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The Visiting Firemen 65 machine is a Knox triple combination, and was away from quarters fifteen hours, pumped 10 1/2 hours, travelled 42 miles, used 4,000 feet of hose and 42 gallons of chemical. Left for home at 6 A. M. and arrived home at 7 A. M., June 26. Chief Ordway was in charge of the apparatus and the following men: Capt. Owen McKenney, Lieut. Geo. McClintock, Chauffeurs Shannon and Eames, Hosemen W. H. Van Horn, Louis Holden, T. J. Cullinane, James Maxwell, George Baxter, Wm. O’Brien, W. R. Zwickler and Capt. E. H. Crowe of Truck 1. STONEHAM Call received at 4.10 P. M. The run was made in 26 minutes by the Seagrave combination, with 1,300 feet of hose and ten men in charge of Chief A. J. Smith. They were in service twelve hours and when returning home, left one hundred and fifty feet of hose, two fire axes, two pipes and ladder hook. |
No call was sent to Quincy. This large; motor-pumping engine was in Stoneham, returning from Manchester, N. H., where it had gone on a test and ended by working at a big fire. Learning of the fire in Salem, they asked the Stoneham people to show them the way down. They located in Holly street and worked with five lines, from 650 to r,8oo feet in length, the Stoneham crew having one of them. They were bothered by not being able to get water enough. NEWBURYPORT Chief Osborne received the call at 3.30 P. M., and was loaded and left for Salem at 4.15. Arrived at 4.45. As there was no one to direct them, they took up their position at Cabot and Hancock streets, also worked as far as Gardner street, saving a number of houses, their work being much appreciated by the residents in this vicinity. Their horses also hauled five other pieces of apparatus. The apparatus taken was Engine 2 and wag- |
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The Visiting Firemen 67 on. Chief Osborne carried with him the following men: Captain Moses E. Wright, Lieut. John H. Packer, George W. Parker, Frank W. Landford, Charles S. Blake, Everett F. Landford, Thomas E. Colman, Geo.W. Ross, Edward H. Lang, George E. Dixon, John J. Welch, Frank Coffey, David Casey, Drivers John Coffey and Dennis Lucy of Engine 2. Samuel Chase and Daniel Kelleher of Engine 1 and Mayor Hiram H. Landford. Left for home at 8 A. M., June 26. REVERE Call was received by Chief Kimball at 4.24 P. M., and motor combination A was sent, arriving at 4.50. It was in service over seven hours, its line being attached to the Fore River pump. LAWRENCE In response to a call for help, Chief Carey left Lawrence for Salem at 4.40 P. M. in his machine and was on the ground at 5.40 |
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The Visiting Firemen 68 P. M., held a consultation in Lafayette square with Mayor Hurley, and in consequence telephoned to Lawrence for Engine 2 and Hose 5, which is equipped with a large deck-gun. About 6.30 P. M. the firemen began to arrive in automobiles and at once took up their position on Broad street, manning the hose lines of Engine 2 of Salem, they being without their apparatus at the time. After a hard fight of three hours the fire was prevented from spreading to the north, by the combined efforts of Lynn and Lawrence firemen. At this time the second conflagration broke out in North Salem, and the apparatus from Lawrence had just reported to Chief Carey at Broad and Flint streets. It now being safe to leave the Broad Street position, Chief Carey decided to go to the North Salem fire, and took with him Engine 2 and Hose 5, of Lawrence, and Engine 2 of Salem. He proceeded to North Salem and took up his position on Buffum street, setting the large wagon-gun of Hose 5 directly in the path of the flames, also set- |
