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the evening of October 12, 1880, he came very near losing his life at a fire in the Academy of Musie, on Halsted street. On January 15, 1881, he was appointed Seeretary. He has invented many improvements on the department,
MAURICE W. SHAY.
The fire inspector, was born Mareh 22, 1832, in Antig- onish, Nova Scotia. When he was six years old the family removed to Eastport, Maine, and then to Charlestown, Massachusetts, where at the age of fifteen "Sandy " ran with Warren Engine and Company No. 4. He was pres- ent at the Haverhill street fire in Boston the following year with the same company. While he was running to fires he had also learned the cooper trade. In 1849 he went to Cleveland and joined Phoenix Engine Company No. 4 in 1850. He went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, two years after and joined the Eagle fire company, but in 1855 he went back to the Phoenix at Cleveland, and in 1856 was elected Assistant Engineer of the Department. He served as such up to October, 1857, when he came to Chi- cago. The New England House fire was probably the most disastrous he fought while in Cleveland. In Chicago he was elected Pipeman on Liberty Hose No. 6, and inside of a year he was made Assistant Foreman. When twenty- three lives were lost at the D. B. Cooke fire on South Water street in 1857 he had a narrow escape. He was on the top rung of the ladder and foreman John C. Dickey was at the bottom. He told Dickey to move, but the un- fortunate foreman, not comprehending the injunetion, was instantly killed by falling brick, while Shay was thrown clear of it. In 1858, on the disbandment of No. 6, he retired from the service, but in 1861 went baek on Hook and Ladder No. 1. In 1862 he went on the "Little Giant." In 1864 he became foreman of the " Frank Sher- man." In 1867 he became foreman of the " Titsworth,"
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known in these days as the crack company. Here he be- came popular, and with this apparatus he made his gallant fight against the fire of 1871. On October 3, 1873, he was created Assistant Marshal, although tendered the Chief Engineership of the St. Paul department. In 1881 Shay ran to the rescue of Ottawa, Illinois, a distance of eighty-five miles in eighty-five minutes.
JOEL A. KINNEY.
The ex-Chief of the Fourth Battalion, doing duty at headquarters, Joel Agustus Kinney, was born in the town of Lodi, Cattaraugus, N. Y., July 19, 1828. He first saw Chicago in 1837, but did not permanently locate here un- til 1840. He attended the public school and worked in Long John's printing office, but like the majority of the boys " ran with der macheen;" and at a fire at the corner of La Salle and Lake street, he had rather a close call. At the age of sixteen he joined "Fire King " No. 9. In 1852 he became a fireman in reality, and in 1855 was made assistant fore- man of the Department. When the paid department was organized he became foreman of the " Long John," but in 1860 went to Pike's Peak to dig for gold and did not find very much. He came back on the Fire Department as foreman of Engine 2, but in 1867 went on No. 9. On February 14, 1874, he was made Assistant Marshal. On the 16th he took command of the Fifth Battalion. On May 1, 1880, he took charge of the Fourth Battalion. Marshal Kinney had narrow escapes when the roof of the dancing academy on Ada street fell, and the roof of the Academy of Music dropped. Marshal Petrie and our subject were the two principal characters on the stage that day, and they ap- peared before a large audience.
FREDERICK N. SHIPPY.
One of the most valuable clerks in the employ of the city is the Assistant Secretary of the Fire Department. He
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was born in Chicago within a stone's throw of the Rookery. He went upon the fire department in 1872, joining Engine Company 16, and afterward working on Chemical 1. and Hook and Ladder companies 1 and 4. In 1877 he was ap- pointed to his present position.
JOHN. P. BARRETT.
