The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-16
0'BnIEN'SS- Newark Ave.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL RIGHT.
Chief Conway Submits His Annual
Report 10 the Commissioners.

Report 10 the Commandments.
At last nights meeting of the Board
of Fire Commissioners Chief Engineer
0 Conway presented his annual re-
port for the year ending December 81,
1895. After enlmerating the personnel
the material and says that engines Nos.
l, ., 9, 10 and IL have been in use for
a number of years, but having been well
looked after are still in good condition,
and will rende all the service required
of them for a number of years to come.
Engine No. s has been refftted in her
running gear, new axles and wheels, n
for her size and capacity cannot be inn
proved.
Engine No. 10 has been thoroughly over
hauled and fitted with new suction pipes
and is in the same class of capacity as
No. 8. The two chemical engines, Nos.
4 and H. are both of 100 gallons capacity
and in good condition. No.S4 has been
i1rst ser csH It 5w en- s1a%ms y gslsw; has has h haa
and has earned a national reputation as
a first-class fire extinguisher. No. Il. in
the Hill section, is in good shape and of
great service.
The six hose wagons, in charge of
Engine Companies 2, 3, 5, s, 8 and 70, are
in first-class condition., but in the Chiefs
in these wagons is damaging to the hose.
and he that a reel be sub
stituted in the rear Of the wagons for
the rolling of the hose.
The aerial ladder truck, in use by Hook
and Ladder Company No. /, has been
greatly improved by he addition of new
appliances, making it a veritable water
tower, and equal, If not supe. .or, to any
hook and ladder truck in the State. The
hook and ladder trucks and the wagons
in use are all in fine order, and the con-
dition Of the entire apparatus was never
The building occupied jointly by En-
CINE Company No. IA and Hook and
Ladder No; 8 is totally unfit to accom-
of considerable trouble. The territory
which these companies cover IS large,
and they should have separate locations
also reiterates his recommendation of
last year for the erection of a new
house for Engine Company No. s. and
and the organization Of a new fire COM
pany in that section formerly known as
Marion and adjacent to West Side.
So far as the hose is concerned the
report says.-"Not in the history of this
department have we ever been in as
good a condition in regard to this most
essential part Of our equipment N We
parison with it"
During the year, the report says, seven
persons have lost their lives either from
fire or explosions causing fire, but in
every instance before the services of
the department were called. February
10 John Mclaughlin was snffocated to
| death at No. % Beacon avenue; Febru-
airy IL, Anna Mylotte, a child, was fatal
ly burned from explosion Of a kerosene
lamp. at No. 1711a York street; October q,
CLfford Mount, Ernest Nelson, Carl
| Fake, William Biekel ,and Cornelius
Laboldt were fatally burned from an&ex-
/ plosion, followed by fire, at the Fireworks
| Factory of W & Street, on West
Side avenue.
-Four members of the department, two
permanent and two men-at-eali, have
died during the year, but from natural
causes, no deaths occurring from active
discharge of duty. Twelve members met
with accidents, disabling them from duty,
sickness causing an absence altogether
of 1856 days, in addition to that lost on
| account of accidents. In view OF this
obtained for the adding Of q surgeon to
the regular force, experience having
proven the positive necessity for such an
officer.