The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-08
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At "a regular ilrrtiiis ri tiH ltAtt iftfst' ~
Fire Engine AMI Hoe Company u tl.i,
city, held AZ the Counc'i Chamber on Mon
day evening, July 9Th, President i.i.l,rr in
chair, on motion IL wa
Rss5'ttl, That committee " t.rt FL ap
pointed a. la, before the pail.c tie Le, ~
the case ia relation L. tie action 81 tie eum-
panv al the lire on Tie marHin. ~ Sunday,
the 18th III july,
AMI the meeting appointed ~ ,sii conn
mit,cc, Robert NJ. Littler, tprc,t.y jaime,
Morrow, Foreman Pilot Div and Daniel
Moore foreman Witch Biy.l
Agrecably 70 the authority rcpased IL
them, tho undersigned beg leave t. las b..
fore the public the following statement:
Upon the alarm Of fire being given, the
members 81 the Company repaired prompt
~ 10 the engine house, and tile APPARATUS
WAS on the ground a snon a. possible. III
formation having previously occA given that
there wa an abundant supply of wattr II
the ncighborhood Of the fire. Unfortunate
ly this report proved untrue. aud tie en-
gincs were compelled TO depend chiefly nIon
the river; over fourth II milc di,tan,
with an amount uf available hn,c siAts tr,t
short. After working some time IN thi, di-
ablcd condition, the deficiency was remit
died by the arrival o, Western iir, Conn
pany," Of Rock island, having with diem
between four and five hundred feet of io.c
On account Of the connections on tie L,~,
not being of the same thread, tile otlircr ID
command was obliged 20 station them III ID,
line 90 assist the engine AT the river in s,il
plying the engine at the fire. Ihi- arrange
mcnt caused some di,rrorortiuu IN il,
amount Of work nj the different engint :.
which any fireman will see cunll ult "
avoided. The natur, at tie b,il,line IN
which the fire originated, and the fapidit,
with which il spread, together with tie ict
that no regular alarm bell La. been pfay.d-
that single stream of water (which was
all that could he brought u lcail could 1,
cnmpli,h hut little toward, subdpin. e.,
flames. With the a.si,taurc e the Hook
and Ladder Company Of Rock l,laul. lur,,
buildings south If the lire wrr, sn,d. ami
also one north AMI twa west al Il s iuri
were frame. Thu, heinz tie lir,t trt SIM
the arrival If Tie apparatus and matf mem
bcrs not having had nuta experience. IL
would hardly he expected thsI imlss,-litiii-
ties should be accomplished We che.rlilh
testify e. the pr'npt,Iule AMI enefst 81
all the members II .c eiHt ant aH4 mah,
Vi our ctizen-. tag, ;}cr With alr ts9llsr
iiremen Of Rock Island, tnt ngrct IL -,
that Interested property holder, anal ether
able bodied men stool li,tlrs.ly Us, although
requested bs tie PRECEDENT IL tl.c Ire u,
partmemt, TIE sAenlr If tic Counts. AMI
tue Deputy Marshal ol the City. &, te8e,,
the force at the cGSiRc.. Nl.a W,sc asMa,l
dropping from over cN.rttan uaars 4sl.
term; sun.
With this far statement tic taIaa.ltt,c
hope 10 hear Of ~ further complaint u t..c
want Of efficiency On yhe part " til CIV
men, when il j. remembered that orr city
Is 70 badly supplied with water, tie want
Of which no organization, however perfect,
can possibly overcome.
All Of which i respectfully submitted
L. ~. Li4tlla
IL. Moah0w.
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