Chicago's eminent electrician, John P. Barrett, was born in Auburn, N. Y., in 1837. The family removing to Chicago in 1845, he was sent to the public school, where he industriously studied up to his fourteenth year, when his father dying he went to work to support himself, his brother and three sisters. He adopted a seafaring life en- gaging as a deck-sweep on the steamer Pacific, which run- ning in connection with the Michigan Central Rail road, plied between New Buffalo, Chicago and Milwaukee. As a seaman and mate he toiled up to 1857, when he went to New York and shipped for Cali- fornia, whence he several times circumnavigated the Horn. In 1858, while off the coast of Chili, his ves- sel was dismasted, and he was so injured that after an experience of eighteen months in the Mariner's Hospital of San Francisco, he abandoned the sea and came to Chi- cago. Here August 1, 1862, Fire Marshal U. P. Harris, appointed him watchman of engine company No. 1. He was then transferred to company No. 11, and thence to the cupola on the court house as bell ringer. In May, 1865, the fire alarm telegraph was instituted, and he became an assistant in that service. From that hour his progress was rapid, until today he stands foremost, probably, at the head of the largest municipal telegraph in existence. Among Mr. Barrett's numerous inventions are the Barrett Automatic Joker, accelerating the receipt of the alarm of fire, by the department, and in conjunction with the chicf of the police, the police patrol telegraph referred to exten- sively elsewhere.
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DAVID M. HYLAND.
The Chief Operator in the Fire Alarm office is David Myron Hyland. He was born in Lowell, Mass., November 12, 1850, and when six years of age, accompanied by his parents, located in Shannon, Ill., on a farm. The family removing after two years to Chicago, David at- tended the Kinzie School, and was subsequently sent to South Bend. In 1865 he returned to Chicago and went to work for the Merchants Union Express Company. In 1867 he joined the Fire Department, becoming first a member of Engine 3, then of Truck 2, then of Engines 6, 13, 12, and 17. After the great fire he was transferred to Engine 11. In May, 1872, he entered the Fire Alarm office as repairer, was subsequently created an operator, and in 1876 was appointed Chief Operator.
. JOHN FITZPATRICK.
Johnny Fitzpatrick, Operator in the Fire Alarm office, has, in one way or another, been connected with telegraphy since he was eleven years old. He has thor- oughly mastered the profession, and says he hopes to die at the keys. Our subject was born in Ireland, March 25, 1849, but as he came to this country when an infant, he considers himself a native American. His youth was spent in New York City. At the age of eleven he en- tered the employ of the New York Magnetic Telegraph Company, which has since consolidated with the Western Union. At the age of sixteen he was an operator. Sub- sequently he came to Chicago, and was employed on the Chicago & Alton Railroad from 1873 to 1876. During the three last years he was with the railroad he was train- dispatcher. In the fall of 1876 he resigned his berth on the Chicago & Alton to accept a position in the City Fire Alarm and Telegraph office, where his services are indis- pensable.
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WILLIAM CARROLL.
William Carroll, presumably one of the oldest operators in the Fire Alarm service, was born in Payne, O., March 22, 1854. In 1855, his parents moved to Iowa, where, up to 1872, the subject of this sketch traveled through the ordi- nary branches of a common school education. In this year Mr. Carroll came to Chicago, and soon became a warm friend of the much-lamented Mark Sheridan, President of the old Board of Police and Fire Commissioners. In 1874 he entered the service of the city. He commands the confi- dence of his many friends and associates.
FRANK J. LEWIS.
Frank J. Lewis was born in Chicago, April 9, 1865, attended Haven and Mosley high schools up to the age of sixteen, was appointed telegraph operator in Police De- partment May 7, 1882, and occupies the same position now.
JAMES P. CROWLEY.
James Patrick Crowley, operator in the Fire Alarm Telegraph Office was born in Chicago, Oct. 22, 1862. He attended school in St. Patrick's Parish. He first worked in the Board of Trade telephone office, and in 1882 be- came connected with the fire alarm service. He is the son of Captain Crowley, formerly of Engine No. 5.
JACOB F. MEHREN.
Jacob F. Mehren was born in Chicago July 31, 1857. Having attended the German Parish School, he entered St. Ignatius College in 1870 and studied there until 1873. Was first employed by the Western Union and American District telegraph companies. In 1876 he commenced the manufacture of telegraphı instruments, medical batteries, etc., at his home. He was so engaged until the riot in 1877, when the city employed him as an operator. In
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1881 he was allowed by Prof. Barrett to serve the American Cable Company in laying the first underground cable along the Western Indiana Railway, extending from Mad- ison to Twenty-seventh streets. In 1881, when the fire alarm telegraph repair shop was opened, he was transferred to that department and lie is there now.
FREDERICK W. GUND.
