The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-03-01

at the long ropes other workers gave
way to witness what the wonderful
new apparatus would do. The steam
er was run to the Lackawaxen river
at the foot of the street and after a
snort space of time a stream was
poured on the building, threatened
with destruction This new mode of
ire fighting seemed marvellous at the
time and after a few minutes active
work the signal of all out" was
given. The roof was badly burned
out the house proper was saved.
Mortimore Brandamore holds the
record of being the oldest fireman in
service of Protection Engine Co. No.
3. Last December he closed the Attn
year of active service. Since he has
been unable to attend fires. However.
during these many years of service
Mr.. Brandamore was one of the
workers and was always found at his
post. When II years of age Mr..
Brandamore was assisting in fighting
ire in what was known as the Blue
BLOCK. The conflagration was in a
canal store run by Fred Harnet. now
on the site of Lennon & Coyne's ho-
tel, South Main street. He (Branda-
more) was standing in the yard when
someone threw a chair out of a win
dow from the second floor. The leg
of the chair hit Mr.. Brandamore up1
on the head and he was rendered un-
conscious for "a hours. Lockiaw de-
Veloped and it was feared that he
would not recover. DR.. Dwight Reed
who is still living in Honesdale and is
hale and hearty, was called. DR..
Reed attended Mr. Brandamore and
succeeded in saving his life. In an
interview with a Citizen representa-
1--WE Mr.. Brandamore stated that of
the men who are still living, the fol-
lowing were members of the fire COM
pany in the early days: H. J. Conger,
w. ii. Ham, c. C. Jadwin, C. j.,
Brown, b. A. Penniman, George Fos-
ter, X. w. Brady, j. o. Terrell, julius
Bussa, NJ. Freeman, H. T. Menner,
u. NJ. Genung, Otto Taeubner, E. B.
Hardenbergh, o. T. Chambers, H. q.
Russell, l.. F. Bishop, all of Homes
dale; n. b. Shuman, Montclair, n. j.;
Z. +. Matthews, R. j. Matthews, c.
Brandamore, E. p. Kingsbury, of
scranton, and many more that he
could not recall to mind were work
ers in the fire department.
Mr.. Brandamore served in the ca
l'''i'S VI III 81 6ioSlS ldlJ IOTeIudn from
september 6, 1871, to September 7,
1872, and second assistant foreman
one year from October 10, 1898. He
also served one year as a director of
the Honesdale Fireman's Relief AS
soCiation, which was organized II
years ago. Mr.. Brandamore is now
living retired life at his commodi-
GUS home on River street.
Calvin j. Brown who joined the
reorganized company of Protection
Engine Co. No. 8, was a member of
the original company, being one of
the first three fire companies thpst
Honesdale had. His membership
with the old company dated back sew
eral years, his father, the late Thos.
s. Brown, being one of the early
members OF the original No. 8. C. ].
Brown stated to a representative OF
this paper that when the members of
the old company wanted to call a
meeting they would open a window,
take the nozzle off the hose and blow
through it, using it as a megaphone.
Its sirene tones vibrated upon the
night air and the members responded,
coming in large numbers. The meth
Cd of calling, although very crude,
was unique. On March 2, 1870, Mr..
Brown was elected member of Pro-
lection Engine Company No. 3 and
has since given the fire department
continuous service. During these
years he has escaped serious injury