The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894 (1894) (14781829531)

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Title: The first one hundred years of McKeesport. An historical and statistical description of the city from its inception until its centennial in 1894
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Abbott, Walter S., (from old catalog) comp Harrison, William E., (from old catalog) joint author McKeesport. Committee on centennial celebration. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: McKeesport, Pa., Press of McKeesport times
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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o The Fire Department. OLDER citizens well remember the bucket brigade which did\eoman service whenever an alarm of fire called out thepopulace. Every citizen in town was expected to fall in lineand pass along the buckets of water from the wells and rain-water barrels to the fire, and not infrequenth from the rivers.For many years Samuel H. Hoffman was chief, or rather generaldirector of the rabble that fought the fire fiend. It must be said,however, that the old bucket brigade did noble work and seldomdid it fail to gain the master) over a fire. Alarms of fire weregiven in those days by a general ringing of church and schoolbells, and the blowing of all the steam whistles in town. Uponhearing this signal, everybod) in town considered it his duty toanswer the alarm in person. In 1873, a step was taken to improve the character of firefighting by the formation of a volunteer company, known as theEagle fire company. The citizens purchased a hand hook-and-ladder truck and several two-whee