The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-29
VETERAN FIREMEN.
Give Grand Ball and Concert at
City Hall.

The Veteran Firemen's Association gave
their annual ball and concert at City hall
last evening to an audience that, in point
of numbers, must have proved highly graft
fyinp to the management. The galleries
were filed at the beginning of the enter
tatnment. and every seat occupied down
stars. while many stood wherever they
cou1d GET view of the stage. The veterans
were grouped about in their red shirts,
black trousers, belts and caps, and their
badges were fastened with elegant bouto
nieres.
From eight to nine o'clock the American
Cadet band gave al. ENJOYABLE concert, and
at the close, the president of the associa-
ton. Mr.. Henry Fox, stepped forward on
the stage and said representation would
be given of an old fastened fire scene and
the rescue of the inmates from the burning
building. The lights We're turned down,
the curtain went up, and there was build
ing, representing dwelling, the time
eyidently..s night. and all the inmates
wrapped in slumber. Suddenly the bell
supposed to he on the church tower, rang
out the alarm. Immediately there was
rush of red shirted men to the corner of the
hall, the tub was drawn out SO hastily that
the engine house door was taken with it,
and was run into position, the hose laid
and the foreman was calling out lively to
his men to do their prettiest. The ladder
men skipped to the front, raised their
ladders, andsentered the building LOW
wrapped in flames. In a fe moments they
reappeared with two children, little Annie
M. Bragg and Willie Stone. in their arms
and brought them out in safety. The old
Irish servant personated by Major Buck,
who would save her trunk, even if she had
to come forth in light attire, brought forth
ringing peals of laughter. After the fiji g
was extinguished the kind firemen retired
to the Reception hall, where Hatch served
tie old time hremen's supper of cod fish
and hard bread with coffee. The torch boys
at this Fire were Thomas r. Dodge,
aged eighty and Edwin Sawyer, eighty-seven.
The old tub Atlantic was sixty-seven years
old and every ole of the company. who
w orked the brakes was sixty-seven years of
age or over. This was the roster of the
company:
Toreman--J. g. Ward,
Pipemen-J. B. o. Riley. Anthony O..
Fernald.
Waite and George H. Rolfe.
Section Hosemen-Joseph Fernald,
Charles Y. GoOd5ue.
Ladde1men-L. B. Bragg. p. G. Melody.
G. G. Wiggin.
Tore h boys-Thomas T. Dodge. Edwin
Mombers-W. f. Sylvester, end of drag;
j. E. Sawyer on pole: Dick Odell on pole;
n. @. Norton. J. W. Small. J. P G. Davis,
L. E. Robinson. George Hanson: g. M.
John Cammett. D. G. Drinkwater. James
Parker, A. fl Lehman, VIM. White, John
Tracy, George IL. Huntress, George II.
Green, ". S. Elwell, John Fl. FennO. j. +.
W. Ruby. I'd
President Plaisted chief marshall; ex-
Captain Lester B. Bragg, floor director, and
Captain John B. Brown. assistant floor
director. The aides were Captain George
G. Jose. Clerk NJ. l.. Stickney, Capt. j. @.
Ward. L. M. Blake. J. E. Harmon. F. P.
Burnham. j. E. Sawyer, P. II. Silva, J. II.
Morris. E. X. Guenthner. j. Bond, @. @.
Goodhue, p. G. Melody.
The committee of arrangements was COM
posed of ex-Assistant Engineer J. W.
Plaisted, ex-Chief A. j. Cummings, ex-
Capt. l. B. Bragg, Capt. j. G. Ward. Clerk
N. Il. Stickney and Daniel Goodhue.
This was the reception committee: Elk
Assistant Engineer Henry Fox. PRECEDENT;
Chief Engineer Robert W. Jackson, Chief
Engineer Frank B. Moody. Deering; Chief
Engineer C.. H. Leighton. Westbrook; ex-
Chief Engineer r. H. Ball. ex-Chlef Engl-
neer B. A. Norton, Charles 3. Dam. William
g. Hart, Henry Q...Norton, Clerk Charles
f. Plummer