Frederick W. Gund was born in Chicago, May 22, 1851, attended St. Joseph's School until twelve years old, went to Notre Dame, Ind., from 1863 to 1866, joined the Fire Alarm Telegraph in 1867, under Prof. E. B. Chandler, and remained there until the fall of 1872, when, or shortly thereafter, he became a member of Hook and Ladder Company No. 3. He now went over to No. 17, but soon left to fill the vacancy made by a prominent member of Supply Hose No. 3, under Captain Walters, at one time Assistant Fire Marshal in the city of Chicago. From No. 3 he went to Engine No. 27, and thence to Chemical No. 4, whence he was transferred to the Fire Alarm Telegraph, under its present Superintendent Prof. J. P. Barrett. This occurred May 11, 1875.
PRESENT ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The following is the organization of the fre depart- ment (Headquarters, City Hall).
Fire Marshal and Chief of Brigade, D. J. Swenie ; 1st Asst. Fire Marshal and Dept. Inspector, William H. Mush- am ; Asst. Fire Marshal and Dept. Secretary, Charles S. Petrie ; Fire Inspector, Maurice W. Shay; Chiefs of Battalion-1st, John Redell ; 2d, John H. Green ; 3d, Frederick J. Gabriel ; 4th, Joseph C. Pazen ; 5th, Edward W. Murphy ; 6th, Michael W. Conway ; 7th, John Cam- pion ; 8th, Leo Meyers ; 9th, Richard Fitzgerald ; 10th, Peter Schnur ; Clerks, Joel A. Kinney, Fred N. Shippy ; Supt. of horses, Eugene Sullivan ; Driver for Fire Marshal,
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Thomas Monaghan ; Drivers Fuel and Supply wagon, Richard Stringer, Alfred Phillips, Willam L. Heartt, Lawrence Redmond, John Quinn.
City Telegraph (Central Office, City Hall.) .- Superin- tendent, John P. Barrett ; Chief Operator, David M. Hyland ; Operators, John Fitzpatrick, William Carroll, Harry Leser, Jacob F. Mehren ; Repairers, Frederick W. Gund, James Fitzpatrick, Frank W. Swenie, Thomas Burns, John Mangan ; Electric Light Inspector, Clark C. Haskins ; Machinist, Charles F. Strubbe ; Linemen, Owen B. Dougherty, Charles Shaffer ; Batteryman, Nils Olesen .
Engine Company No. 1 (220 S. Franklin) .- Captain, John Klett, 200 E. Division ; Lieutenant, John Clingen, 1819 Butterfield ; Pipemen, John Ryan, 2424 Sanger, John Canty, 410 Brown, Richard Kennedy, 20 Charles place, Henry Scott, 27 Sanger, C. Pipeman, John Kaefer, 320 Blue Island ave. ; Engineer, John Hammill, 127 Lytle ; Asst. Engineer, George Leslie, 39 Plum; Driver, Patrick Murphy, 114 Sebor ; C. Driver, James Wall, 2026 S. Dearborn.
Engine Company No. 2 (2417 Sanger). - Captain, Lewis Fiene, 2876 Archer ave. ; Lieutenant, William J. Sweeney 2728 Archer ave. ; Pipemen, Joseph Stoltz, 49 Fin- nel, Bernard McDonough, 3441 Dearborn ; Engineer, Tim- othy Moynihan, 166 Kossuth ; Asst. Engineer, Robert A. Whelan, 605 Twenty-fifth ; Drivers, Isaac M. Adler, 512 Twenty-sixth, James Dwyer, 543 Twenty-sixth.
Engine Company No. 3 (237 W. Chicago ave.) .- Cap- tain, John McLean, 276 N. May ; Lieutenant, Alexander T. Kopeto, 46 Cornell ; Pipemen, Ener C. Anderson, 247 W . Chicago ave., Henry Nelson, 332 E. Division, Charles Schultze, 24 Jane ; Engineer, Dominick Malatesta, 441 W. Huron ; Asst. Engineer, William H. Cogswell, 238 W. Chicago ave. ; Drivers, David Cowing, 201 W. Chicago ave., William Windle, 840 Milwaukee ave .. ; Watchman, Charles Miller, 412 Sedgwick.
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Engine Company No. 4 (409 Larrabee) .- Captain, John G. Carlson, 39 N. Grove ; Lieutenant, Thomas H. Maxwell, 464 Webster ave. ; Pipemen, Frank Geis 20 Hull ; and Joseph McCormick, Engineer, Edward C. Knuth, 157 Fremont ; Asst. Engineer, Conrad Lisegang, 142 Dayton ; Drivers, William Cary, 193 Orchard, Adam Breit, 419 Larrabee; Watchman, George W. Helmer 912 N. Halsted.
