Firemen Train Nerve At Yard Drill In Sixty Seventh Street
The New York Exchange notes a drill where probationary firemen learn scaling ladders and rope work at the Fire Headquarters. Capt. Fitzgerald critiques a cautious trainee while others demonstrate chain ladders and sills. Recruits endure three weeks of training before earning uniforms. risk is acknowledged but nerve is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Street
Sixty-eighth Street
New York
Andrew F. Fitzgerald
Tian
No. 4
New York Exchange
Pension for the Horses: Old Joe and Fire Engine 7 Leader
The piece chronicles aging city horses and their pensions, tracing Joe of Engine 7 and Pug the Park horse through twelve and fourteen years of service, auctions, and the end of a noble era. It recalls Harry the Park horse, Jim of Engine 33, and Baby’s leap, highlighting loyalty, public affection, and the humane tension in retiring service animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Fire Engine 7
Mtting
Pug
Ayeeedh
Police
Baldwin
Harry
Spinal Mentuefus
Baldwin Ob Sia
Seventy-seventh Street
Crawley
Riverside Drive
Joe Biggers
Baby
Ths
Old Jim
Engine 33
Jim Hess
New York
Jim Hoes
Engine 62
Riverdale
Halter
Fire News
Hergh Society
Tol
New York Sun
Philosophical Observations By Byron Williams
A satirical column by Byron Williams mulls justice, murder motives, and public appetite for morbid news. It riffs on crime, satire, and editorial scissors, then pivots to advice on courting women, marriage, and gender roles with pithy quips and comic anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Williams
UN Daily
Dryden
George Henry Lewes
Hamlet
Also Mentioned on This Page
Singer Steps
Werond
No. 5
James H. Proctor
Myopia Hunt Club
Boston
Mr. Proctor
Europe
America
The
Cup
Chicago
Tike
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Podu
Man In the Moon
Shears
Sciasor Incuma
Sheara
Sciasorette Brigade
Cnte
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!