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The Visiting Firemen 69 ting Engine 2 of Salem in the same vicinity. This engine was, at this time with the exception of the engineer and stoker manned by Lawrence firemen, it having been turned over to them in Broad street by an assistant chief of the Salem Department. After a battle of about two hours the fire was placed under control here. About this time Chief Carey received a request to go to Derby street with the men and apparatus in his command and they picked up and proceeded through Essex to Derby street as soon as possible, arriving in front of the fire here at about 12.45 A. M. The chief set his large wagon-gun at the corner of Derby and Curtis streets, and with two engines playing into the gun, after two hours and a half work the fire was under control. They made up about four A. M. and under orders of an assistant engineer of Salem, proceeded to the Central Fire Station to cover in, which they did until relieved at 6.30 A. M., June 26. They left Salem for Lawrence by special train at 7.30 A. M. The officers and men under the command |
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The Visiting Firemen 70 of Chief Engineer Dennis E. Larey, were as follows : Captain George H. Remick, Lieut. Fred M. Gibson, W. A. O’Reilly, John J. Hopkins, William A. Dwyer, Thomas T. Brideaux, John McLeod, William Cotter, Joseph Evans, Robert Graham, Alfred Cowperthwaite, Edward F. Flynn, Joseph Ford, Robert Henderson, George Bates, Andrew Campbell, John Quinn, Dennis F. Durgin, Charles Sawyer, James Bannon, Thomas Hughes, Richard Lamb, George Otis, Fred Wallace, Joseph Baggett, Edward I. Dooley, Thomas B. Hogan, Alfred L. Kennedy, Thomas J. Sessnan, Daniel C. Fitzpatrick, Earnest Hoehn, Carl Woekei, Thomas Doyle, James Green, Walter Smith, John J. Drummond, Robert Telter, Daniel J. DeCourcey, William R. Sawyer, Thomas Craven, Parker Dempsey, Thomas Hollows. Chief Carey received a very complimentary letter in regard to the work of himself and the men under him, which letter was published in the Salem News at the time. |
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The Visiting Firemen 71 MALDEN Call received by Chief Butler at 4.55 P. M., who at once ordered Combination A, a Knox auto, in use four years, to proceed to Salem over the road. Engine 1, a horse-drawn engine owned by the city 25 years, was sent by rail. Combination A made Lynn in twelve minutes, but were delayed here three minutes by a blow-out. At times they run fifty miles an hour. Engine 1 arrived at 6.35. In charge of Chief Butler were the following officers and men: Captain Powell, Chauffeur Brooks, Engineer Fred Palmer, Asst. Engineer George Blakely, Firemen, Moran, Keddie, Shandley, Buckley and Kirby. Among other places these men worked with Engine 8 of Boston, near the freight house, with Engine 6 of Boston on Buffum street and about two A. M. laid hose at the coal piles on Derby street and took part in the stop on Herbert street. They arrived home at 8.45 A. M., June 26., losing 650 feet of hose and a Callahan shut-off pipe. They were greatly bothered by the lack of a chuck. |
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The Visiting Firemen 72 GLOUCESTER Gloucester loaded a second class Amoskeag, No. i, and Hose i with 1,450 feet of hose and left at 5.05 P. M. for Salem, arriving at 5.30. Also took four horses. Changed positions seven times, working on Lafayette street, Canal street and near Derby Wharf. Lost 550 feet of hose. Arrived home at 7 A. M., June 26. Engineer A. P. Gorman had charge of these men. Captain Hearn, Lieut. Ed. Soames, A. W. Bulkley, Homer Marchant, Sam Clark, Russell Sargent, J. Lufkin, Walter Collins, Ben. Harvey, Henry Hilton, Howard Poland, D. F. Smith, Ray Friend, Lester Poland, Tom O’Maley, Wilham Lowe, Charles Lowe, Tony Courant, J. Nichols and John McAuley.
