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Date Posted
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05/02/1872 - A New Engine House [Engine 15].
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09/17/2011
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12/18/1872 - The New City Building on Bulfinch Street.
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12/27/2010
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05/08/1873 - Our Steam Fire Engines - Their Capacity Tested.
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2009
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07/09/1873 - Our Fire Interests.
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5/1/2011
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11/11/1873 - The Fire Department.
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6/22/2011
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04/07/1874 - Engineers Appointed - The City Laid Out In Districts.
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6/24/2011
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05/01/1874 - Dress and Salaries of the Members of the Boston Fire Department.
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6/24/2011
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08/15/1876 - (Third) Annual Report of the Fire Commission.
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6/24/2011
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02/16/1879 - Fire Fighters-The Fire Department of Boston.
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5/20/2011
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01/25/1880 - Boston Highlands [Roxbury] - Matters Among the Firemen.
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9/14/2011
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11/18/1882 - Needless General Alarm in South Boston.
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03/12/2010
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02/21/1883 - B.F.D. Fourth Annual Ball, with profiles of chief officers and engineers.
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11/16/2010
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02/01/1886 - Fire Bells.
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05/08/2011
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09/13/1887 - Our Old Vets - Firemen of Yore to the Front.
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09/12/2010
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03/08/1888 - Lighter [steam] Engines Wanted.
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12/04/2010
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10/12/1888 - New firehouse for Chemical 4 and Ladder 16 in Roslindale.
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09/17/2010
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01/23/1889 - Boston's New Fire Boat
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02/22/2011
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02/23/1890 - Old and New Engines: Facts about the Fire Service of the Past.
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11/13/2010
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03/28/1890 - How steam fire engines first came into use in Boston.
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11/07/2010
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09/09/1890 - Death of Fire Horse "Grief" of Engine Co. 22.
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03/10/2010
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09/14/1890 - New Engine Companies
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07/17/2011
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09/19/1890 - Honored By Firemen - The Historic Name of Melvill.
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12/09/2010
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11/23/1890 - Death of Fire Commissioner Richard F. Tobin, November 23, 1890.
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03/10/2010
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05/17/1891 - Boston Fire Dept. changes effective May 18, 1891.
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06/27/2010
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10/16/1891 - South Boston's New Engine House.
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05/01/2011
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02/10/1893 - Many Shifted - Two New Companies Made.
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09/17/2011
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10/20/1893 - New Fourth Alarm Running Card.
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05/20/2011
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12/25/1893 - Salt Water For Fires.
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08/23/2011
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09/26/1894 - Oldest Fireman. [John Ray, who wore the first fire badge issued in Boston.]
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12/04/2010
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01/13/1895 - A Place Found For It (Ladder 12)
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5/8/2011
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07/21/1895 - Engine 44 [Fireboat] A Wonder, in 1895.
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2/4/2011
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06/10/1897 - Boston's Horseless Engine [Engine 38].
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04/10/2011
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07/20/1897 - New Fireboat Engine 31 has official trial trip.
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10/18/2010
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12/06/1897 - Successful Test: Self-Propelled Steam Fire Engine for Boston.
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09/13/2010
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02/08/1898 - Chief Egan's Horse (Egan LODD on 2/5/1898).
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2009
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02/25/1898 - Annual Ball of the Boston Fire Department - 1898.
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09/24/2010
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12/25/1898 - Early Fire Apparatus.
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10/01/2010
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02/20/1899 - Grand Old Fire Horse
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01/05/2011
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03/09/1899 - Horse's Tale.
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01/22/2010
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05/10/1899 - Fire Relics of Old Days.
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03/10/2011
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07/31/1899 - The Muddle Over The Site For Engine 22.
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05/01/2011
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08/04/1899 - Protective Company 3 [new house].
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06/12/2011
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02/09/1900 - Annual Ball of the Boston Fire Department - 1900.
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09/24/2010
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03/06/1900 - [Fire Commissioner] Mr. Fitzgerald's Active Career (death).
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06/01/2011
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03/11/1900 - Early Boston Fires.
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02/15/2010
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07/22/1900 - Stories of Boston's Fire Department.
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06/12/2010
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08/26/1900 - Boston's Oldest Firemen.
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11/06/2011
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03/22/1901 - Chief is Out - Webber Retires from the Fire Department.
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09/14/2011
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07/20/1901 - Fire Horse "Old Sport" will do duty at Ladder 11, Brighton.
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10/18/2010
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07/26/1901 - Boston's Volunteer Hose Company - Lauriat Ave., Dorchester.
