMPANIES: When they were organized * Where located at different times * Their officers and prominent members * Engines they used, and how the most famous were painted or decorated * Changes in the organization * \"Hudson,\" \"Excelsior,\" \"Forrest,\" \"Niagara,\" \"Protection,\" \"Big Six,\" \"Lexington.\"

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR ~ MORE ABOUT THE ENGINE COMPANIES: Their history and exploits * Fire experiences in company quarters * The brave days of old * Famous fire commandants * Organization and development of companies * Recalling many interesting episodes * Scenes and incidents in the life of a volunteer fireman

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE ~ FIREMEN OF THE BRAVE DAYS OF OLD: Who the men were who ran with the Machine * Life that was exciting and eventful * Famous volunteer engine companies * Their methods of fire extinguishing * Vivid descriptions of stirring scenes and incidents of New York life

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX ~ RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW: The last of the volunteer fire companies * Dates of organization and names of foremen * Some quaint New York history * Hand and steam engines * New York grows too large for old time appliances and methods * The new regime takes charge

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN ~ HISTORY OF THE HOSE COMPANIES: From No. 1 to 25, inclusive * Dates of their organization and disbandment * The men who rendered conspicuous services * Their foremen and other officers * Services rendered and their story narrated * Some incidents worth recording * Heroic in all things

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT ~ MORE VETERAN HOSE COMPANIES: Nos. 26 to 46, inclusive * Names that are familiar as household words * Location and changes * Nomenclature of companies: Rutgers, Neptune, Mayflower, Metamora, Laurel, Putnam, Oceana, Amity, Mohawk, Mazeppa, Pioneer, Red Jacket

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE ~ CONCLUSION OF THE HOSE COMPANIES: No. 47 (Mechanics\' Own, Howard, Mechanics) * No. 48 (Carson, Americus) * No. 49 (Lady Washington) * No. 50 (Corlies, Hope) * No. 51 (Relief) * No. 52 (Undine) * No. 53 (Naiad) * No. 54 (Eureka) * No. 55 (Harry Howard) * No. 56 (Equitable, Nassau) * No. 57 (Paulding) * No. 58 (Merchant, Forrest) * No. 59 (Ion, Manhattan) * No. 60 (M.T. Brennan) * No. 61 (Zephyr) * No. 62 (Minute) * Fifth Ward Exempt

CHAPTER FORTY ~ HOOK AND LADDER AND HYDRANT COMPANIES: No. 1 (Mutual) * No. 2 (Chelsea) * No. 3 (Phoenix) * No. 4 (Eagle) * No. 5 (Union) * No. 6 (Lafayette) * No. 7 (Mechanics\') * No. 8 (Empire) * No. 9 (America, Washington) * No. 10 (Narragansett) * No. 11 (Knickerboker, Harry Howard) * No. 12 (Friendship) * No. 13 (Marion) * No. 14 (Columbian) * No. 15 (Baxter) * No. 16 (Manhattan and Liberty) * No. 17 (John Decker) * No. 18 (Hibernian) * Hydrant Companies * The hydrant company that never was passed

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE ~ THE EXEMPT FIREMEN\'S BENEVOLENT FUND: Organization and incorporation of the Fund * The first beginnings * Quaint and strange methods adopted to create a Fund * Names of the early officers * Legislation looking to the creation of a charitable fund and its distribution * The beneficiaries * The amount of money received each year * Revenue derived from annuals balls * A tax of two percent license fees exacted from insurance agents * The Metropolis Fair * Firemen\'s Monument * Fire commissioners

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO ~ THE FIRE ZOUAVES: Eleventh N.Y.S.V. * Brave deeds that have gone into history * The firemen gallantly responded to President Lincoln\'s appeal for men * Formation of the First Regiment of Fire Zouaves * On to Washington * Death of Colonel Ellsworth * Colonel Farnham taken from the field in a dying condition * Captain Jack Wildey * Colonel Leoser * Lieutenant Divver * The Second Regiment of Fire Zouaves * Their valiant services in the field