Engine Company No. 5 (197 S. Jefferson) .- Captain, William E. Hand, 1247 Wilcox ave .; Lieutenant, John Hall, 125 Brown; Pipemen, Frank Walters, 345 S. Halsted, John Cavanaugh, 230 DeKoven, James McDonough, 86 N. Market; Engineer, William H. Sampson, 763 Carroll ave .; Asst. Engineer, Samuel U. Nield, 236 S. Green; Drivers, Peter F. Quinn, 119 S. Green, Nils Westergard, 388 Mil- waukee ave.
Engine Company No. 6 (143 Maxwell) .- Captain, John J. Hennessey, 33 Silver; Pipemen, Patrick Foley, 134 W. Twelfth, John J. Evans, 85 Johnson, Michael McKeirnan, 484 S. Jefferson ; Engineer, Robert Miller, 220 W. Eighteenth; Asst. Engineer, Walter Daker, 39 Newberry ave .; Drivers, Matthew Prindiville, 116 Johnson, Frank Hohenadel, 317 S. Jefferson.
Engine Company No. 7 (31 Blue Island ave.) .- Captain, James Heaney, 199 Mather; Lieutenant, Cornelius Man- ning, 20 Nebraska; Pipemen, John C. Connors, 535 W. Twelfth, Michael Kearns, 382 W. Harrison, Louis L. Ernst, 211 Forquer; Engineer, George D. Hahn, 425 W. Taylor; Asst. Engineer, James C. Syme, 380 W. Madison; Drivers, Martin Murphy, 342 Blue Island ave., Patrick W. Murphy, 612 Loomis.
Engine Company No. 8 (1921 Archer ave.) .- Captain, Wm. H. Townsend, 758 Twenty-seventh; Lieutenant, Stephen Scanlon, 469 Thirty-first; Pipemen, John Gahan, 335 Twenty-fourth, James Tobin, 2623 Butterfield, Michael
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A. Curry, 2170 Archer ave .; Engineer, Wallace T. Phelps, 3536 Butterfield; Asst. Engineer, Frank B. Hutchison, 229 Twenty-sixth; Drivers, Daniel I. Cleghorn, 1931 Archer ave., Frank J. Donnegan, 21 Plum; Watchman, Norman T. Ormsby.
Engine Company No. 9 (2527 Cottage Grove ave.) .- Captain, Eugene Sweeney, 2945 Cottage Grove ave. Lieut- enant, Martin Mergenthaler, 27 Twenty-second pl .; Pipe- men, Lorenz Schmidt, 2820 S. Park ave., John O'Leary, 700 Thirty-first; Engineer, George Leady, 3554 La Salle; Asst. Engineer, John Dawson, 2598 S. Park ave .; Drivers, James Murnane, 68 Wilson, Jacob N. Reis, 3740 Stan- ton ave.
Engine Company No.10 (82 Pacific ave.) .- Captain, Rob- ert C. Palmer, 3007 S. State; Lieutenant, James Tobin, 487 Fifth ave .; Pipemen, William Hart, 1451 S. State, Cornelius E. Smith, 90 Miller, Michael Noon, 278 Clinton, Francis H. Curran, 461 Hastings; C. Pipeman, John Duffy, 316 W. Congress ; Engineer, Michael Heilmann, 1726 La Salle ; Asst. Engineer, James Lundy, 138 Michigan ; Driver, Edward Sweeney, 2823 Cologne; Driver, Albert Pepin, 279 W. Taylor.
Engine Company No. 11 (225 Michigan) .- Captain, Henry Greenhoff, 127 Vedder; Lieutenant, Michael Ehret, 128 Chestnut; Pipemen, William O'Connell, 259 N. Mar- ket, Patrick J. Falvey, 78 Milton ave., Edward Kelly, 225 Michigan; C. Pipeman, Jolin Anderson, 43 Heine; En- gineer, Thomas H. Melvin, 18 Pine; Asst. Engineer, Alexander McPherson, 172 Ontario; Drivers, Martin Sim- mons, 286 N. Wells, James Kennedy, 229 N. Market.
