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“The F.rc iii ignde are a famous host;

Ever ready. ever steady, pu inplng

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In danger and nceil they are at their

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Ever reailv, ever steady, pumping

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Ever ready, ever sieiiily, pumping

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UCI-l-wi-re lhe words of an old

,_,S..oii;_' wliliwli nn-ii to be sung in the school tho writer at ended \\ hen a l»oy-

the day vi lien the llre lirignilc men, as the song says, did the pumping with their own strong arms, for it was before the

il iya when steam fire enginrs had become

Cuiuiiiuu.

The question as to what calling pro-

duces tho greatest acts of bravery on _thu part of men is one that periodically comes up to lie answered, and there is but little doubt that the firemen ofthe world have

ance of their duty. This magnificent

spirit of self sacrifice seems to be a characteristic of the men -you find it everywhere there is a fire company. and among all classes of men.

Curlously enough in arinorial bearings

tire is employed to denote those, who. being ambitious of honor, perform nrave actions with an ardent courage, their

thoughts always aspiring as the fire tends upwiirfis. Some such sentiment seems to animate firemen, they are filled with a desire to mount higher, and verily it is easy to believe that if risks imolviug tiieir lives were to confront the firemen oi' Charlottetown in the performance of their duty, they would be found ready to go forward and be enrolled in the ranks of the world`s great heroes.

All of which is-or perhaps is not,

apropos of the Tournament which our firemen have planned for the entertain-

furnlshed instances of bravery which

surpass the achievements of heroes in any other class of life. There is little need to

explain the awful risks they run in the, great conlingratlons of big cities, nor of the wonderful feats they perform in their

lllefavlng work; nor is it ne.-es ary to toll oi the horrible, agonlsingdealhe they

‘ment of their visiting brother-llrelnen;

'for the pleasure of their fellow-citizens; land for the practice of those manly

sports w hieh develop muscle and keep men lit for the struggle they may be at

any time enlled upon to engage ln.

The flgliting of the grlin destroyer, Fire,

has been scientifically practiced from the

engine throned in honor on the top of the arch near the City Hall, ls a very near relative of the drst machines employed by the Romans before the Christian era. The inventions of the Ro~

iiiana undoubtedly were the fore- ruiiiiers of the iiioilern linini engine, which about the iiiidilln of lhe last century was

iiuppliiiitwl by the sta-nn. tire engine, of which the Iiollo and Silsby formerly in use Charlottetown were fair types.

It was not until the year islll, that a

properly or|ran'Izad Fire Ilriaaiie was asliilillslieil in Ulini‘loiieto\vii. l’i'evio\i~ly

to that the fire fighting was iioaie by "bucket brigades" and by two hiiiid

engines one oi' wliiizli was imported from

England by Lieutenant Governor Siiiilh In the yi-nr lrilii, and the other was the

properly of the i~o|~|iers and wliieli was

brought to the Island some long time before 1541!. Of course in those early days the ilrva were noi. aut-li serious uiattera as

they ly-caiiie after ()iiiir|ntteto\ri\ hi-gan

ii .c oliiilns of people with buckets passed Irniii lianil lo liaiifl to li.: oiiiptied into the

nox ofthe hand engine and then forced on to the liarnes by the men at the brakes,

iiianaged in pretty well ronirol ihc ravages of the fire ileml. The earliest arrivals at the station. houses would iun

out the engines anfl start forthe fire.

lnitigiii however, aithas been stated a

systematic attempt at organization was made, with the following engines and inenz-

ll Hand Engine No. 1.-calico the Prince

Edward. This engine was imported from England by Lieutenant Governor Smith ln the year 1818. The Engine Company in 1813 consisted of; -

Capt.-James Watts.

lst Lieut.-John Hobbs. 2nd Lieut.-Jos. Weeks.

Sec. Treas.-John Fielding.

Pipemen-Stephen Bovyer, Ed. Chand-

ler, Win. Butcher, Sr.

Hand Engine No. 2.-This engine was

imported from Scotland in the year i843, by the Local Government. The station house was located on Pownal Square. Its

first company consisted of: -

Capt.-Benj. Davies.

lst Lieut.-Robert Hutchinson.

2nd Lleut.-James Cairns. se¢.'1‘ms.-Issac smith.

Plpemen-Thomas Dodd, Silas Barnard,

John Heartz.

Hand Engine No. ii.-This engine was

maintained at the Barracks near Pownal

Square. This is the engine which is now to be seen on top of the arch in front of

the City Hall.

Charlottetown became an incorporated

city in the year 18.35 and the above men- tioned engines were shortly afterwards all

handed over to the City and by the City to

have to die when they, as often happens, |

1 h me erf°,.m_ivery eailieet time; and the old hand the Fire Department.

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In the year 1862 the hand eiigine 'l'i'i~ mont was purchased in Boston by

Richard Heartz, acting for’the City Charlottetown. Its station house was on the Prince of Wales College i_'i'nuv|~\~.

Department fought iniiny ii good ilgln and saved the city frnin several <le,~tim~iiv-i fires. But lack of water and the need oi halter machines becnnie more nppnreiit

year by year. I

James McMillan, Secretary of Fire Department.

visited Charlottetown. Before its cour=e was run i'oi:r entire blocks were, with tl e

exception of n few buildings, wiped ou', and an enormous lot ol valuable properl y

destroyed.

