Identifier: exemptfiremenofs00exem (find matches)
Title: The Exempt firemen of San Francisco; their unique and gallant record
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Exempt Fire Company, San Francisco
Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.). Fire Dept
Publisher: (San Francisco : Commercial Publishing Co.)
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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nd documents : Cer-tificate of San Francisco Fire Depart-ment ; list of officers of the MonumentalFire Company ; members of the Board ofDelegates of the Fire Department;description of the position of the variousfire companies at the fire on the morningof July, 18, 1855 ; Constitution of the 52 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN Monumental Saving Fund Association;Constitution of the Monumental FireCompany; roll of every certificate mem-b0t ,6f the Fire Department; full fileofthe Firemans Journal of San Fran-cisco; California coin, from twenty-fivecent pieces to ten dollar pieces ; namesof officers and members of the MarionRifle Corps, formerly Monumental Rifles ; was thrown to the winds. Numerousbaskets of Heidseick were opened, andall the world invited promiscuously topartake of the hospitality of the com-pany. It was a scene worthy of the Mon-umentals. There was also placed in thestone a piece of the dog Boxers tail,the famous fire dog of the Monumentals.This at some future time will give rise to
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The fire. THE LIFE OF A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN Now, then, with a will I Shake her up, boys ! copies of all the San Francisco papersof July i8, 1855; one piece ofcity scrip. Near to the corner-stonewas walled up the leaden box formerlyplaced under the flagstaff, which alsocontained numerous coins, documents,daily papers and other interesting mat-ters. The corner-stone was laid byMr. Wm. Neely Johnson. After somespeechifying, Mr. Hossefross smashed abottle of champagne on the stone. Thechronicler of the event in the AltaCalifornia thus proceeds: All formality an interesting tale by some historians.This year—55 — was remarkable forthe number of new engine-houses erectedby the different companies. By the end of 1855 the Fire Depart-ment was in a splendid condition ofefficiency. For the years 1853, 1854and 1855 the expenditure of the depart-ment was $105,965, or an average of;^35,32i per year. Previously to theseyears the losses occasioned by firesreached an estimated total of $25,000,000(t

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