Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Fighting the Flames!, Or Twenty-Seven Years in the Montreal Fire Brigade: A Record of Prominent Fires, Thrilling Adventures, and Hair-Breadth Escapes, Together With Practical Suggestions for Improvement
I entered the Fire Department in the vear one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. At the age of fifteen years, as a torch-bov in the quee?'bngine Company No. 5, located on Wellington street. Gri?intown, then one of the worst places in the city for rowdyism. Nothing particular occurred nu til the summer of the next year, when I received my first promotion, from engine torch-boy to branch torch-boy. This promotion came about thus - I had served all winter, gaining in popularity with the men, and when the spring came round, the Company had their usual monthly drills. On one of these occasions I had to pass a corner frequented by one of the worst of the many gangs who nightly con gregated to insult passers by. I had crossed to the south side of Wellington street, the engine house being located on that side, before I discovered the presence of these roughs. I had, therefore, either to retrace my steps, or take my vhnnce of running the gauntlet, that is, bf being tripped up, or havingrl4 early experience IN the fire brigade.
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