New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-06
MONUMENT TO FIRE
HEROES DEDICATED
Smoke Eaters on Parade Halt
During Presentation and
Ceremony of dwelling.
is RECEIVED BY M'ANENY
Jesse I. Straus Turns Memorial
Over to the City-Johnson
Pays Tribute to
the Force.

one Of the la: --, and most picturesque
parades .cen i'm this c.ty in recent years
marched up Riverside Drive yesterday
when the monument at Tooth street IN
memory of the heroic dead Of the Fire
Department was unveiled. Fifteen hum
dred vi formed members of the depart
mcnt, with forty pieces of modern hre
fighting apparatus: hundreds OF visiting
iremen and volunteers were in line. The
parade was two miles long and occupied
two hours in passing the reviewing STAND
Fire Commissioner Joseph Johnson and
Borough President McAneny headed the
parade in department automobile. MT
McAneny represented Mayor Gaynor ana
accented the monument on behalf OF the
CITY. The presence Of the Borough Presi-
dent with Mayor Gaynor's campaign man
ager instead of Colonel Ardolph l.. Kline
acting Mayor, caused some comment
among political wiseacre., who saw there-
i'm a strong indication that the name Oh
the fusion nominee for Borough President
would appear on the Gaynor ticket also.
The exercises at the monument were
Witnessed by fully ten thousand persons.
They filed the large stand erected for the
occasion and crowded the green slope on
the Drive and other vantage points. Those
I'm the stand included many relatives OF
fremen. as well as those OF the visiting
fire fighters now in convention in this city.
Co1tractAd
The sight of hundreds OF veterans In
rlring red shirts and polished helmets
dragging ancient engines and hose reefs
behind them. furnished striking contrast
10 the rugged. athletic looking fire fight
ers of to-day. swinging along with elastic
step AT the head of the most modern mo-
tor fire al. aratus the department pos
sesses. The scene was impressive. and II
brought cheers from the men and tears
from the women.
The monument is a massive Work, com
handing a fine location on the summit OF
knoll. easily seen by passing craft on
the Hudson River The memorial Is IN
the form OF tablet, % feet long, " rect
high and feet deep. resting upon hlgh
foundation and Ranked by two marble
groups symbolizing Duty and Sacrifice.
on the easterly side Of the monument
facing the street. is the dedicatory IN
scription. composed by Royal Cortlssoz, OF
The Tribune. which reads.
TO the men Of the Fire Department on
the CITY Of New York who died at the
call Of duty. soldiers In a war that never
ends. this memorial is dedicated by the
people Of a grateful city
on the reverse OF the tablet Is bass
relief. 10 feet long and feet high. rep
rescnting dashing horse-drawn fire en-
cine. The architect was H. Van Buren,
Magonlcle. WHO was also the architect Of
the Maine Memorial At the 59th street en-
trance OF Central Park and the Robert
Fulton Watergate at 10th street ana
Riverside Drive. The groups were carved
by Atillio Piccarilli.
Two large American flags we're strung
over tie westerly face OF the memorial
and this yelling was drawn away at
the proper moment by four little girls.
daughters OF four OF the heroes I'm whose
memory the memorial was erected. They
were MAY Boyne. twelve years old, OF No.
$50 Bergen street. Brooklyn; Mary Con-
molly. ten wears old. Of No. 1926 Franklin
avenue. The Bronx: Florence Walsh
eleven years old. OF No. ll20 Putnam ave
nuc. Brooklyn. and Margaret Dow. ten
years old. of No. b Grove street. Brook
lyn. The four divisions OF the local Fire
Department stood massed in front Of the
speakers stand. with heads uncovered,