A STORY OF THE NEW
YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT
BY
HARVEY J. O’HIGGINS
AUTHOR OF “THE SMOKE EATERS,” “DON-A-DREAMS,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MARTIN JUSTICE
[Illustration]
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
TO THE FORGOTTEN HEROES
OF THE F. D. N. Y.
_ILLUSTRATIONS_
_Page_
_“We can’t fool here,” he cried. “We got to get around to
them gas-tanks” See page 114_ _Frontispiece_
_“All right,” he threatened. “I’ll see to you too!”_ 18
_“It’s going to be a heavy call on the treasurer--five o’ yuh--in
a bunch”_ 32
_Dotted line shows passage of Keighley’s men from forward
cargo room to shaft tunnel. They finally escaped
through bunkers amidships beside the boilers and stoke
holes_ 50
“_I’ll brain any man that tries to open this door before I
give the word_” 88
_The scene of the fire on the piers_ 108
_They had climbed the bunker ladders, and found the port_ 124
_He began to screw out the tortuous scrawl of his report_ 158
“_Over yuh go now!_” 188
_The blaze, caught at close range, seemed to snuff out_ 226
_Keighley turned to his pipe. “I’m responsible for this
boat”_ 264
“The fire flames up to a reddening sky;
On God and the firemen the people cry!
The fire’s put out, and everything’s righted;
God’s forgot and the firemen slighted.”
--_Fireman’s Annual._