The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-30
MANY ENGINES CONTESTED
Pawtuxel Gave the Visitors an En-.
thusiastic Welcome Home.
PARADE THROUGH THE STREETS


mouth yesterday was one OF the most |
successful ever enjoyed by this organ
ization. The grounds were thronged |
during the forenoon, and crowded TO |
overfowing in the afternoon. 1t is es-
timated that more than 5000 persons
were present.
The principal attraction of the day
was the veteran firemens muster, ana
il proved to be a great drawing card.
old hand engines from Massachusetts
and Rhode Island entered the lists
| and the scenes about the space IN
| side the track reminded one of the days
when those same tubs" were kings.
| The wind was quite fresh from the
| southwest at times, and few OF the
=. engines were favored with a shift OF
| wind. They made the most of this ad-
i vantage, but there was no record
| breaking, and the ngures did not ap-
proach those which stand to the credit
OF the companies. The participants ana
| the result of their work follow:
Fire King, Pawtuxet los TT Ia In.
Protector. Brockton, l76 l0h.
City of Lynn, Lynn. III ll%.
White Angel, Salem, l7O o.
conqueror, South Weymouth, 16S "a.
| Union, East Braintree, lot M
/ Deluge, Cambridge, 166 ll%.
| King Philip, Rockland, 165 6%.
| Washington, Brookville, f65 IA
Gaspee Providence, r. l., l63 ll%
| Nameaug, Olneyville ,16l lh.
fremont Roxbury, 16O.
Constitution bingham, 15S 9l2.
| City Of Somerville, 159 D.
| Hancock, Brockton, los III.
| Geyser. East Providence, II. l., loo ].
Butcher Boy. South Braintree, 154 23.
Gen. Putnam, Worcester. 1b3 2Hs.
Hay Cart. Pawtucket. $50 IN
Watchemoket, East Providence. l4' D.
| Gulf Stream, Fall River, l45 IA.
Tom Boy, Everett l42 d%
citizen. Randolph. 142 IN.
Paul Revere Revere. 14l 1lA.
Gen. Bates, Lisbon Falls Me-. 14o 2ls.
Hancock. Acushnet, 1872 ga
Ezra sutton, Ponkapoag, l32 31s.
Volunteer Central Falls, 123 B.
The winners were as follows; FIRST
prize. 5000. Fire King; second, $3.50, Pro-
tector: third. sT5, city Of Lynn; fourth,
$50. White Angel; fifth, $25, Conqueror
There was a big celebration at Paw
! tuxet when the victorious company
came YDwYoc-1 rb'ocond or caruuk
arrived home. Refreshments were
served at the engine house on Sheldoh
street. and then there was scurrylns
about to procure brooms. while the
Lakewood drum corps was summoned.
The drummers first arrived and at l0.3O
O'clock a procession was formed ana
marched through Commercial street 10
Ocean. down Broad to Main on the
Warwick side of the village
and then. countermarching to
sheldon street. Fort avenue, on the
Neck and up Ocean and Commercial
streets again to the engine house: me
officers of the company. Fred r. John-
son, foreman; Charles Johnson: assist
| ant foreman: w. I. Lee, second assist
ant foreman: George Il. Arnold, clerk,
and Ira +. Johnson, treasurer. led the
| line with the pipemen who had guided
| the stream at the muster. Charles II.
Burrill and Herbert q. Lee.
Red fire was burned everyMhere
along the route and the paraders
marched i'm r. suffocating cloud, created
i'm great part by the torches they car
| ried At the square they were greeted
with a series OF shotgun salutes from
one of the members who could not 60
, and the cheering was almost continu-
Gus.
The company has beaten the record
, | Of Yesterday a. number Of times. Al
| the first muster In which IT took pari
| held on Exchange place. July \, lSs2
2 the record of 2i0 feet was made with
500 feet of hose. winning first prize
| 800. ana the state cndihpiuI'Slip
| Sept Is. 1892. ia feet inches took hrs'
| prize at the Kent County Fair Oct
u. 1899 the company took first prize
with i67 feet July 4. 1894. the company
| repeated it's success Of two years pre-
vious on Exchange place. playing l''
? feet sL inches. and taking first prize ol
500 again. with broken piston rod.
In September OF that year the com
pany took first prize at Phenix, playins
1876 feet 3L inches. July 4. 1895. the Vol
unteers took third prize. $40, and In the
following year. with broken spring
5 they won first prize at the New Bedford
3 muster. At the first Crescent Pari
muster. Aug. e6. 1896. the company
took third prize, with 147 feet 2h inches
t At the second Crescent Park muster
e Aug. IL 1897 the Fire King won hftl
n with 1856 feet 10ia inches. and at tn
!, Narragansett Park muster OF that yea
held in connection with the state fair