The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-09-02

Man THE
BRAKES
Third Annual Muster Under the
Auspices Of the State Fire.
mems League.

The Rhode Island State Ftremens
league held its third annual muster at
East Providence yesterday, the day prov
ing one of the most successful In the
history of the muster. The muster held
under the auspices OF the Watchemoket
Engine Company Of East Providence.
The parade moved at 10 o'clock. the COM
panies marching in the following order:
First division--Marshal. Daniel Logan.
Watchemokets, Foreman j. j. Mullen and
rs men. Narragansett Engine Company,
Acting Foreman Z. Z. Knowlton and DO
men. Olneyville Veterans, Foreman N.
Anderson and 80 men. Providence Vet
erans Foreman George Hunt and GO men.
Central Falls Veterans. Foreman John II.
Barber and rs men.
Second division--Marshal, w. II. Nc
Twiggan. Cranston Fire and Drum band,
l2 pieces. Cranston Engine Company,
Foreman Charles A. Davenport ana 90
men. St Mary's Fife and Drum band.
nine pieces. Mechanics Fire Company.
Foreman Richard Il. Howland and 40
men. Riverpoint Fire Company, Fore
man II. T. McKenna and 80 men. Woon-
socket Fhemen. Foreman c. f. Law and
8 men.
Third division--Marshal, Thomas III
Ray, Pawtuxet Fife and Drum band. II
pieces. Pawtuxet Volunteers, Foreman
f. X. Johnson and 30 men. Arlington
Ffremen, Foreman w. Stone and 20 men.
Pawtucket Veterans Drum band and
Pawtucket Veterans, Foreman r. ii. Bar
Der and 70 men. National band of War
rem. followed by Hydraulion Engine COM
pany Of Bristol. Foreman b. G. Cogge-
shall and 80 men. Cumberland Fife and
Drum band. eight pieces. and Cumber-
land Volunteers. Foreman John Wardell
and 40 men.
Fourth divisiont-Marshal. Ira N. Com.
Crompton Fife and Drum band, IL pieces.
Crompton Volunteers. Foreman A. L. Da-
Wis and IS men. Barge containing judges
of events and press representatives. Man.
Vile Hose company, Foreman Thomas Pc
trel and 40 men.
The hose reel contest resulted as fol-
lows: King Philip Steam Engine COM
pany OF Bristol. ~ seconds; Cumberland
fire department. AZ seconds: Crompton
Hose company. 80 seconds; Cranston Vol
unteers, S0ix seconds; Watchemokets. sS
seconds; Manville. 3S% seconds. The first
prize Of $50 went TO Watchemoket. SIS to
Manvilie. SIS to Crompton and $40 to
Cranston.
The squirt began at o'clock, with a
strong southeast wind blowing directly
across the steam. The results follow:
| Narragansetts OF Riverside i3S feet
inches Pocasset Fire Engine company
| Knightsville, engine Ocean, 17 feet
| inches Olneyville Rough and Ready Vet
eran association. Johnston. engine Ma
| meaug. 1l3 feet So inches; Central Falls
Veteran association. Central Falls, en-
gine Volunteer, 154 feet inches; Cataract
Fire company, No 2. Lakewood. engine
Cataract. 1A feet 11% inches: Natick En-
gine company, Natick. 14 feet 6A inches
Cranston Volunteer Fire Engine COM
pany. Cranston. engine Star No. j. 14t
feet inches; Mechanics Fire company,
No. 2. Warren. engine Mechanics. 1853 feet
8 inches; Riverpoint Engine company.
Riverpoint, 40 feet 7,1 inches. This engine
was broken on her second trial., Woon-
socket Veteran Firemen's association,
woonsocket, engine Tekcosnoow. l1 feet
81 inches.
Watchemoket Fire Engine Company.
East Providence. engine Watchemoket.
15t feet 9A inches. Volunteer Fire Com
pany. No. /, Pawtuxet. engine Fire King.
l54 feet Ga inches. Arlington Fire Com
pany. Arlington, engine Enterprise. l7s
feet 9% inches. Pawtucket Veteran Fire
mems association. Pawtucket. engine
Hay Cart. 154 feet 1lh inches. Hydrau-
lion Engine and Hose Company. Bristol,
engine Hydraulion. No. i, lS2 feet "A
inches. Cumberland fire department. VAL
ley Falls, engine Ocean No 7. 14S feet
V inch. East Providence Veteran Fire
mems association. East Providence, en-
gine Geyser, 1853 feet 5% inches.
The first prize $3.50. was won by the
Hydraulions OF Bristol: second, 500, by
Arlington: third. $50 Pawtucket Veterans.
and fourth. SIS. by Central Falls.
The judges of the squirt were: At the
machine. Oscar N. Bender. Cranston.
timekeeper; r. w. Cady. Riverside. and
O. w. wilmarth. Central Falls. At the
nozzle the Judges were Philip Brady.
Bristol; Benjamin Lister. Johnston, and
p s. Eddy, Providence. On the stream
were Baxter Studley, Pawtucket: j. +.
Mccarthy, Woonsocket. and w. IL.
Mason. Riverside