Collection	Marblehead Town History
Abstract	FIRE DEPARTMENT #8 1 PARADING TO A FIREMAN'S MUSTER... 3 THE 'OKOMMAKAMEIST"OF MARBLEHEAD... 6 OKO'S HAND TUB AT FIREMAN'S MUSTER...photo taken in Boston in 1917... 7 OLD-TIME SCHOOL HOUSE HOME OF OKO'S VETERAN'S FIREMAN'S ASSOC...OKO'S ON THE MARCH... 9 FIRE-FIGHTING 'HAND TUBS' NOW FIGHT FOR PRIZE MONEY...by Roy Johnson... 11 PROBABLE SIGHT OF NEW TELEPHONE EXCHANGE...land on Pleasant Street between Ocean Avenue and Devereux Street... 13 FIREFIFGTING ON THE NECK-A QUAINT LOOK BACK IN TIME... MEMORY LANE: FIRE ON THE NECK! GRAB THE HOSE WAGON AND RUN BOYS...!by Harry Wilkinson... 15 HOPING TO SHOW WELL BEFORE HOME TOWN CROWD...at 70th annual Muster...Gerry #5... 17 FIREMEN IN FRONT OF CENTRAL FIRE STATION IN November 1914... 1942 FIREFIGHTERS...Memory lane by Harry Wilkinson... 19-20 CHIEF RECALLS WORST FIRES...LEAD MILL BLAZE...FEBRUARY 22, 1968....said Fire Chief Edward Creighton... 21 GERRY #5 HANDTUB...1845-1891... 23 OLD GERRY HAND TUB...33RD ANNIVERSARY OF GERRY HAND TUB...held July 3rd, 1878... 25 TOWN DOESN'T OWN ALL OF FIRE STATION LAND...FRANKLIN STREET STATION... 27 MORNING AFTER CHRISTMAS NIGHT 1888...Memory Lane by Harry Wilkinson... 29 PICTURE SHOWING DEVASTSTION AFTER 1888 FIRE... 31 MARBLEHEAD ABLAZE...by Pat Babcock... 33 OLD GERRY HAND TUB...Messenger July 25,1919... 34 FIRE-SCARRES BOSTON CHERISHED LOWLY BUCKET...as early as February 26, 1654 Boston buckets were in use at fires... 35 ANCIENT GERRY PUMPS AWAY....by Frances Roche... 37 AUGUST 31, 1912...A COLORFU PARADE OF FIRE APPARATUS...Memory Lane by Harry Wilkinson... 39 OLD TIME FIREMEN...1910...Memory Lane by Harry Wilkinson... 41 CHRISTMAS NIGHT, 1888...THE DEVASTATION WAS COMPLETE... 43-45 JUNE 30 1911...BILLS PRESENTED TO SELECTMEN... 47 HAND TUB ACTIVITY IN MARBLEHEAD...DATES BACK TO 1751...MUSTER DAY A HALF CENTURY AGO...MUSTER PARADDE CREWS MARCHING DOWN WASHINGTON STREET TO BANK SQUARE...Note dirt roads... 49 FRANKLIN STREET ENGINE HOUSE AT MARBLEHEAD...TWO MARBLEHEADERS ARRESTED FOR SETTING FIRE... 51 PICTURE OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR BUILDING ON STATE STREET... Gerry #5... 55 FLAMES INSIDE AND OUT SPARK TALES OF THE OLD FIRE STATION...1875 THE TOWN BUILT IT'S FIRST SCHOOL STREET FIRE STATION... 57 THE OLD DAYS WERE GOOD, BUT THEY WERE LONG...by David Ramsey...THE YEAR WAS 1917...THE DAY BEGAN WITH GIVING THE HORSES A RUN... 59 NOTE FROM OUR PAST-IN WORDS AND PICTURES...Messenger April 6, 1972...by Ruth Sigler...WHAT DID THEY DO IN BOSTON?... 61-68 WHEN THE OLD MILL BURNED DOWN...FIRE AT ROUNDY'S MILL... 69 THE WINDMILL FIRE...Messenger Mat 27,1904...A STILL SATURDAY NIGHT (?)...be James J.H. Gregory...Messenger June 3, 1904... 71 ABOUT THE OLD MILL...by Thomas Doliber...Messenger June 3, 1904...DEACON JOHN GOODWIN $ SONS HAVE LATELY ERECTED NEAR THE HARBOR ON A HIGH HEAD THE OLD CUSTOM HOUSE...from the diary of Rev. William Bentley... 73-75 THE OLD WINDMILL...1845... 77 EXPENSES OF ROUNDY'S MILL FIRE...Messenger August 12, 1904... 80-81 The old Mill...by James J.H. Gregory...Messenger May 20, 1904... 83 AN OLD RYME...ROUNDY'S MILL...by John Chadwick...Messenger May 23, 1904... 85-89 AULD LANG SYNE...by B.G.H....Messenger March 31, 1916... 