The morning call., 1894-02-13
A FIRE DISPLAY.
Given in Honor of the
Visiting Firemen.
The San Francisco Department Ex'
hibits the Work OF Its Chemical
Engine and Water Tower.

The fire veterans did not get the fill OF
entertainment provided Tor their visit in
this city until Sunday forenoon, when
Chief Sullivan conducted them to the
water front to witness an invitation house
afire and the San Francisco departments
manner of dealing with such thing
All of the veterans accordingly and a
great crowd of people went to the water
front at about 10 A. NJ. to see things. A
brand new engine from the Corporation
Yard. the great water tower. the chemical
extinguisher and the ireboat Governor
Markham were on hand to show off. In
the free space Of East street. opposite pier
/, wooden shed erected for the pur-
nose was filled with boxes, kindling-wOod
and shayings all thoroughly saturated
with coal oil and ready for instant COM
Dustlon.
1t was announced that Chief Sullivan
would set fire TO this, then pretend to ring
in an alarm, wait few moments TO allow
time for the engines TO reach the spot and
finally "let GO" on the blaze with streams
from his water tower, from his chemical
engine and from the Governor Markham.
until the visiting veterans could witness
how quickly he could "douse fire"-how
supreme master his department was of
such a fearful thing as cOnfiagTati0n.
But no, that was not his aim. Rather it
was 10 show how well human ingenuity
has learned TO cope with one of its worst
enemies and how all the most recent mani
fes tatinns of that Egenuity were exempli-
fed in The metropolis of the Pacific Coast
Ii was not selfshly minded exhi bitioD,
but a demonstration calculated to provoke
mutual felicltatisn over the progress OF
things since the times when the vets
were young
Chief Sullivan handled his work with
nd a al
to handle it succeeded in what was set
them TO do with worthy precision aud
ran div When the frame structure was
set afre and the flames were well under
way the chemical engine was run TO within
proper distance OF IL and the stream
turned on. The wood was ablaze with
coal oil and the wind famed the flames
furiously. To subdue the fire was good
test for the engine. The s. ectators
watched the experiment cage ly. many
of the veterans bad never seen the WORK
of chemical apparatus before. III was To
them the example par excellence Oh the
progress of modern invention IN her line.
Within time almcst less than II takes
TO tell 1t the bulging flames died down 30
smoke and sma ulder V hen he stream OF
chemicals touched them. A great cheer
went I'D from the multitude, ana the old
veterans, once over their establishment,
pressed the hand of Chief Sullivan ia
warm congratulate
The exhibit No. withdrew from promi-
hence, and exhibit Ne. Game 10 take its
place. The work OF the chemical engine
was done SO quickly that the material in
the frame building had been scarcely more
than scorrhed. The coal oil perhaps as
burned out Of 1t, but the building con.
tanned still enough material, and combus-
tible enough to make good substance for
rafting test of other extlngushing ap-
paratuses.
Fire was set TO ii second time. The
alarm rang. The pun, ing-engine and
the fireboat rushed into position. The
great water-tower was run alongside
the burning house. With the rapidity of
10-second sprinters the firemen connected
the engine and the boat with the tower.
The engines commenced pumping. The