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE ~ VARIOUS OLD FIRE HEADQUARTERS: House in Fulton Street * Old building * Site of Fireman\'s Hall * Mercer Street headquarters * Laying of the corner stone * Imposing ceremonies * Speech by Thomas Franklin

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR ~ BALLS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Some of the brilliant annual entertainments of the Old Department * Wealth, fashion, and beauty of the Terpsichorean entertainments * All for charity * Organizations that were concurrent with the fire companies * Target practice * The Gulick Guards and others * Chowder parties * What the old boys did with themselves after their disbandment

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE ~ WHERE OLD FIREMEN CONGREGATE: Their headquarters and association rooms * The Association of Exempt Firemen * New York Firemen\'s Association * Volunteer Firemen\'s Association * Veteran Firemen\'s Association * A noble charity * Reception tendered to the Old Guard * Volunteer Firemen\'s Sons\' Association

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX ~ A FAREWELL TO THE VOLUNTEERS: George Washington an active fireman * His great interest in fire matters * The growth and progress of the city * Some quaint fire ordinances * Fires and fire bugs * Life saving firemen * Gallant and devoted * Brave men; honest men * We may not look upon their like again

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN ~ ORGANIZATION OF THE PAID DEPARTMENT: New York overtakes the provinces in 1864 * Paving the way to a paid department * The only way to rescue the Volunteers was to reorganize them * The police, insurance men and citizens take a hand to this end

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT ~ WORK OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS: Enforcing order and discipline * The Metropolitans getting into harness * Active cooperation of the old companies * Chief Decker required to continue in the performance of his duty * The Chief relieved at his own request from further service * Volunteer companies mustered out * Retirement of engineers * Introduction of a uniform * Regulations for the guidance of firemen * The board acknowledges the services of the Volunteers * Fire, Academy of Music - Tragic death of two brave firemen

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE ~ THE DEPARTMENT SEVERELY CRITICIZED: Resignation of Commissioner Brown * Appointment of General Shaler, M.B. Wilson, T.B. Myers, and James Galway * The Board exclusively Republican * A manifesto of much interest * Bureau of Combustibles * A reward for the conviction of incendiaries * A board to pass on the competency of officers

CHAPTER FIFTY ~ THE DEPARTMENT GAINS IN EFFICIENCY: Appointment of a fire marshal * A corps of sappers and miners * Steamboats Havemeyer and Mills * Business rules and regulations * Superintendent of buildings * English and American fire services * Instructions in life saving * Several destructive fires * The dry goods district * President Purroy\'s water tank

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE ~ FIRE DEPARTMENT TELEGRAPH SYSTEM: Its construction and development * Records of the several superintendents and their efforts to perfect the system * Superintendent Smith * A man with a creditable record * Vigilant, enterprising, scientific * Cental office of the fire alarm telegraph

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO ~ THE ROLL OF MERIT: Deeds of self-sacrifice and heroism which prove that the age of chivalry is not of the past * Names that will live in history and in the hearts of an appreciative community * The Bennett and Stephenson medalists * A chapter on life saving

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE ~ OFFICERS AND THEIR COMMANDS: Chief Shay * Assistant chiefs * Chiefs of battalion * Foremen and assistant foremen * Their duties and responsibilities * Boundaries of fire districts * Location of engine companies

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR ~ FIRE INSURANCE: ITS BENEFICENCE AND IMPORTANCE: The Great Benevolent Society * Blest offspring of modern civilization * The friend of the poor, the guardian of the helpless, the protector of home, the safeguard of honorable competence

CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE ~ THE HAND AND STEAM FIRE ENGINE: Its origin, growth and development * Fire apparatus in use before the Christian era * The force pump * The invention of fire engines * Application of the air chamber * Introduction of leather hose * Newsham\'s and Simpkin\'s inventions * Ericsson\'s portable steam engine, etc. etc.

CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX ~ THE ARCHITECTURAL GROWTH OF THE CITY: First habitations occupied by white settlers on Manhattan Island * Primitive structures * Dutch architecture * Some important buildings erected about the beginning of the present century * More recent improvements * The great expansion of the city * Fire-proof buildings * Churches, public edifices, flats and private dwellings

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN ~ MISCELLANEOUS FIRE MATTERS: Improved new engine houses * Description of the new headquarters\' building * A fine edifice * The fire marshal * Knowing horses and dogs * Life in the engine house * Getting quickly to a fire * Running risks * St. George\'s flats

CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT ~ SOME WELL-KNOWN CHIEFS: Some heads of departments throughout the country * Big cities with distinguished fire chiefs * Men who have risen through merit * Their experiences and responsibilities

ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDE:

VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT

SCENES, EQUIPMENT, ETC: Adriatic Engine No. 31 * Americus Badge * Americus Engine No. 6 * Amity Hose No. 38 * George W. Anderson’s hat and trumpet * Astor Place Opera House * Axe of Valley Forge * Badge of E.W. Jacobs * Big Six Ball Ticket * Eagle Fire Co. Ball Ticket * Fulton Engine Co. Ball Ticket * Gulick Guards Ball Ticket * North River Engine Co. Ball Ticket * Baltimore Keys and Sergeant Creeden * Bank of America burned * Banner to City Hose No. 33 * Barnum’s Museum burned * Battery on Hubert Street * Beekman Street fire * Bell Tower at Essex Market * Bell Tower, Macdougal Street * Old Mechanics’ Bell Tower * Bell Tower at Old Post Office * Black Joke No. 33 * Big Six, built 1851 * Big Six in annual parade * Adolphus Borst in Andersonville * Group of Bowery Boys * Bowery theater * View of first brick building * Broadway in 1800 * Broadway in 1840 * Broadway theater * David C. Broderick’s hat and trumpet * Bull’s Head in Bowery * The Bunk Room, “Big Six” * Burghers disputing * Map of the Burned District, 1835 * Burton’s theater, Chambers Street * Button of old firemen * Canal Celebration * View of Canal Street * Canal Street and Broadway * Cap of Foreman Hunt * Cap of Harry Howard * Catherine Market * Certificate of Independent Sidewalk Association * Certificate of discharge, John Decker * Character heads of old firemen * Medal of Paul J. Chappell * Chatham Square in 1761 * Church in the fort * City Hall * City Hall, Wall Street * City Hall in 1679 * City Hotel * The Clermont, first steamboat * Coat of arms, Old Volunteers * Coil of hose * Maps of Collect Pond * The Collect Pond one hundred years ago * Colored Orphan Asylum * Croton Celebration * Mouth of Croton River * Maps of Croton River watershed * Burning of the Crystal Palace * Dancing for eels * Chief Decker and Board of Engineers * Chief Decker’s certificate of discharge * Chief Decker in the hands of rioters * Design from old pitcher * Design on fireman’s certificate * Dutch cottages, 1800 * Dutch cottages on Beaver Street * Dutch cottages on Liberty Street, 1800 * Dutch windmill * Canal celebration, East River * Colonel Elmer Ellsworth shot * Ellsworth Zouave * Ellsworth Zouave with cap * Elm Street fire * Emblems of the Old Department * Engine No. 5 * Engine No.11, Gooseneck * Engine No. 15, Croton Celebration * Engine No. 21, Fulton * Engine No. 34 * Black Joke engine house * Duane Street engine house * Hanover Square engine house * Live Oak engine house * No. 3 engine house * No. 21 engine house * No. 25 engine house * Supply No. 1 engine house * Essex’s card of notification * Excelsior Engine No. 2 * Extricating S.J. Tinsdale from the ruins * Scene at fire of 1730 * Map of fire of 1776 * Map of fire of 1778 * Coenties Slip fire of 1835 * Doherty’s description * Fire of 1835 from the Exchange Building * Fire apparatus * Fire buckets carried * Fire buckets of leather * Firehats of 1752 * Old firehats and fronts * Fire hydrant * Old firehat * Fire tower, Jefferson Market * Firemen’s Insurance Policy design * Firemen’s Certifices * Firemen’s Emblems * Firemen at work * Firemen to the rescue * Firemen’s badges * Metropolitan Fair fire department * First Fireman’s Hall * Second Firemen’s