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09/17/2010
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09/23/1901 - Better Fire Protection.
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06/11/2011
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11/14/1901 - Combination 11 organized at 32 Walnut St., Neponset (Dorchester).
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04/25/2011
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11/29/1901 - William E. Delano's Death - Old Chief of Charlestown
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11/18/2011
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05/28/1902 - Fire Alarm Bell at Faneuil Hall may be restored soon.
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09/13/2010
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09/14/1902 - Fine Fire House [Ladder 18].
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05/10/2011
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10/12/1902 - Boston's Fire Alarm 50 Years Old.
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11/13/2010
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10/17/1902 - Firemen show skill and speed.
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2/23/2011
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11/06/1902 - Ladder Company 18 is organized.
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02/18/2010
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11/09/1902 - 30th Anniversary of Great Fire of 1872.
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01/05/2010
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12/04/1902 - Promotions within the Fire Department are announced.
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09/04/2010
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12/08/1902 - Forty Four Years A Fireman [Lt. Henry P. Pitcher retires]
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01/14/2011
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01/18/1903 - Combination Ladder 2 In Service.
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05/11/2011
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06/11/1903 - [Steam Pumper] Wild Plunge into a Ditch.
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06/01/2011
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07/26/1903 - Reward For Fireman.
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02/26/2011
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11/07/1903 - [Hose Wagon] Plunge into Hole.
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06/01/2011
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12/20/1903 - What Happens When The Fire Alarm Bell Rings.
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06/07/2010
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12/27/1903 - Brave Fire Laddies.
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11/13/2010
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02/07/1904 - 'Smoke Chewers' Fight for Honors.
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05/24/2011
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03/20/1904 - Fire Equipment of Boston.....
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05/24/2011
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02/14/1904 - Ruins Of The Great Boston Fire
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11/06/2011
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09/05/1904 - Brave Rescues at the North End.
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11/07/2010
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10/07/1904 - Practical Fire Fighters Now.
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05/14/2011
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01/08/1905 - Boston's Versatile Firemen.
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2009
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03/20/1905 - Benjamin W. Wells Appointed Fire Commissioner.
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08/21/2010
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03/23/1905 - Veterans Gone, retired Captains Wall and Conway pass away.
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11/18/2011
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04/11/1905 - Chief Cheswell the sixth in 60 years to receive this honor.
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11/16/2011
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05/24/1905 - Crash involving Engine 5 and Chemical Engine 7.
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08/14/2010
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07/07/1905 - Firemen Voting On It (Day Off Start Time to 8AM vs. 10AM)
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11/02/2011
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11/07/1905 - One Day Off In Five To Firemen
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11/02/2011
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11/08/1905 - John S. Damrell At Rest
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11/13/2011
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11/15/1905 - Commissioner Wells asks for names of candidates for appointment as Firemen.
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09/04/2010
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12/03/1905 - Fought Fire In Mid Air
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09/14/2011
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01/31/1906 - Supt. Hawkins retires after 44 years with BFD.
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02/26/2011
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02/15/1906 - Chief of Department William T. Cheswell's Line Of Duty Death.
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01/01/2011
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02/24/1906 - Acting Chief John A. Mullen appointed Chief of Department.
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05/01/2011
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03/03/1906 - To Make It Permanent (One Day Off In Five For Firemen)
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11/02/2011
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04/01/1906 - Spot Where Great Boston Fire Was Halted.
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11/06/2011
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06/03/1906 - Fire Steam Fire Engine In Boston.
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08/31/2011
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06/16/1906 - Real Fire While Exhibition Was On.
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06/22/2011
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10/21/1906 - Engine 44, Responding To An Alarm, Is An Inspiring Sight.
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01/28/2011
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12/20/1906 - Capt. Joy's Dog Has Gone Away.
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06/13/2010
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12/23/1906 - Men want a new firehouse.
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03/21/2010
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01/10/1907 - Fire Company at Peabody Square.
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04/13/2011
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01/26/1907 - Red Acre Farm - A Rest Cure for Horses.
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04/29/2010
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04/21/1907 - Fireboat To Move To Central Wharf.
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03/17/2011
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08/04/1907 - New Aerial Ladder Made by Department.
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11/07/2010
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12/06/1907 - Plans Drawn For New Modern Fireboat.
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08/21/2011
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01/31/1908 - Wells Removed, Parker New Fire Commissioner.
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06/05/2011
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04/13/1908 - Boston Loses One Engine [at Great Chelsea Fire].