Engine Company No. 12 (611 West Lake) .- Captain, Paul Ditt, 250 Walnut; Lieutenant, Peter J. Vogt, 523 Noble; Pipemen, Arthur J. Kelley, 633 Austin ave., Patrick J. Brosnan, 14 Rumsey, Daniel J. McCarthy, 207 N. Green; Engineer, Thomas A. Clark, 141 N. Lincoln; 12
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Asst. Engineer, John J. Gleason, 514 W. Erie; Drivers, Hiram Ashman, 517 Park ave., George H. Wheeler, 761 Carroll ave.
Engine Company No. 13 (19 Dearborn). - Captain, John Hannon, 211 Illinois; Lieutenant, William H. Bart- lett, 211 La Salle ave .; Pipemen, Daniel O'Kane, 19 Dear- born, Peter H. Fleming, 35 Wesson, Louis Bittig, 11 Connors, William J. Mullin, 522 Hurlbut, John F. Sheridan, 65 W. Thirteenth; Engineer, Henry H. Mc- Cuen, 430 Wabash ave .; Asst. Engineer, Jacob Braun, 542 E. Division; Drivers, Edward J. Kerr, 54 Goethe, Peter McGrew, 183 Superior.
Engine Company No. 14 (38 Chicago ave) .- Captain, George L. Taylor, 360 Wells; Lieutenant, Theodore G. Bernhardt, 483 Larrabee; Pipemen, Edward E. Varges, 503 Larrabee, Hans H. Hemb, 108 Oak, Peter Massion, 12 Starr; Engineer, John J. Berry, 498 Sedgwick; C. Assis- tant Engineer, Samuel McDonel, 184 S. Morgan; Driver, Michael Finn, 208 North ave; C. Driver, John W. An- derson, 43 Heine.
Engine Company, No. 15 (305 W. Twenty-second) .- Captain, James Enright, 2619 Joseph; Pipemen, John Belsky, 612 W. Eighteenth, John Padden, 308 W. Twenty- second, John Dooly, 308 W. Twenty-second; Chief Pipe- man, James Sullivan, 734 W. Twenty-first; Engineer, Charles L. Cory, 3248 Illinois ave .; Asst. Engineer, Henry Clohecy, 308 W. Twenty-second; Drivers, Michael Barrett, 847 W. Twenty-second, Christian Heiser, 140 Canalport ave.
Engine Company No. 16 (287 Thirty-first) .- Captain, Nicholas Dubach, 2807 Fifth ave .; Lieutenant, George W. Weller, 346 E. Twenty-second; Pipemen, William Vernon, 3132 Lake Park ave., Joseplı Ross, 3107 Wentworth ave .; Engineer, James F. Enright, 3634 Stanton ave .; Asst. En- gineer, Joseph A. Mclaughlin, 3150 S. State; Drivers,
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Edward Moran, 490 Thirtieth, William O'Brien, 2118 Ar- nold; Watchman, Nicholas J. Pauls, 2967 Wentworth ave.
Engine Company No. 17-Double Company-(80 W. Lake) .- Captain, John Lynch, 20 Nebraska; Lieutenants, Edward Byrne, 570 Fulton, Lawrence A. Shean, 247 W. North ave .; Pipemen, John W. Flynn, 49 Gocthe, Charles Harbig, 162 N. Peoria, Frederick A. Sloat, 134 W. Twelfth, John F. Jorndt, 136 W. Erie, Michael J. Lahey, 22 W. Elcventh, John Ralson, 236 N. Halsted, David Parr, 1553 S. Desplaines; Engineers, William M. Wise, 51 S. Curtis, Charles Blom, 907 N. Halsted; Asst. Engineers, Patrick H. Quinn, Madison and Desplaines, James H. Hickey, 63 W. Lake; Drivers, John McDonnell, 42 Ruble, Herman C. Haas, 155} S. Desplaines; Chief Driver, Robert J. Hamil- ton, 80 W. Lake; Pipeman, Det. Watchman, James H. Healy, 25 Clybourn ave.
Engine Company No. 18 (438 W. Twelfth) .- Captain, Hugo Franzen, 404 Maxwell; Lieutenant, Michael Driscoll, 243 S. Halsted; Pipemen, Luke Waters, 22 Arthington, Thomas Conroy, 12 Walsh ct .; Engineer, Fred Allen, 361 Center ave; Asst. Engincer, Edd. Hunt, 318 W. Twelfth; Drivers, John Twaddle, 11 Sholto, Harvey E. Bean 358 S. May.