At this fire everyone worked with n

will without respect of persons. Amon; those who manned the brakes of one of tl e old hand engines, No. 2, was Lieutcnan' Governor Diindns. This engine durini the fire was stationed at the corner o Pownal and llorcliestcr Streets, aiu water was supplied io it in buckets whlcl were emptied into the engine box. Treinont engine which was one oi th- hast hnnd engines of that day rlrev water from Pawn ’Wliarl‘, being suppli with asection h an improvement which the other eng nes lacked.

This terrible fire opened the eyes of

citlrens to the need of more effective pro tection, ani shortly afterwards the No. 5 Steam ilre engine Rollo was bought in m Merryweatiier & Sons, London. In 1872 another hand engine No. 0. with

hose etc., was procured from Mei xy- weatherét Sons. In 1877 when Mayor Uarvell was at the

knowniove of system led to 0 P70901'

and a repoxi of their condition, etc., tr"

\’Vith the means at their disposal llie 1"||<=

On the morniniz ofSuriday, July 1J»,l.\1i¢’.

a fire started on the south cast corner oi

Pownal and King Streets. It developed into the most disastrous fire that has over

head of the City Council Board. NS Wm,

enumeration of the City Fire Companies;

printed. From this report it is learns(

follower-

Street (where Chllllcs llei'iiiiiiis

now stands),

Capt-Alex. I" \Vatson.

lst. I.ie.ut-Jaiiies Downing. 2nd Lieut-\Vin E Snelgrove.

Pipenian-Geo Sheiilow.

Secy-II Sat-lgrove.

Rank aiiri file - 28 boys

No.2l1anil Engine. liiipnriril Iron-

Stntiiiiiii in 1843, located on l’own. .Square

ilipt-B nj Rogers.

lst Lieut -liilchael M00 irihy.

Znrl llivut John King.

Swy--Iuliii liagan.

itaiik aiiil file-10 men. .\'o. Si, l'i.ind Engine.-Received from .

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rniriin- was located on Peake's No. l

miliinry ilrpartiii-:lit of oi-ilinanc-i-_

alniifiiiiil the company of men

ilrawn from the employes of Peake ,hip yard, under command of Rnlpi

lhi- iircii at Uiiy llall.

No. l, liand Engiiii-.-Called Tremont

situateil on Kent Street.

Capt-Jolin A. Fraser.

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:fn l Lieut-F. H. Beer;

Swy~Geo Parsaiorc. Rank and file 48 men.

with hose. etc., was imported London in lniiii, after the fire, and

house adjoined Myrlck's fish mag-kg( but is now removed )

CiipL~A N Largo.

lst Lieut-li McPhlllips. :nd Lieut-Geo Milner.

llose Sergt-John Wonnaeott.

Scey-James Plilgeon.

l-Engineer-.I A Rowe.

Stoker-Geo Webb.

William Mahar was teauister and had

charge of two horses which were kept in an adjoining stable.

The rank and file consisted o1l.~’ inen.

No ll.»Hand Engine. This engine with

hose, etc., was imported in 1873. its location was with No. -i. but it wa-

seldoin used as therelwere sufiicent linnd engines. It was siibsequenlly sold to the village of Albcrion.

No. 7.-Steam Engine. Called the

Silsby though its name is the lii|ls» borough. This engine is still in the I-`iic Department. It was bought inthe year 1875 from the Silsby I-Engine Co., Sent-i-i Falls, N. Y. and was located on Kina Stieei, near Great George.

thatthedifferent eoinpanies were as

No. 1. Hand Engine.-i’rince I-I-lward,

imported by Governor Smith in isis, wiili bose and anpllances, loeat-ed on Grafton

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No. 5, Steam Fire Engine.-This engine

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Hose Sergeant-J .\ (li-Iliiih. Sel:ey's-Wm Dillon.

lst Pipeiiiaii-iiiiirliiiel llif-Iii-r.

intl I’ipeinaii-ilobuit Ki-il,\.

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Stoker-Peter Kutlv. Teamster John .\li~l,Iii|iru niih iwir, horses iii the lnill-ling. 1 Theabnveir. iiliriiily sliilwl \\'1\~' lin'

streii;_ftli of lin- farm- in l~TT_ aiifi Yin-nt |~ 1

forth, iiicfii'c1lep:ii‘Liiii‘iii \\ii.~. kept iii ‘i

high stale of tfliuieiii-y. Sona' \'i-ry serious tires ni-re foiighi \\iih signal siiet-ess, for ii must he ieiiieiiiliercd that

waterworks weic not iiitrufiui-ed into llie

City till l.~#.'&~, and the i~n;_'iiies had lo he

supplied from tanks which ofli-ii ran dry under Lliedraiiinf the ati-ani 1-iigiiii-s, or from wells \\'hirli, too, in-viinic iiry ext-cpl

iii thc ciiscsi of one or two. A iiiie Csprlt

du vurps i-xistril iiiiioiigst ilie inen and

probably also ii i~piri', of rivalry lietiri-rn the ilill`ervni 1-oinpanies. but this only

teiidvri io province iiii-ivaseil etllcicncy.

The installing of llie present, fine system

of \\'ater\\'ni'ks with sufllclent pressiire at

CITY HALL AND FIRE STATION.

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