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07/20/2011
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09/30/1908 - Remarkable Climbing Feat
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11/13/2011
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02/18/1909 - Best Of Long Series - [30th] Fireman's Ball at Mechanic's Hall.
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12/09/2010
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06/08/1909 - Transfers 32 By New Order.
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09/17/2011
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07/23/1909 - Name [Hoseman Thomas H. Downey] placed on Merit Roll.
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04/29/2010
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10/13/1909 - New Fire District [Marine District].
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05/10/2011
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10/19/1909 - Fire Driver [Engine 27] Thrown Through Streetcar.
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08/03/2011
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01/20/1910 - New Fire Fighting Machine For Hub.
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04/29/2010
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07/28/1910 - District Chief John F. Ryan dies.
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02/18/2010
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07/29/1910 - New Chemical Co. 13 In Service.
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2009
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09/16/1910 - Daly Takes Reins Today [Fire Commissioner Daly is Appointed].
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03/24/2011
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01/01/1911 - Boston's Fourth Fire District in 1911.
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04/09/2010
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01/12/1911 - Runaway (Fire) Horses in Four-Mile Flight.
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11/14/2010
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01/15/1911 - Fast Driving of the Fire Fighters.
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08/17/2010
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02/19/1911 - Second "Moon" Is [A] Fireboat Signal.
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08/21/2011
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02/26/1911 - Boston's Third Fire District in 1911.
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2009
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03/12/1911 - Junior Deputy Chief Peter F. McDonough
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05/24/2011
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03/26/1911 - Boston's Fifth Fire District in 1911.
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11/04/2010
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04/16/1911 - Boston's Seventh Fire District in 1911.
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12/26/2010
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04/23/1911 - Boston's Sixth Fire District in 1911.
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12/09/2010
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05/21/1911 - Boston's Eighth Fire District in 1911.
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12/18/2010
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07/06/1911 - Boston's Marine Fire District in 1911.
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11/14/2010
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07/09/1911 - Boston's Second Fire District in 1911.
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03/14/2010
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08/13/1911 - Boston's Tenth Fire District in 1911.
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2/10/2011
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08/20/1911 - Boston's First Fire District in 1911.
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11/07/2010
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08/27/1911 - Boston's Twelfth Fire District in 1911.
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3/28/2011
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09/24/1911 - Boston's Fourteenth Fire District in 1911.
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5/10/2011
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10/01/1911 - Boston's Ninth Fire District in 1911.
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12/02/2010
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10/22/1911 - Boston's Eleventh Fire District in 1911.
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1/28/2011
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10/29/1911 - Boston Protective Department in 1911.
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2009
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11/05/1911 - Boston's Great Fireman.
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05/14/2011
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01/14/1912 - For Boston's Fire Engines.
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11/13/2011
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02/04/1912 - Boston's Fine Fire Protection.
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05/14/2011
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02/21/1912 - Ladder 12 crashes over a cliff.
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2009
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11/03/1912 - An Old-Time Fire Alarm.
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12/04/2010
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11/10/1912 - 40th Anniversary of Great Fire of 1872.
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2009
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02/21/1913 - Ladder Company 31 organized in Oak Square, Brighton.
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12/18/2010
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03/05/1913 - Ladder Company 30 Organized.
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05/11/2011
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08/29/1913 - Last Man from Great Fire of 1872 is Pensioned.
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02/26/2011
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03/06/1914 - Chief Mullen Resigns and Quits Job at Once.
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07/17/2011
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03/08/1914 - Noted Fireman [John Grady] To Head Fire Department.
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01/10/2011
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03/12/1914 - [Peter] McDonough is Chief, [John] Taber Senior Deputy.
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07/17/2011
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03/13/1914 - [Commissioner] Grady Changes Fire Districts.
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09/23/2011
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05/31/1914 - Last of the Alarm Bells.
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05/08/2011
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06/05/1914 - Boston Sends 5 Engines, 1 Ladder to Aid Salem
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07/20/2011
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08/23/1914 - Fire Fighters of Old No. 18.
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02/07/2010
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07/12/1915 - Chief of Department John A. Mullen (retired.) dies.
Funeral
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03/10/2010
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07/12/1915 - Deputy Chief Charles H.W. Pope dies.
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04/01/2010
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08/22/1915 - Relics Of Old Time Fire Fighters.
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01/14/2011
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09/06/1915 - The frigate Portsmouth is burnt off Governors Island, Boston Harbor.
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07/29/2011
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10/03/1915 - Octavius Donnell, BFD (inventor of "Drop-Hitch" harness) dies at age 67.
