Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . pool of water ? Tom will do that, if we tell him to. Hes death on obeying orders.He knows Im talking about him. Do you see his ears turn ? On a cold night, when everything is slippery and the wind is blowing a littlehurricane round you, said one of the men who stood by, theres pleasanter placesthan to be on the roof of a burning building. In that big fire over on Dey Street, notlong ago, there were two buildings on fire, side by side. There was a space of six feet 344 Reminiscences of the Old Fire
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Reminiscences of the old fire laddies and volunteer fire departments of New York and Brooklyn. . pool of water ? Tom will do that, if we tell him to. Hes death on obeying orders.He knows Im talking about him. Do you see his ears turn ? On a cold night, when everything is slippery and the wind is blowing a littlehurricane round you, said one of the men who stood by, theres pleasanter placesthan to be on the roof of a burning building. In that big fire over on Dey Street, notlong ago, there were two buildings on fire, side by side. There was a space of six feet 344 Reminiscences of the Old Fire Laddies. between the houses. One of the buildings was shaky, and the foreman told us that if sheshowed any signs of tumbling we should jump. We hadnt been up two minutes beforethere was a rumble inside, and I heard somebody shout Jump ! We both sprang overthe space to the next house. Before we could gain our feet again the other buildingwas down—clean gone. Another second and wed been gone too. You see what gooda second does us, sometimes. The valorous acts of New York firemen in the days