The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-15
FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORY.
Series of Weekly Articles the History Of Fire Organizations
in Morrstown During the Past Century.
Ry AUGUSTUS w. BELL.

From 1s45 to Business OF the Annual Meetings Repairs
Improvements 46 New Jersey Hotel Burned Down
The Old Coffee Mill" Worked the Roof One Life Lost
Making the First Fire Engine Purchased 1s4s
Engine Company No. a-Fre Department lnventored at
SPAS.
Secretary Gary
W. Robertson William
Commissioners Of Appeal decided make no levy this
April a
following Moses
Tppen,
Four daya later R. + Wilson was as assessor with salary Of SO
committee appointed to property
report Sullivan, Of Com
pany No . report companys
April a. Committee
generally Of the and
needed oing and needed cost of ong $5 and rope A The
The House Committee reported
that Samuel Kirk wanted s. for ground rent
place being
Child and q w Conkn being appointed committee
@ @ M then @ took m their Quarters the rear Of the Court House where
Francis Child
permission place No. ss house
ground quartered Court
Jersey Gibbons 1887 cost of $10O0OO
covering the ground extending from Washington Ill Building Mk
and down the far Lounen stables was DESTROYED fire on tie
evening May building high with
the roof being It's appointments first class
and far advance the hotels that peod David A. VINO fo many
Heath House shoo Mountain conducted it. The building
~ @ zs;b nL ha @ was annasad to have starred in the barber
building furnace and
flames communicating Jersey crp rapidly up sky
the little A work night
taking in
NIP carried by Chief Sullivan the
burning building only be carried down again after squirting two three
buckfls fire. The frame this building pitch burned
tnder early
smoking ruins Part the furniture of the hotel was saved and only by the heroic
the building
for nng abnt DAYLIGHT with number Of freen and double
that the of Dear street Maple
Lafayette Bailey who kept drug under the hotel persisted the fire.
D. N.
appointed committee amount to be raised addition
the that would be for the requirements Of the Association and
would
chase engine for which $oo would be requre that the might be
subscription and induce subscribe suggested that all
carried further
that subscriber be bound his subscription until the whole amount
September the Washington Company No reported their
ensuing Augustus George King
schofed Treasurer George Emmel David Wood james
Lyon Francis Green M Carroll james Hull Jesse B. su
Edward Vanouen Lacy Person. Jesse Meeker Harris
follows James Wood Foreman David g. Tppen Assistant Fore
Secretary Sullivan Sia Ten William B.
Mck John Dennis sas Cory
ss Edward PeOn Marsh Stephen Mcconsh
Rolf George Knighton Timothy Styles Hook and Ladder Company
Morrow Secretary; Pern Jr George
Hawkins Alfred Brookfed This truck built by Lewis
cost $40 The ladders made by Samuel and Lewis Pson
Brooklyn swamp Lake Hopacong after the cedar poles
that No was in the custom Of giving oyster upps at their yearly
meetings which affairs for those days.
On February
companies and accepted by the Association Five hundred dollars
wasra Used
April following Child President David
secay Robert K Tutle Assessor David e Gary Treasurer
James w Wetmoe and William
Lott D. Doy and Robert T. Wilson,
Appeal In June Edward POn elected place
Logan q W Conkn and Aaron Sayre Commits
sioners Daymple, Doty and Wilson
I84s
purchased this d. g. Tppen went
York find which he did and after the examined and
to purchase $3.50.
April following Child Presidents David
Robert Tute Edward Pierson Treasurer
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