Hall * Firemen’s Hall, Mercer Street * Firemen’s hats, old style * Fire Zouaves at Manassas * Fire Zouaves at Yorktown * Fire Zouaves embarking * Fire Zouaves leaving for the Civil War * Fire Zouaves in camp * Folding ladder truck * “Forever Float That Standard” sheet * Fort George * City Hall fountain * Franklin House * Front, American Hose to Rutger’s Hose * Front of Harry Howard * Front of James Walse * Front of Old Hook and Ladder * Front of Rambler Hose * Front of Wm. M. Twed * Old Fulton Market * Fulton’s steamboat * Gallant rescue * Going to a fire * Governor’s house in the fort * Group of old firemen * Group over reservoir gate * Chief Gulick’s canvas for Register * Gulick Guards’ ball ticket * Drawings of early hand engines * Harper and Brothers building burned * Hat of Gratacap * Hat to Tyson from Kirk * Hat fronts, Hook and Ladder * Hay Wagon Engine 42 * High Bridge * Oldest Hook and Ladder * Hope on, hope ever * Hose carriage, lost at sea * Style of first Hose Carriage * House first lighted with gas * House of Hook and Ladder No. 4 * Chief Howard and staff * Huron, Bartholdi parade * Indian village of Manhattans * Letter of Washington Irving * Italian Opera House * Jail in City Hall Park * Jefferson Assembly Rooms * Jennings’ fire * Kennedy House, Broadway * Kissing Bridge * Kolch Hook Pond * Ladies’ Metropolitan Fair * Lady Washington No. 48 * Lafayette E.T. Croton Celebration * Landing of Hendrick Hudson * Lexington Engine No. 7 * Liberty Pole * Liberty pole-vane * McGovern’s adventure with the mob * Map of Manhattan, 1746 * Manhattan Engine No. 8 * Marion Engine No. 9 to Engine No. 23 * Alexandria Marshall house * Medal to Samuel Yates * Medal to P.J. Chapell * Merchants’ Exchange burned * Merchants’ Exchange ruins * Metropolitan Hall * Middle Dutch Church * Mob’s destructive work * Monument to A.L. Cowdery * Monument to foremen, Greenwood * Monument to firemen, Trinity Church * Monument to Ward and Underhill * Monument to William D. Wade * National Theater * Oldest view of New Amsterdam * New York, 1656 * New York, 1672 * New York, 1679 * New York from Brooklyn, 1679 * Map of New York * New York theater * Niagara Engine No. 4 * Niblo’s Garden * A Noble Charity * North Battery, Hubert Street * The Old and the New * Pacific Engine No. 28 * Painting on Engine No. 3, Williamsburg * Palisade, Wall Street * Panel on old firemen’s hall * Parchment from City Hall fire * Park Theater * Phoenix Engine No. 22, Croton celebration * Pitcher to James Gulick * Poorhouse, City Hall Park * Purdy Guards parade * Quarters of the Old Volunteer Department * Race for hose * Race for drying hose * Rescue of a child * Rescue of a woman * Rescue by foreman Mount * Reservoir, Chambers Street * Reservoir, Forty-Second Street * Reservoir, Thirteenth Street * Residence of Miss Sands * Residence of Jacob Stoutenburgh * Responding to an alarm * Riley’s Hotel and liberty pole * Rushing to the conflict * Saint Paul’s Church * Scene at a fire * First seal of New York City * Signal lamp of Black Joke * Signal lamp of Chief Anderson * Signal lamp of Engine No. 1 * Signal lamp of Hook and Ladder No. 6 * Signal lamps * Steam engines in 1865 * Sugar House * Tammany Hall * Tea water pumps * Tiger carried on Big Six * Tombs cupola burned * Torchlight procession, 1858 * Tribune Building burned * Trinity Church, 1800 * Trinity Church ruins * Tripler Hall * Trumpet to J.L. Perley * Trumpet to J.P. Teale * Trumpet to Wm. M. Tweed * Old styles of trumpets * Union, 1811, Bartholdi parade * Union Square * Up to the bend * Veteran Firemen’s Association, reception to Old Guard * Veteran Firemen’s Association, view of Engine * Veteran Firemen’s Association, view of Headquarters * Veteran Firemen’s Association, view of parlors * Volunteer apparatus * Volunteer Firemen’s Association headquarters * Volunteer Association’s new banner * Wall Street lots, 1716 * General George Washington as a fireman * Residence of General Washington * General Washington riding to a fire * Washington Engine No. 20 Canal Celebration * Washington Hose No. 12 * Washington Hotel * Washington Institute * Washington Market * Water gate, West Street * Widows and orphans befriended * Widows and orphans protected * Wilson’s cracker bakery burned * Winter scene, Broadway and Prince * Yellow Bird Hose No. 2

