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180 PRESENT DEPARTMENT.
ENGINE No. 3.
WILLOW STREET, NEWTON CENTRE.
ORGANIZED APRIL 1,1874.
March 11, 1872, the town voted to purchase a
steam fire-engine for Newton Centre. Two
years and two months, lacking a few days, later.
May 2, 1874, the engine arrived there and went
into service.
Its first fire, the ice-houses at
Hammond's pond, Chestnut Hill, occurred at
nine o'clock that evening.
The engine — a second-class Amoskeas:—ar-
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rived in Newton January 15th, and was used
by No. 1 company as a relief while their engine
was undergoing repairs at Manchester, N. H.
Its first fire while with No. 1 company was
M. Gr. Crane's house at Newton Highlands,
February 1, 1874.
Its first company was organized April 1, 1874,
and consisted of C. E. F. Ross, foreman, N. B.
Thompson, assistant, B. C. Spaulding, clerk, H.
G. Sawyer, C. B. Gfarey, Lac Martin, Van Martin,
Alexander Ross, and C. S. Boothby.
Thomas Coughlin was appointed engineer, E.
C. Holmes driver, and C. F. Richardson call
stoker.
April 1, 1884, the company disbanded because
they were not satisfied with the pay they were