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03/24/2011
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12/24/1915 - Friends Pay Last Tribute - Hosemen Willett and Walsh Are Buried.
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11/18/2011
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01/09/1916 - Engine Co. 7 is 218 Years Old.
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09/30/2010
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02/02/1917 - Two City Fire Horses Pensioned.
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08/03/2011
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02/04/1917 - How The Rest of Boston is Protected in a Big Fire.
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12/27/2010
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12/25/1917 - Auto Fire Wagons Save City $45,100.
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04/10/2011
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12/30/1917 - Old Engine House Passing (Chemical Engine Co. 4).
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04/24/2011
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01/30/1918 - Day Off In Three Effective Today.
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12/10/2010
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05/19/1918 - Fire Hero Wins New Honors.
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12/18/2010
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01/16/1919 - The appointment of John R. Murphy as Fire Commissioner is announced.
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09/04/2010
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07/03/1919 - [Chief] McDonough Resigns, Walsh Successor.
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07/17/2011
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07/13/1919 - Fight Fires Before They Start - Appointment of Peter E. Walsh as Chief of Dept.
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11/07/2010
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01/24/1920 - Engine 3 Wins Drill Contests.
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08/23/2011
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03/21/1920 - Fire Engines Rapidly Losing Thrills They Used To Give You.
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11/23/2010
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07/20/1920 - Chemical Engine Co. 2, since 1874, active in business section, disbanded.
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10/21/2010
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07/29/1920 - Brown S. Flanders (Supt. of Fire Alarm 1880-1911) dies.
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03/29/2011
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10/10/1920 - Boston Firemen Prove Efficiency After Parade.
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11/14/2010
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10/24/1920 - Commemorate Fire Alarm Telegraph.
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06/01/2011
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01/02/1921 - Two Record Fire Streams Thrown.
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05/14/2011
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01/19/1921 - Peace Hath Her Heroes (Engine 26 Mutual Aid to Worcester).
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06/29/2010
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02/13/1921 - Engine 42 is heavily damaged in a crash.
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06/29/2010
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08/17/1921 - Motor pump backs into Charles [River].
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05/20/2011
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09/16/1921 - Chemical 1 to drop out after 40 years.
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10/21/2010
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12/16/1921 - Mayor Approves Order for Twelve Promotions in Fire Department.
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06/05/2011
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12/18/1921 - High Pressure (System) On Tomorrow, Engines Co.'s 52 & 53 organized.
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11/13/2010
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01/29/1922 - Whole Year Needed To Make New Fire Department Running Card.
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01/06/2011
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03/07/1922 - [John] Taber New Fire Chief, Peter Walsh Retires.
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06/11/2011
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04/01/1922 - New Fire Orders for Water Towers.
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06/12/2011
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07/28/1922 - Chemical Engine Co. 10 Disbanded.
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06/11/2011
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08/15/1922 - Engine 7 Will Have a New Up-To-Date Fire House.
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04/24/2011
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11/09/1922 - Great Fire 50th Anniversary Parade.
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09/04/2010
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12/29/1922 - Boston Firemen Ready To Use Apparatus On Runners.
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08/21/2011
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07/25/1923 - Last Fire Horses in East Boston.
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01/10/2010
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08/21/1923 - Few Horses Remain in the Fire Department.
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04/03/2010
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08/23/1923 - Fireboats to be renamed for War Heroes.
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10/14/2010
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09/23/1923 - Last Horse-Drawn Engine Discarded (Engine 29).
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06/13/2010
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10/18/1923 - Last Fire Horses in Charlestown (Ladder 9).
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02/04/2010
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10/19/1923 - Last Fire Horses in the Department (Ladder 24).
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02/04/2010
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11/13/1923 - Commissioner John A. Grady (retired) dies.
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02/27/2010
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03/31/1925 - District Chief Edward McDonough dies.
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03/14/2010
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![06/10/1897 - Boston's Horseless Engine [Engine 38].](newspaperstoryhorselessengine38-06101897.jpg){kind=link}
![03/06/1900 - [Fire Commissioner] Mr. Fitzgerald's Active Career (death).](newspaperstoryfirecommfitzgeralddeath03061900.jpg){kind=link}
![06/11/1903 - [Steam Pumper] Wild Plunge into a Ditch.](newspaperstorywildplungeintoditch06111903.jpg){kind=link}
![11/07/1903 - [Hose Wagon] Plunge into Hole.](newspaperstoryplungeintohole11071903.jpg){kind=link}
![08/17/1921 - Motor pump backs into Charles [River].](newspaperstoryphotorigincharlesriver08171921.jpg){kind=link}
