The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-16

= ,,,d MIA ti,esa wss some sroEosa VIM
s. s Give me the pipe. ne says. -
~ nded It TO him, and he tried Ief m.nu'. =.
hnt Il was no 90, ADD the oraer eame ~
more on to the next hydrant. Just " Nc
started No. 4 came up and stopped =. q
same hydrant we bad Ieft. Toe ooysso' TO |
work lively, but they couldn't mah' TIE |
connection, either. Watie they were osssei-
lag With the hydrans the trout Oh e buf&-
ing came down with, crash. Me eeys
heard the noise and GOT ont Q. = 40 way, eA-
cont one moor fellow who was easoping over
Tho hydrsnt. He hadn't tir &c TO rise, and
one az the hot iron shutters struck him With
the shsrD edge and cut fItn 10 tive just as
sNck ne i,t been done witt knIae. That
was. an accident that coa{dn't be guardeo1
arairst- for no man co old soresee tsatthe WaM
was going TO tumble without ang Warning.
! when the engi ne.house was reacnea Tue
Sra in the furnace YVES dumpes, out not Dc
ifore a hssketfui Of shaTiDgs and drV Woou
! stooa nv the side of the engine, ready. tor
saa,hpr sl,rm. The horses went 'bacR 70
,heir stal,s and while the hremen went 70
: had 4he engineer and his assistant began 10
, zach and clean their engine, as tney always
da after fire, day or night -,
a A brawny fireman in neiSoooans oru'
, fno tired to sleep, was ineuueu 70 tas'
yves. the hats are heavy I'LL youfset useu "
] ,em % he said, In answer TO quesuoh, ou.
s ou Md YOU see an old hat hanging
, on the tenderP IHs pretty near used up,
= and il don't look very nice to saost people ;
= Int wor,td'nt trade that old hist for the best
' one in the department Did you see tnst
. scam where big cut'd beenee wed up 10 the
. bockp n it hadn't been for that old hat IA
y noon a nsed no fireman once-on ilf.pay IN
= The next world. I was down in the base.
9 ment of big Broadway building. Most all
8 the hoys were upstairs, and Z was ordered
. down to see that there was no hre
e In the basement. The building was
o soaked with water, and the piasteripe
wa, loose. There was big plaster ornament
o In the middle Of the ceiling, and L ssoopeo
down for something right ander II. All OF
I sudden my hat came down over my lace
o With rush, and that was sal kue" Ior
q minute or so. II sort OF stunned me. When
+ I got oil right again, the big plaster cast was
+. on the floor beside me, and that cut was in
r nv bat-and blow that would cut such a
r hole in that tough leather would 20 right
! away with a mans skull No; the old hat
/ don't make much show, but its business all
over, II brick strikes anywhere on the
D hat it bounds right of, but if IL wasn't for
!. the heavy hat, where you be? !"
o r. would be hard to tell the number oil
II times that gong struck every night. Some
q times twenty-four hours pass without an
r alarm: at others the machinery has no rest.
:, Rut for the remainder of the night the fires
r we're all up town, and the engine did not 60
4 ont again. Ia the morning at 8 O'Clock the
n time is sent from headquarters, by telegraph,
II 80 that every engine.house has the same time
r Then the roll is called, and every man must
r show that his badges aud keys are in good
order. A ratrolman is on duty in the en-.
0 gine-house night and day, six hours at a
e time; and from six in the evening until six
|, the next morning fire patrolman walks the
$ streets. .-
g "Eacb engine company" the Chief ex'
a planned IN The morning, " has foreman, az
r assistant foreman, an engineer and assistant
It engineer, and eight firemen. The first Off
Ger to arrive at fire is 10 charge till higher
officer arrives. The department Is divided
/. into ten battalious. The boundary of this
}. the frst battalion. is all Of the city below the
B line from Chambers street to Broadway, to
e Fulton, to Gold, to Maiden lane, to Pearl, to
IS Wall. to the river. The uptown ba..
E. talions covers more ground. There are
e. in the city forty.two engine companies, ONE
4. fre-boat belonging TO the department
e and the use Of three others can be
;e obtained when their services are .required)
Is hook. and.adder companies, and chemi-
n cal engines. The safety valves are set at loo
Z pounds on all the engines. All the steamer:
n are Amoskeags. There are SIS fre.alarn
70 boxes in working order, and 800 are soon tc
" be put in the new districts. There are ID.
# officers, 554 frcmen, SO hosemen, and is lad
"a dprmen. Total. 742