, 1860-08-15
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The annual Review Thereof.


l. NH VI
Aue ohAao1 Aso'is" AA'Ae"1'
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THEIR STREET PARADE YESTERDAY.
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Their Present svstem and FoYce
v;lbont ever bar;no heen consc,ous of en-.
,ertain;no a desire. amid a nres.ure of other
euoa1ements In .rnn with the machine" the |
warm aide Of cur hsart ha, ever been turned to
the Gallant gsszeys Of red sh:,,s and ate hats.
that On the occasion of T. iinelinr OF wild bells
in IN slar1n Of FIRE, used to start up from all |
corners and pooks. aad come dazzling up areas
aud round corners, very much after the unex-
pected manner in which the gentlemen associa-
ted with Ar, R, Dhu in the play, came up about |
"Scotland's King" what time be cot caught
ant late at NIGHT. short of all the nece.saries Of
kiuc1y a. vel, as purely human existence.
How they wore huge boots aud carried an IN
6nitude of brass about tbem,-we mean, of
course, in the war Ct lingo metal letters, eagles,
rhraixes, t1uupets. spanners and belt clasps,
how ,bev manned drag ropes aud ran dead hests
Of miles distance, dragging from two to five
tots CT +" uacli.e," end at pace tha. lett lit;le
boys and big boys, not similarly carried away
with an t:prt dn eofp', thoroughly blown
and used up, haN Way 10 me afe nc" theJ H.
obliged N Wild and elaanish cries. ano more
wild and clannish fights; how they achieved
detds Of daring on ladders ns|anf over merry
guts, or on roofs already leaning to their iau,
how they rescued the endangered, snatched the
babe from the burning cradle, and carried down
Biddy in her chemise, sErieking ct her attic
window; deeds that would quite put to tho
blush those hunabugs in sheet iron shirts that
rode about the chiva'rous ages poking one m
other from of their horses with long poles. for
no possible design or use save, in the latter re-
spcct, when both gentlemen got their cruel;
flor such was chivalry, which, since the modern
invention Of policemen. we have come to call
.atreet.rows" and doctor NTH the calaboosc.]
These aad all this did our ffemen Wien they
"ran with the machine"
| And tbev did more. TO. the evils which vc7e
slight ut first grew into magnitude, Their
| 6ohts became matters of public dread in laree
c;tiea their control became matters Of 9rave
| nnb1;c no,icr. Thev voted. too. and that not a
;ndiyidua1s. but in bulk, But it was not al
| evil They did cot die in disgrace, They
oiped with more thnn average reputation, in.
terspersed with manY bright aud get unfaded
laurels. the "roodIy company of martyrs" the
stage coach, caa:l boat. and other victims CT
Steam.
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$1,000 ~, o.o..;on ..h.n drsv, ,,n ~ 1;ns
-.,:. 80. ;.
,ro' 1~ ,...~ | n.r i-.ot 90 c,n.h
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AAes ete1't 'o7eA4Ae P1t~eo ~ Wv w
Long John'-wts first tested on South Wafer
etr.a+ rha QhatvL,s machine hn1 t,asn hora
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a',,t. ~ a.msa.ta a If tho thsn ~ NV u,vor
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| lll'sas1ous VI stean D" nuse'e' 'oo p'"A"NA 0oa
| ALWAYS got verdict.
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| eel Into Au uouote ous "u'ee'ss'so b*@'s
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in diUereat remote sections Of the city, cocsti
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lu.a ou' p.esen' 1"' Depa1 .
= Aoo Iooe u '.Ao "1"
oee" '"e s"'ne' ~ .o0 ,.I.'.1.
! Of the bell, indicating the alarm and district
and in less than two minutes six steam engine
, | -r;,h ,,+.n1,n. hosa c,rr;age4 H. all trax]
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cornasra.'on. Ih1ee efheers ID command, u
chief Enpiueer and his tn o assistants issue the1
e eo"o,anos ~ Tue 'fo'. So ;. .mA -
J, machioe" All Sao~ 'ae'' ou''' 0n eaa
r 70 ooe5 o1oe's' euo nc .,ns.9's 49, -.
d gels ofo"neo oo. ot'eo oe''',
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Only arrive ID time 10 " IN ~ lug oe"'O' u s
Z 'As
J, 1nfs tue enaosse 'n'foa1u " ~ 49,.
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street front Of the Public Square, the Annu
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r Eag'nes' oaou Haen'aee Ana a'.s' ;.
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