Engine Company No. 19 (3451 Cottage Grove ave.) .- Captain, John Fitzgerald, 2914 S. Park ave .; Lieutenant, James T. Foley, 2844 Lowe ave .; Pipemen, John Cranby, 19 University pl., Theodorc Lagger, 326 Twenty-third; Engineer, John C. Cooney, 3700 Ellis ave .; Asst. Engincer, Samuel Patterson, 3806 Cottage Grove ave .; Drivers, Mi- chael Daly, 3527 Prairie ave., Claudius Blair, 3638 Stanton ave
Engine Company No. 20 (39 Rawson) .- Captain, Charles T. Brown, 39 Rawson ; Lieutenant, Frederick Stift, 55 Center; Pipemen, Matthew Kettern, Engine House, Will- iam McDermott, 162 Seminary ave .; Engineer, George
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Lathrop, 129 Webster ave .; Asst. Engineer, Charles M. Rost, 276 W. North ave .; Drivers, Timothy Clifford, 41 Goethe; John Montgomery, 43 A.
Engine Company No. 21 (7 Taylor) .- Captain, Joseph L. Kenyon, 468 S. State; Pipemen, Anthony Makens, 225 Third ave,, James E. Porter, 2834 Butterfield, Richard T. Caeser, 466 S. State, Charles Scott, 211 Third ave .; Engi- neer, William Watkins, 3122 S. Dearborn; Asst. Engineer, William H. Cartwright, 435 Twenty-fourth; Drivers, Ste- phen Paine, 1719 S. State, Marshall Ward, 474 S. State.
Engine Company No. 22 (454 Webster ave.) .- Captain, James J. Walsh, 47 Grove ct .; Lieutenant, Peter Lawson, 183 Center; Pipemen, William Schubert, 123 Osgood, William Mullin, 522 Hurlbut; Engineer, Francis Berry, 203 Lincoln ave .; Asst. Engineer, John Calahan, 935 N. Halsted; Drivers, William J. Moore, 95 Fremont, Frede- rick J. Varges, 312 Burling.
Engine Company No. 23 (54 Hinman) .- Captain, John McDonough; 547 S. Leavitt; Lieutenant, John Elliott, 77 Sholto; Pipemen, John J. Flemming, 706 Hinman, Michael Cummings, 109 Newberry, ave .; Engineer, Levi A. For- ester, 33 Moore; Asst. Engineer, Gerold Allen, 734 Hin- man; Drivers, John G. Risedorph, 652 Twenty-first, John McGinn, 665 S. May.
Engine Company No. 24 (1009 W. Madison) .- Captain, Frank H. Butterfield, 1088 W. Madison; Lieutenant, Pe- ter A. Lynch, 1021 W. Monroe; Pipemen, Charles Thomp- son, 150 Owasco, and Benedict Rudolph, 1248 Fulton; Engineer, Henry V. Coleman, 271 Campbell ave .; Asst. Engineer, George H. Fisher, 209 Campbell ave .; Drivers, Reuben Bunnell, 977 Wilcox ave., and Lawrence Drooney, 1067 W. Monroe.
Engine Company No, 25 (127 Canalport ave) .- Cap- tain, Christian Schimmels, 571 S. Halsted; Lieutenant, William Hanlon, 703 S. Halsted; Pipemen, Frederick W.
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Buehler, 370 Johnson, and George W. Dow, 342 Blue Island ave .; Engineer, Frank Michels, 361 W. Polk; Asst. Engineer, Charles Welch, 526 S. Halsted; Drivers, John J. O'Brien, 364 W. Fourteenth, and Peter Hart, 1629 S. Clark.
Engine Company No. 26 (142 N. Lincoln) .- Captain, Charles A. Anderson, 393 W. Huron; Lieutenant, Robert L. Hunt, 222 Walnut; Pipemen, Charles E. Case, 976 W. Lake, and George W. Albrecht, 10 Emerson ave .; Engi- neer, John Michels, 31 Eyers ct .; Asst. Engineer, George J. Fuller, 704 W. Chicago ave .; Drivers, George N. Jew- ett, 14 Rumsey, and John Adank, 518 Park ave.
