The San Francisco call., 1897-01-24
This Girl Is a Fipe-Fightep
Loves Flame and Smoke, and Dressed in
Red Flannel Fire Clothes and FIaring
Helmet, With an Ak in Her Dainty
Hands, She Is an lnspir-
ing Spectacle

T,HE awful forebodings of enemies of
gES the new woman that she would
JAgS take to fighting fires has come true.
Here is fire. woman.
Miss Lillian Brown of Greensboro, \. c.,
is her name and address. She has been
fficially adopted by the North Carolina
State Firem ems Association. Her fayorite
fathers, of which she as a daughter has
over a thousand, are in Greensboro. where
she was first adopted by the Eagle Hose
Company, every man of which is as
proud of his adopted daughter as if she
we're queen. Never a fire occurs with
out the iremen's daughter being on the
scene, and to see her, dressed in red fan
mel fire clothes, helmeted, and with an ak
in her dainty hands, as she urges the
'boys" on to conquer heir blazing foe, is
sight to remind one of the heroic acts Of
Joan dare.
There is not a single thing in the science
OF fire fighting that Miss Brown does not
know, and her quick eye grasps the situa-
ton of blaze in a second. As soon as
she sees the flames she knows exactly
which way they will spread, and in an
instant she realizes the point which should
be first attacked.
There is curious train of circumstances
leading up to the adoption of Miss Brown
by the fire boys. She was born in Fair
field, n. G. Her first appearance in
Greensboro was about three and a half
years ago. when she entered the female
college there. 1t so happened that, being
OF bright turn OF mind, she was assigned
to play the leading role in the drama,
''The Fireman's Heart" at the college
students annual performance. The play
was produced at the Bogart Opera-house,
and was a tremendous success. As
Hyacinth Bradley, the pet and Mascot"
of the firemen, Miss Brown literally cap
tured every heart in the audience, and
especially those of the fire boys. Soon
after this, at the regular monthly meet
ing OF the Eagle Hose Company Miss
Brown was formally adopted as the fire.
mems daughter, and her name was placed
upon the honorary roll of the com pany's
membership.
The new fire girl gracefully accepted the
honor thus conferred upon her, and
pledged herself to advance the cause OF
fremen in general and especially the in
terest of her new-made fathers, the Eagles.
Miss Brown carried of the honors with
m Oldest bearing, and soon her fame spread
TO different parts OF the State. Town after
town wanted to have her for its adopted
daughter, and many meetings were called
10 consider the subject. All difficulties
were finally surmounted at the meeting of
the State Firemen Association, when by
a unanimous vote the pet of the Green's
boro boys was made daughter of the
State association.
This is the only case on record of a girl
being connected with fire department,
and the honor is felt to be as great by the
hardy life-savers as it is by Miss Brown
herself. Already the daughter of the
company" boasts two medals for bravery
displayed at fires, and several resolutions
have been passed and sent to her by diff
ferent bodies of citizens who owe to her
plucky WORK many thousands of dollars.
The North Carolina boys have always been
considered a brave set of men, but their
energies are redoubled whenever the eye
of their daughter is on them.