PORTRAITS: John T. Agnew * Anthony Allaire, Jr. * William P. Allen * Augustus T. Anderson * George W. Anderson * John Barker * John Baulch * John J. Blair * “Bill Post” * William L. Bishop * Edward Bonnell * Adolphus Borst * William Brandon * M.T. Brennan * David C. Broderick * Samuel Burhans, Jr. * Inspector Thomas Byrnes * William Campbell * Alfred Carson * Col. W.R.W. Chambers * Alfred Chancellor * Paul J. Chappell * Charles S. Childs * Frank Clark * De Witt Clinton * David Closey * Christopher Colles * John K Costigan * John A. Cregier * Clarkson Crolius * Carroll Cuneen * John Daily * Alex O. Davidson * Chief Decker * Lorenzo Delmonico * Daniel Divver * Daniel Donavan * Joseph Douglass * Thomas Dunlap * William B Dunley * George H Dunn * Ed. P. Durham * Robert H. Ellis * Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth * James H. English * Philip W Engs * Benjamin J. Evans * Richard Evans * Noah L. Farnham * James J. Ferris * James A. Flack * Thomas Flender * John J. Finn * John H. Forman * Charles Forrester * Thomas Franklin * J.F. Gillin * William A. Hacket * Francis Hagadorn * Fletcher Harper * William B. Hays * William Hitchman * E.M. Hoffmire * Edward W. Jacobs * Joseph H Johnson * John Kavanagh * Shepherd F. Knapp * William Lamb * Charles McK. Leoser * S. Lichenstein * Mathew McCullough * Harry Manfield * Peter Masterson * John B. Miller * Zophar Mills * John Moller * James R. Mount * Alexander Murray * James J. Murray * Robert B. Nooney * Carlisle Norwood * Richard H. Nugent * Daniel Patterson * George T. Patterson * Adam P. Pentz * Enoch C. Pentz * Peter P. Pullis * Abraham B. Purdy * John Quigg * William Rainer * Fred A Ridabock * Thomas Ryan * John Riker Jr * David Scannel * Matthew J. Shannon * James J. Slevin * Alonzo Slote * Adam W. Spies * Thomas Sullivan * Timothy Sullivan * John P. Teale * Daniel F. Tiemann * Joseph H. Tooker * Wm. M. Tweed * Francis J. Twomey * Andrew M. Underhill * Wm. H. Van Sickel Jr * J.L. Van Wart * Harry Venn * Peter Vetter Jr * William D. Wade * William W. Warner * John H. Waydell * James F. Wenman * William H. Wickman * Henry Wilson * William A. Woodhull * Samuel Yates