Engine Company No. 27 (437 N. Wells) .- Captain, Nicholas Weinand, 393 Oak; Lieutenant, George B. Mil- ler, 89 Sigel; Pipemen, George E. Geis, 431 Elm, John Rowan, 332 N. Branch, and Frank Burger, 615 Larrabee; Engineer, Frank B. Flynn, 30 Menominee; Asst. Engineer, Matthew Geis, 61 Mohawk; Drivers, John T. O'Malley, 26 Superior, and John Fleck, 679 Sedgwick.
Engine Company No. 28 (104 Deering) .- Captain, James Fitzpatrick, 2888 Archer ave .; Lieutenant, John B. Jaimayfield, 2645 Hickory; Pipemen, Peter Phelan, 2947 Arch, and Henry Kipley, 2802 Archer ave .; Engi- neer, John Doyle, 3729 Dearborn; Asst. Engineer, Charles Cooney, 3700 Ellis ave .; Drivers, James Maloney, 2807 Hickory, and Bartholomew Cloonan, 2922 Main.
Engine Company No. 29 (846 Thirty-fifth) .- Captain, David J. Mahoney, 2100 La Salle; Lieutenant, Thomas Kenny, 3332 Emerald ave .; Pipemen, John Downs, 2907 Lowe ave., and Michael Clark, 3814 Dashiel; Engineer, James Kingswell, 3251 La Salle; Asst. Engineer, John D. Sleeth, 3122 S. Halsted; Drivers, Victor F. Rofinot. 3022 Emerald ave., and Patrick Fleming, 3220 Emerald ave.
Engine Company No. 30 (514 N. Ashland ave.) .- Cap- tain, Norman N. Holt, 706 W. Chicago ave .; Lieutenant,
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Bernard Smith, 526 W. Chicago ave .; Pipemen, William Fries, 178 Orchard, and John B. Listman, 95 George; En- gineer, John A. Prindergast, 420 W. Huron; Asst. Engi- neer, Joseph Cichocky, 29 Cornell; Drivers, Joseph R. Howe, 20 Fry, and Charles Flick, 514 Ashland ave.
Engine Company No. 31 (374 Ogden ave.) .- Captain, Joseph O'Donohue, 1020 W. Taylor; Lieutenant, Thomas J. Canty, 908 W. Twelfth; Pipemen, James Whelan, 1140 W. Jackson, and James R. Feeny, 171 Thirteenth pl .; Engineer, George W. Dugan, 301 W. Jackson; Asst. En- gineer, Martin Aldrich, 615 W. Twelfth; Drivers, James A. Carlin, 870 W. Harrison, and James Hanrahan, 111 N. Lincoln.
Engine Company No. 32 (Michigan ave. and Monroe, north end Exposition Building) .- Captain, Daniel Wall, 410 W. Taylor; Lieutenant, John Haeberle, 186 Sedgwick; Pipemen, John O. Day, 140 Michigan ave., Frederick Kaeder, 1909 S. State, Conrad Ruhl, 2238 Wentworth ave., James Lafevour, 495 W. Indiana, and Joseph Heaney, 658 W. Twenty-first; Engineer, Timothy J. Lynch, 225 N. Market; Asst. Engineer, John Hassis, 239 N. Market; Drivers, John Murphy, 566 W. Fourteenth, and Edward B. Silsby, 2416 Wentworth ave.
Engine Company No. 33 (150 Southport ave.) .- Cap- tain, Lorens Walters, 144 Dearborn ave .; Lieutenant, Ed- ward O'Neill, 292 Huron; Pipemen, James J. Grant, 84 Webster ave., and Clemens Moringer, 83 Mohawk; Engi- neer, Francis R. Sowersby, 51 Osgood; Asst. Engineer, Charles W. Hopkins, 86 Webster ave .; Drivers, John Ty- son, 82 Grant pl., and George Steuernagle, 126 Webster ave.
Engine Company No, 34 (19 South Curtis) .- Captain, Thomas Webber, 299 Austin ave .; Lieutenant, Patrick J. Jennings, 85 Thirteenth pl .; Pipemen, Philip E. Haas, 139 N. Lincoln, John C. Goodwin 549 S. Leavitt, Daniel Murphy, 493 S. Morgan ; Engineer, Charles H. Waters,
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