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Spotted within a long article on fireman in the Brooklyn Standard Union of aug 26, 1876. I thought these lines might be of insterest to someone. I beleive the whole article on "the beginings of the NYC fire dept" is on a BSU rootsweb page. The first fatal fire after the original organization of the Department, was on August 21, 1822, when Walter McCaw, a member of the hook and ladder company,
was mortally injured by slipping on a hook which he was working, at a fire which consumed a building filled with naval stores under the Heights. A Widow and Orphan's Fund was started soon after the first fatal fire, and in
the same year, by subscriptions for the benefit of the family of the deceased firemen. This fund which still exists has since been increased from time to time by the proceeds of entertainments till it now amounts to about $75,000, the interest on which is applied to the relief of more than one hundred beneficiaries, the widows receiving two tons of coal each every winter and from $8.75 to $16.25 in money, while the orphans receive $5 each per month
till they attain the age of fifteen years, when they cease to be stependiaries. I am not related.
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