Evening star., 1914-07-11
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

| they were seen on the Boardwalk. 1t is
| the intention of the chief and his wife to
! remain at the seashore the next two
| weeks.
| The fire chief and his wife have been
| spending their vacations at Atlantic City
for the past twenty-five years or more.
Salt air." says the chief. always has
beneficial effect. and Is calculated to
brace man for his work during the
coming year
| During the absence of Chief Wagner
| the business of the department will be
in the hands of Deputy Chief A. ]. sulli-
| van. more familiarly known among the
| firemen as "Yank.''
''Yank" Sullivan has been in the de-
partment many years, and is thoroughly
| important buildings. and the chief is sat
isfied that he has left the work in good
| hands.
Acting Chief Sullivan will spend most
Of his time the next two weeks at the
office of Chief Wagner, but his automo-
bile will be kept at No. IA engine house
as usual.
What has become Of Tom?" Chief
Wagner and others in the department
are frequently asked.
Tom is the dog that was usually to be
seen in the chiefs automobile, and when
going to a fire at fast rate Of speed.
it is stated. Tom had way of display
ing his pleasure.
"And now Tom is grieving himself to
DEATH" declared Chief Clerk Watson,
land it's all because he has no automo-
bile in which to ride.
tom is now resident of Maryland" :"
said Owen R. Moxley of Chief Wagner s
staff of clerks. having been given away
by the chief
Fire Marshal Nicholson's report fol-
the month of June shows a total of seven
persons injured or burned at fires. Mrs
Marie Reed burned her right arm and LETT
hand trying to rescue a dog: Mrs. Fran
ces Leimbach was slightly burned while
trying to protect her property from nre
and Charles Jones was slightly burned In
a gasoline fire.
-Four members of the fire department
were the other victims. They were Pri-
vate Ernest F. Buckley. No. truc6
company; Private Frank Hellmuth. NO
6 engine company; Private E. B. Rollins
No. truck company. and private Z. NJ
White, No. 9 truck company.
owen r. Moxley and Mrs. Moxley. and
Wilson oliver of No. 16 engine company
better known as the silver-volced tenor
of the fire department, spent the day AT
Colonial Beach yesterday. Moxley was
envious of the anglers who came ashore
with long strings Of fish. being some
thing of a piscatorial artist. but all ne
was able to do was to get a little enjoy
But after ALL he suggested. salt
water fish are not as sporty as the
small-mouth bass. and 1 guest I'll get a
few Of them at Seneca next week.
Members Of the office force are wonder
ing how they are going to keep down the
flies during the time Ch1ef wagner IL
| away on his vacation
THE chief is some swatter." member
of the force said, the day the chlef de-
parted for the seashore, and prooapv
has killed more flies this season than any
other official at the District building
Chief Clerk Watson says he will ON
ciate as "swatter" during Chief wagner
absence.
Third Battalion Chief Charles B. Proc.
| tor and family are enjoying the heateo
term at North Chesapeake Beach. seven
houses at the resort were DESTROYED pg
fire before the chief and his famlly
reached the beach.
II guess the chief would have felt very
much at home had he been on hand When
the cottages were burned. remarked the
talkative boatman at the bayshore resort.
but the chief is inclined to think to tne
contrary, desiring change "nicn ooes
not come with the regular routine;
Chief Proctor has left all thoughts OF
work behind, and is getting the full bene-
fit of the salt air. fishing and GRABBING
First Battalion Chief James Kelihel
has returned to duty. He has mad all
the annual allotment of holiday due MN
and he is now on the job for another
year.
Cant. ]. W. seitz says he's glad his
company. No. % engine. won the silver
cup at the horse show held July 4, pre-
ferring the cup to the flag that was won
by No / engine company.
NO other company can take our cup
from u.s." the captain says. but next
year some other company will come along
him.
"rhere are twenty-five teams Of horses
| in the department that would make
better showing than the winning team of
| Capt Seitz's company" said DR.. Charles
| veterinarian, but Capt. Seitz was lucky
| enough not to have the others compete
| with him.
..But the captains an all right fellow, u
| he added, land I'm glad he got the cup. :.
| On the occasion of the recent annual
| inspection of horses in the department
the animals were rated good,~ fair or bad
| according to their condition.
| I'VE inspected 231 horses,s said the
veterinarian of the department. land only
| marked two as being bad. One of then
| was turned over to the police depart
ment and the other Is waiting to fill 8
| vacancy in one of the departments of the
: District government.
| "Our bad horses" he added. "are con-
| sidered first-class animals in another
| service"
| #. NJ Robinson, superintendent of ma
chinery, and Mrs. Robinson are anticipat-
| ing a pleasant vacation in North Carolina
They are going to visit friends in the
| land of the sky by daylight.
| August Enrich of the Baltimore fire
| department was in this city a few days
! ago as the guest Of Chief Wagner. The
| Baltomore chief came over to witness the
| running of one of the old trucks equipped
| with tractor.
! Chief Wagner had his men give q
demonstration on 14th street northwest
| and Chief Enrich was pleased with the
| manner in which the vehicle took the hill
from Pennsylvania avenue to F street.
| engine company and family have gone tC
| New York to visit friends and relatives
Fred took twenty days leave. all that was
| coming to him, and his holiday season
| will terminate next week.
Private John Albers started on 8
twenty-day vacation yesterday. He ac.
| companied his family to Niagara Falls
and will see some of the Interesting
places in Canada before returning home.
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