PAID DEPARTMENT

SCENES, EQUIPMENT, ETC.: Fire at the Academy of Music * American Fire Engine, 1787 * American Fire Engine, 1857 * Fritz Andree, fire-bug * Rudolph Andree, fire-bug * Wife of Fritz Andree the fire-bug * Answering an alarm * Badge of Metropolitan Department * Badge of General Shaler * Badge of Insurance companies * Badge of Insurance Secretary * Badge of Underwriters * Bennett medalists * Chief Bresnan answering a call * Broadway, south of Vesey * Bunk room of No. 33 * Kit of burglars’ tools * Card of instructions * Chiefs of Department * House of Charles Crocker * Eager for the fray * Egyptian fire engine * Elm Street engine house * Engine apparatus * Engine No. 6 * Engine No. 14 * Engine No. 33 * Extinguishing tools * Fire alarm boxes * Fire boat Zophar Mills * Fire boat William F. Havemeyer * Firemen fighting fire * Hibernia fire engine * Hoele life-saving apparatus * Hook and Ladder No. 1 * Hook and Ladder No. 3, with extension closed * Hook and Ladder No. 3 with extension * Hose coupling * Hose pipes and nozzles * Incidents in life of firemen * Inman pier fire * Insurance certificate* Interior of engine house * New Jefferson Market * “Jim,” the horse of Engine No. 33 * House of H. Knickerbocker * Locks from Brooklyn theater * Life saving appliances * London fire engine * Portraits of Board Medical Officers * Mills building, Broad Street * Neetmok extension * Cut of Nozzle * One of our Firemen * Osborne Flats * New York Firemen and Engine * Captain of Patrol * Philadelphia Fireman and Engine * Policy of Mutual Assurance Co. * Post Office Building * Potter Building * House of C.D. Postley * Primitive Fire Engine * Room of Underwriters Board * St. George Flats, burned * Scene at Broadway fire * Seal of Metropolitan Fire Department * Sending an Alarm * Seventh Regiment Armory * Elliott F. Shepherd House * Steam coil for first engine boiler * First-built Steam Fire Engine * Steam fire engine, first built in America * Styles of Steam Fire Engines * Stephenson Medalists * Stewart Mansion * Home of Mrs. R.L. Stuart * Syringe of Sixteenth Century * Telegraph Apparatus, Old Headquarters * House of C.L. Tiffany * House of H. McK. Twombley * United Bank Building * House of C. Vanderbilt * House of F. Vanderbilt * House of George Vanderbilt * House of W.K. Vanderbilt * Wagon for carrying covers * Water tank * Water tower extended * House of Dr. S. Webb * House of Dr. White * Burning of the World Building

PORTRAITS: Joshua Grosvenor Abbe * Alfred E Baker * Chief Bates * Chief Bemish * Hugh Bonner * James W. Booth * Thomas S. Brennan * John J. Bresnan * Martin B. Brown * Sam Campbell * Chief Cantlin * John J. Cashman * Chief Cloyes * Chief Combs * Col. A.C. Clouston * Richard Croker * Martin L Cromwell * Chief Dickerson * Chief Ellett * Captain Ericsson * William P Esterbrook * Chief Fager * Chief Favner * John S. Fisher * James Galway * Benjamin A Gicquel * Charles E. Gildersleeve * Thomas Gooderson * John J. Gorman * Ex-Mayor Gunther * R.D. Hatch * Daniel A. Heald * Chief Hendrick * James S. Henessy * William P Henshaw * Chief Higgins * Henry S. Hills * Chris Hoele * Chief Hornung * Chief Hughes * Abram C. Hull * Carl Jussen * Chief Kaes * Vincent C. King * Elisha Kingsland * William Laimbeer * Thomas Lally * Chief Leshure * Chief Lindsay * Joseph F. McGill * Charles F. McKenna * James H. McLean * Francis Mahedy * Chief Meyer * Chief Miller * Nicholas C. Miller * Theodorus B. Myers * Chief O’Conner * Albert F. d’Oench * Chief Nevins * William Pitt Palmer * George T Patterson Jr * Chief Pearse * Joseph F. Perley * C.C. Pinckney * Chief Platt * C.D. Postley * Charles D. Purroy * Henry D. Purroy * William M. Randell * James M. Rankin * Michael F. Reeves * Chief Reilly * Francis J. Reilly * Daniel G. Rollins * William Rowe * Chief Rumsey * Edward W. Savage * Chief Sexton * Peter Seery * Alexander Shaler * Captain Eyere Massey Shaw * Charles O. Shay * George H. Sheldon * Peter H. Short * Edward Smith * Elliott J. Smith * Eldridge G. Snow * John D. Steele * Chief Sullivan * Chief Sweenie * Chief Sweeny * Chief Taylor * Cornelius Van Cott * Chief Walker * John H. Washburn * Chief Webber * Peter Weir * William B White * Chief Windsor * Chief Wilkinson * Chief Worthley

Remember folks, this is a Deluxe Edition of a very rare 1887 New York City Fire Department history. This book is 128 years old.


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