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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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’1‘he Fire Brigade, l“ire lirigadc,
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.
give up theirllves n t o no p
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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
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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"
of
\’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 .
'l`lii
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.
1.. Litai-\v. w. stifmbita.
: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.
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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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1st Lieut-Matthew i\lurpli_\.
Hose Sergeant-J .\ (li-Iliiih.
Sel:ey's-Wm Dillon.
lst Pipeiiiaii-iiiiirliiiel llif-Iii-r.
intl I’ipeinaii-ilobuit Ki-il,\.
Engineer-\Vm lijliait.
Stoker-Peter Kutlv.
Teamster John .\li~l,Iii|iru niih iwir,
horses iii the lnill-ling. 1
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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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