91 ANTIQUITY...DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN 1755...Messenger March 16, 1872... 93 HISTORY OF FIRE DEPT...FIRST TRUCK NAMED "FRIENDS"... 95-99 MARBLEHEAD AIDS SALEM IN 1774 FIRE...OLD PAPER TELLS HOE TOWNSPEOPLE WON GRATITUDE OF SALEM... 94` VALIANT SERVICE OD HAND TUBS RECORDED...by John G. Stevens...written in 1929 for Tercentennial Issue... 101 BOSTON NEWS LETTER...SEPT.14, 1732...FIRE AT MARBLEHEAD April 11, 1792... 103 FIRE AT MARBLEHEAD...APRIL 14, 1792... 105-109 BY LAWS FOR THE TORRENT ENGINE COMPANY...1807...by Hannah Tutt...Messenger February 8, 1929... 111-115 REMINISECENCES OF THE OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT...1816...by An Old Worker at Fires...Messenger January 22, 1886... 117 BACK IN 1837 THE TOWN WAS TRYING TO CATCH A FIRE BUG...Messenger July 22, 1938... 119-123 OLD TIMES IN MARBLEHEAD...1845...Constancy...Messenger February 26, 1886... 125 A VALUABLE RECORD BOOK...IT CONTAINS THE DOINGS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM 1835-1850...Messenger June 8, 1894... 127 TOWN SHOULD RESCUE OLD LIBERTY HOSE...PURCHASED IN1853... Messenger August 8, 1930... 129-131 LATE GEORGE K. HAMSON SERVED FIFTY SEVEN YEARS IN FIRE DEPARTMENT...HIS DIARY REVEALS INTERESTING FACTS-LISTS MANY BIG FIRES...March 21, 1930 133-138 OLD TIME FIRE FIGHTER RECALL DAYS OF BUCKET BRIGADES...MERRY RACE BETWEEN ENGINES WHILE FLAMES RAGED...Messenger June 8. 1928... 139-141 LETTER FROM MRS.BARKIS...MARBLEHEAD, JANUARY 15, 1872...MR. BARKIS TO WIFE:"WIFE THERE'S TO BE A PAPER IN TOWN!"...FIRST MESSENGER BROUGHT HOME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT...by Maria Ann Barkis...January 20th, 1872... 143-144 AT QUARANTINE, NEW YORK BAY...LETTER FROM N.B.PALMER'S MATE APRIL 1, 1872...Messenger April 13, 1872... 145 NEW FIRE HATS...FOR THE CREW OF THE COLONEL WILLIAM R. LEE...Messenger January 14, 1881...SOME ADVISE...A PIECE OF DOGGERAL...INSCRIBES TO THE "CHIEF ENGINEER"...Messenger May 7, 1880... 147-148 LETTER FROM MR. BARKIS...HE DISCOURSES OF DOMESTIC GRIEVANCES...Messenger February 19, 1872...by Jerry Barkis... 149-151 PARADE OF MABLEHEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1875...PARADE OF 1874...(THE FIRST AND FORERUNNER OF MUSTER DAY)... 153 MORE REMINISCENCES...Messenger February 19, 1886... 155-159 M.A.PICKETT ENGINE COMPANY 1883...MOSES ALLEN PICKETT...BORN IN 1780...DIED MARCH 1853...He gave his property, amounting to some fifteen thousand dollars, to the poor and needy as a permanent fund, and a substantial old-style house accommodating four tenants, rent free, or at a mere pittance, for the use of those in sickness or reduced circumstances or unable from old age or either causes to pay rent... 161-162 15 FLEE MARBLEHEAD FIRE...by Carl Johnson Salem News Staff...October 1974... 163-167 A GOOD-BYE TO THE HAND ENGINES 1890...CREWS AND ASSIGNMENTS OF ENGINES FOR 1890... 169 RECORDS OF THE FIRE WARDS FOR 1891 AND 1892... 170 BAPTIST CHURCH FIRE...July 14, 1892... 171 GENERAL GLOVER ENGINE CREW... 173 SEVEN FRIENDS ENGINE CREWS...1833-1835... 1755 RELIEF ENGINE #1...1832-1847... 177-179 THE MARBLEHEAD...STEAMER #1...1871...CEEW OF STEAMER #1...1879-1881... 181 CREW OF THE UNION ENGINE...1833-1836... 