MANCHESTER, MASS. Call received at P. M. Chief Hoare detailed Asst. Chief Thomas Baker to take charge. The automobile left at 5.10 and arrived at the corner of Bridge and Washington at 5.26. The equipment of this auto
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The Visiting Firemen 73 was 1,200 feet of hose, one forty gallon and two three gallon extinguishers. The engine left in the tow of the Paine furniture auto, and arrived on Canal street at 6.35. They started to work at about a block above the church on Lafayette street using chemicals. Were directed by the mayor to go to the corner of Canal and Ropes streets. They sent a messenger to direct the engine to the new position, and the engine arrived just as they had the hose laid. They found the water pressure very low at first, but it improved later on and they worked two streams from their own engine and one from the Maiden Engine. They worked all night on Canal street, from Ropes to Hancock streets, saving three apartment houses apparently doomed. Started breaking their line at 6 and arrived home at 8.35 A. M. Lost one pony extinguisher. In charge of Acting Chief Thomas Baker were the following men: Captain Ellery L. Rogers, William H. Allen, C. D. Cook, E. P. Flynn, F. L. Floyd, A. E. Hersey, J. A. Kehoe, M. S. Miguel, J. P. Read, J. E. Riggs, E. A. Smothers, R. G. Stanley, H. C. |
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The Visiting Firemen 74 Sweet, L. 0. Lations, C. C. Dodge, B. S. Stanley, H. M. Stanley, S. 0. Mason, R. W. Lane, W. Kelliher, Charles Chadwick and volunteers from Manchester, F. L. Smith, S. R. Stanley, Albert Smith and Wm. Mc Dairmid. MEDFORD Chief Bacon received a call at 5.10 P. M., and ordered Capt. W. R. Ordway of Combination E to take charge of Combination D, a Knox machine, and proceed to Salem, which he did at 5.I5. The run was made through Cliftondale to Floating Bridge, where they turned into Eastern avenue, on account ot road repairs, and came into Salem through Loring avenue, arriving at 5.45 P. M. Among others responding from Medford, were Lieut. John Qualey, Lieut. Harvey, Chauffeur Judson Hanson, Firemen, Foye, Splaine and Brewster. Fire Commissioner Percy Richardson met them in Salem. They were bothered by the lack of a chuck, hut went to work on the Fore River engine, manning one |
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The Visiting Firemen 75 line. Did fine work here but water went completely back on them at 9 P. M. They did good work with the chemical, among other stunts saving the Derby house on Linden street and stopping the spread of the fire in this direction. Lieut. Governor Barry complimented the Medford boys on their work. HINGHAM Captain Albert M. Kimball of Engine 2, hearing of the fire, got his company together and they arrived late in the afternoon in two automobiles. As the fire rushed unchecked down Eden street it seemed as if Messervey street would go. Taking advantage of their experience gained at similar fires in their outlying districts where no water is available for the engines, they gathered all the rugs and clothing they could find and taking them to the salt water, wet them, and then lay them on the roof and over the sides of the houses, where an occasional bucket of salt water would keep them wet. Meeting with success at No. 9 Messervey, we soon had plenty |
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The Visiting Firemen 76 of help, and further down the Street had blankets spread and lots of help from a bucket brigade in wetting down the blankets, as they began to smoke our boys took their positions on the roofs and the crowd kept the water coming. The owners said many pleasant things that night. On the north side, about i 1.30 P. M., these boys relieved a crowd of volunteers handling a line on Union street. The volunteers were having quite a time handling it, losing ground all the time through improper handling. Captain Kimball and his boys manned this line till daylight, making the stop on the James Coffey house on one side and the Roache house on the other. Mr. Coffey was much pleased and has since entertained the boys. SOMERVILLE Chief Rich went to Salem in person, and on his arrival there telephoned for an engine and wagon. An engine~ driven by a Christie tractor and an American LaFrance combina
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The Visiting Firemen 77 tion wagon arrived at 7.30 P. M. They worked about four hours till the water supply gave out. WINCHESTER A Knox combination wagon and an engine drawn by a mercantile motor, both in charge of Chief DeCourcy arrived at 8 P.M. They worked in South Salem near the Orphan Asylum. Lack of water, fuel and a chuck handicapped them, but the chemical saved several houses. Arrived home at 8 A. M., June 26. Firemen from Ipswich, Wenham and from various other places came into town and went to work, and their unostentatious services should be appreciated and we know they are. In response to a call for men to relieve those who had worked from the start, Deputy Casey of Cambridge, left at 8.20 A. M., June 26, with motor-combination 5 and a picked crew of twenty men. Arriving at about 9 A.M. This crew went to the coal pile, afterward loading two Salem wagons with dry hose and relieved Engine 4 at Ropes’s grain |
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The Visiting Firemen 78 store. Among those who made the trip were Deputy Casey, Capt. McSorley of Engine 5’ Capt. Dardis of Engine 2, Capt. McCabe of Chemical ~, and Lieut. Newman of Engine ~, the three latter giving up their day off to go. Engineer Wm. Riley run the engine. They left for home at 5 P. M., June 26.
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