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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us was placed, without organized com-panies. They were as follows: At Central Railroad Stables, on Bran-non street, between Eighth and Ninthstreets, one hand hose reel with 700 feetof hose. At Hayes Valley, Grove street,between Laguna and Octavia, one handhose reel with 350 feet of hose. At SanFrancisco and Pacific Sugar Refinery,Eighth and Brannan streets, one handhose reel with 450 feet of hose. OnEllis street, between Powell and Mason,in charge of P. Finnegan, 300feet of hose.In charge of H. Koster, corner of Croopand Townsend streets, 250 feet of hose.At Vallejo and Montgomery streets, 250feet of hose. At South Park LiveryStables, 100 feet of hose. At the Potrero,onehand engine, reel and 400 feet of hose,and a battering ram at the corners, Rich-mond and Battery streets, Richmond andFront streets, and Merchant and Frontstreets. As already mentioned, the new depart-ment had not long to wait for an oppor-tunity to prove the metal of its pasture,as on the morning of December 3d it had
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En^Tiie (?o.-o SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 127 to turn out to a fire at a fruit store at thecorner of Second and Folsom streets.The fire was speedily extinguished by asinglestream from Engine CompanyNo.4.During the first month of its existence,the department turned out to twenty-twofires, aggregating a loss in the destructionof property and goods of $43,550. Thefirst big conflagration the department hadto combat was the burning of the Cos-mopolitan Hotel, April 24, 1867, aboutfour months after the department hadcommenced active operations. The lossby this fire was estimated at $150,000.The fire was fought with all the enginesthen in service. The fourth and fifthstories were partly destroyed, and thefire was checked in the third story. Atthis tire the men were on continuous dutyfar six hours.(When the paid department first wentinto operation the apparatus did not givewarning of its approach, as no bells orother contrivance were attached. Thehurried flight of the engines to the sceneof a tire

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