Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-12-20
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T0l, NARROW STREET,
NFM YoHK. October 80. 1884.


I am not known by the cognOmen CT Nose,
nor DO answer to the name 'Sykesy -neith-
er. as Z general thing, do l promenade the
middle of Broadway with my pantaloons tuck
ed in my boots. Still, by way of new excite
meut / lately Joined the fire department, and
connected myself with the company Of Engine
81 Bought my uniform, treated the compa-
ny, took up my quarters in the bunk-rooIn,
where slept by ight in bed occupied in the
DAYTIME by big yellow dog. First night,
went to bed with my boots on, ready for an
alarm At last It caIne-Seized tie rope with
the rest Of the boys started on Z run; tugged
and toiled till we got her into the llthdistrict,
four miles and half from kOmei found the
alarm had been caused by : barrel Of shayings,
ana the confagration had extingpished itself;
had to drag her clear b5cli; tired most to Death
II wasn't funny at all; turned in; half an hour,
new alarm; started again. Hose 50 laid in the
same alley, got our apparatus jiEmed on the
corner; fight; 81 victorious; got cur machine
out, and carried of the forewheel Of SOS car
ger standing OH tie fSdat f9 9tfettffstr tfstt hg 4lGI lI
appraiser and auctioneeri knocked him down
without any bidder; tool, water; got our stream
on the fire; fun; worked till my arms ached !;
let 90 to rest; foreman hit me over the head
with a trumpet, and told me TO go ahead; tho 7
d-n. but kept at it; children in the garnet;
horrible situation; gallant fireman made a
rush up the ladder; battled his way through
the smoke re-appeared with child in each
arm, and his pocket full of teaspoons.
Old gentleman from the country; much ex-
cited; wanted to help, but didn't exactly know
how ne rushed into fourth story bedroom
threw the mirror out of the window frantical-
Iy cndeavored TO hurl the dressing table after
il; seized the coal scUttle, huTriedly put in the
poker, bootjaciz and pair of worn out slippers
carried them down stairs, and deposited then
in place of safety four blocks away; came
back on run; into the parlor; took up the door
mat, wrapped up an empty decanter in It, ana
Transported it safely to the barn Of the neareS
neighbor; he kept at work; by dint of heroic
exertions he at various times deposited, piect
by piece, the entire kitchen cooking stove il
the next street, uninjured; and az last aftel
knocking the piano TO pieces with an axe, il
order to save the lock, and filling his poke
with the sofa casters, he was seen to make hi
final exit from the back yard, with length o
stovepipe in each hand, the toasting forl
tucked behind his ear, and two dozen muffiE
rings in his hat, which was surm0untcd by {
large-sized frying pan.
During the next week there were severa
alarms-fire in the big block full of paupers-
first man in the building; carried down stairs
in my arms two helpless, undressed children
thereby saving their valuable lives; on giving
them to their mother, she, amid whrlwint
of thanks, impaired the gratifying intelligence
that one was afflicted with the measles, and tht
other had the Michigan itch. Fire in board
ing school; dashed up ladder; tumbled thro
window: entered bedroom; smoke so thicI
couldn't see; caught up in my arms a femi
nine specimen in a night gown; got back t
the window; tried to go down; ladder btol
under me; stuck adhesively to the young lady
and after uuexampled exertions, deposited he
safely in the next house, when discovers
that / had rescued from the devouring ele
ment the only child of the black ooOls.
Fire in storehouse-weat on the roof; ex
plosion; found myself in somebody's cellar
with one leg in soap barrel, and my hair fu
Of fractured hens eggs; discovered that | ha
DeeR DloWn over q cAGICn, tthi h''Oi 'iiC "e-''ii
ercock still remaining in the rear OF my demol
ished pantaloons. Fire ina liquor store-hos
burst; brandy dying loose:' gin sconEaynient,
and old Monongoheia absolutely begging to b
protected from further dilutiop,; Croton waite
too much for my ydelieate constitution; carriet
home on shutter. Fire in church-Catholc-
little marble images round the room in inches
wall began to totter; statues began to fall st
Andrew knocked my fire hat over my eyes; st
Peter threw his whole weight on my big toe, ST
Jerome hit me clip over the head which lai'
me sprawiing when apicture of the Holy Fam
ily fell and covered ME up like bed quilt.
Fire IN big clothing store next day on
foreman sported new silk velvet vest, sevel