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

City, yesterday afternoon, and last night
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
a beneficial effect. and is calculated to
brace a 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. J. Sulli-
van. more familiarly known among the
| fremen as ''Yank"
"Yank' Sullivan has been in the de-
partment many years. and is thoroughly
familiar with the location Of the more
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
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 a fast rate of speed.
it is stated. Tom had a 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 a 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 for
| the month of June shows 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 fire.
| and Charles Jones was slightly burned In
gasoline fire.
Four members of the fire department
were the other victims. They were Pri-
vate Ernest F. Buckley. No. truck
company; Private Frank Hellmuth, No.
| 6 engine company: Private E. B. Rollins.
| No. 8 truck company. and Private Z. M.
White. No. truck company.
| Owen R. Moxley and Mrs. Moxley. and
Wilson Oliver of No. 16 engine company.
better known as the silver-voiced 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 lSH USihe
thing of a piscatorial artist. but all he
| was able to do was to get little enjoy
ment out of the sports of the others:
But after ALL he suggested. salt
| water fish are not as sporty as the
| small-mouth bass, and I guest II! get
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 Chief wagner IS
away on his vacation.
The chief is some swatter. a memper
of the force said. the day the chief De
parted for the seashore, and probably
| has killed more flies this season than any
| other official at the District building
| Chief Clerk Watson says he will ofn-
ciate as "swatter" during Chief Wagner S
absence
tor and family are enjoying the heated
term at North Chesapeake Beach. seven
houses at the resort were DESTROYED ny
| fire before the chief and MS 1amliv
| reached the beach.
IT 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 resoi I,
but the chief is inclined to think to tne
| contrary, desiring a change winch GOES
not come with the regular routine
| Chief Proctor has left all thoughts OF
work behind. and is getting the fun oene-
| fit of the salt air, fishing and crapplne.
First Battalion Chief James Keliher
has returned to duty. He has had all
the annual allotment of holiday due him,
| and he is now on the job for another
| year.
Capt. ]. w seitz says he's glad his
company, No. % engine. won the silver
! cup at the horse show held July a, pre-
| ferring the cup to the flag that was won
by No i engine company.
| NO other company can take our cup
from u.s." the captain says. but next
| year some other company will come along
and take Capt. Tom O'Connors nag from
him."
.'There are twenty-five teams of horses
in the department that would make a
better showing than the winning team of
Capt. Seitzs company" said DR.. Charles
| Barnweu Robinson, the department
| veterinarian, but Capt Seitz was lucky
enough not to have the others compete
with him.
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.
1--WE inspected 231 horses" said the
veterinarian of the department, land only
marked two as being bad. One of them
| was turned over to the police depart
ment and the other Is waiting to fill a
| vacancy in one of the departments OF the
District government.
I "Our bad horses.'' he added. are con-
sidered frst-class animals in another
service"
T. NJ. Robinson, superintendent Of ma
chiuery, and Mrs. Robinson are anticipat-
ing a pleasant vacation in North Carolina
They are going to visit friends In the
vicinity Of Asheville, and will see 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 a tractor.
Chief Wagner had his men give a
| demonstration on 14th street northwest
manner in which the vehicle took the hill
Assistant Engineer Fred Brill of No.
engine company and family have gone to
| 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 a
twenty-day vacation yesterday. He ac-
companied his family to Niagara Falls