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184 PRESENT DEPARTMENT
HOSE No. 4.
WASHINGTON STREET,
NEWTONVILLE.
ORGANIZED AUGUST, 1K74.
When Engine Co. 1 received its new hosecarriage
in 1874, its old carriage was transferred
to the station occupied by Truck Co. No. 1,
Cabot Street, Newtonville, and Hose Co. No. 4
organized in August following.
Its first company consisted of Caleb A. Purdy,
foreman, F. S. Amidon, Jr., clerk, J. E. Watson,
J. J. Cranitch, J. H. McAdam, Jr., B. F.
Fewks, William Watt, W. H. Fall, Francis
Murphy, and F. J. Monks.
It was, with Truck
No. 1, removed to its present station in December,
1875.
In 1881, the old hose-carriage was replaced by
an Abbott-Downing carriage, and July 11, 1890,
the present Murray hose-wagon went into service.
The old carriage, which was built in a
most thorough manner, was sold, and subsequently
went to Dedham, where it now is in
active service, and almost as good as new, after
thirty consecutive years of active duty.
The company adopted the name of David S.
Simpson, in honor of the first common councilman
from that ward, which it retained until
names were abolished.
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