183 THE ENDEAVOUR HAND ENGINE ...1832-1836... 185-188 TORRENT ENGINE ...CREWS MARCH 26 1832-1848... 189 CREWS OF HOSE COMPANIES 1893 191-216 EXCERPTS FROM MEETINGS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT... 1893-1903... 217-219 CREWS OF THE GERRY ENGINE #5...1846-1886... 221 MUGFORD FIRE ENGINE...AUGUST 28, 1858...CREW OF MUGFORD ENGINE IN 1867... 223-227 MARBLEHEAD FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1832... 229-233 RECORD OF THE FIRE WARDS FOR THE YEAR 1833... 235 BOARD OF FIRE WARDS FOR 1834... 237 MEETING OF THE BOARD OF FIRE WARDS...1835... 239-242 ESSEX ENGINE... 243-244 MEETIG OF THE FIREWARDS 1836... 247 MEETINGS OF THE FIREWARDS FOR 1837... 249 MEETINGS FOR THE BOARDS OF FIREWARDS FOR 1838... 251-311 MEETINGS OF THE BOARDS OF FIREWARDS FROM1839-1890... 313 THE SECOND GREAT MRBLEHEAD FIRE..DECEMBER26, 1887... 315 FIRE DESTROYS TOWN'S BUSINESS SECTIO, WIPES OUT BUILDINGS AND GOODS VALUED AT HALF A MILLION... (89th in a series of articles from the History and Traditions of Marblehead by Samuel Roads Jr.)... 317-323 GREAT FIRE OF 1887... 325 FIRES FEARED-OLD HANDTUBS CONSTANT CONCERN...WINDMILL BURNS...by Ruth Putnam... 327 MAGNIFICENT 'HEAD FIRE DEPT. GROWS GREATLY FROM FIRST SITE...by Ruth Putnam... 329 COMPETITION HERITAGE OF FIRE ASSOCIATIONS...by Ruth Putnam... 231 FIRE-FIGHTING 'HAND TUBS' NOW FIGHT FOR PRIZE MONEY...by Roy Johnson 233 FIRE-SCARRED BOSTON CHERISHED LOWLY BUCKET...looking for buckets dated April 29, 1779...
Home Location	Shelf in Far Room
Object ID	1961-003-05038
Object Name	Album
People	Adams, John S. (Fire Chief) Adams, Nathaniel Allen, Ambrose Andrews, John Atkins, Joseph S. Atkins, Kaiser Barkis, Maria Ann Bartlett, Joe "Cudjoe" Bassett, Michael Bassett, William Becket, John Bowden, John Bowden, Will. Bowen, Nathan Bowler, James Broughton, Frank Brown, Benjamin Brown, John O. Bubier, Joseph Burriage, Chris Chadwick, John W. Chamberlain, Billy Chapman, Stephen Courtis, William T., Mrs. Creighton, Edward F. (Fire Chief) Darling, Benjamin, 3rd. Day, Thomas P. Dennis, Benjamine Doe, Benjamin, 1st. Doliber, Thomas Evans, Mr. (Blacksmith) Fisher, John Freeman, Isaac Frost, C. J. Gallison, Henry Gilly, John Goodwin, James Goodwin, John Stacey Goodwin, Samuel, 2nd Gregory, James J. H. Hammond, Rob Hammond, William, "Luggydo" Hamson, George K. Hamson, Lewis C. Harris, Robert Haskell, Tom Hathaway, Jeremiah Hiller, George B. Homan, Nathaniel, 2nd Homan, Samuel Hooper, Robert, "King" Hooton, George, Rev. Martin, Henry Neal, John Peach, Thomas Pearce, John Pedrick, Lewis Phillips, Richard Pickett, Moses Allen Pote, E. and J. Preble, Knott S. Sewtt, Ben Snow, Thamas D. Stacey, Charlie Stacey, Jacoby Sweet, Hucko Thrasher, John Trefry, Samuel Trevett, Henry Tucker Wm. Tutt, Hannah S. Twisten, Christopher Weed Daniel Weed, Lucy Wilson, George, Capt. Wilson, Joe Wilson, William Withum, William (Fire Capt.) Wood, Richd.
Search Terms	Fireman's Musters Race Week Okommakamesit Gerry 5 Fires, Firemen, & Fire fighting equipment Roundy's Mill Shipyard Union Torrent Relief Liberty Essex Okommakamesit Seven Friends Endevor Colonel William R. Lee
Title	Black Notebook #38

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