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58 ORGANIZATION.
burned, January 14, 1874, engine No. 1 was
undergoing repairs at Manchester, N. H., and a
relief engine borrowed of the Boston department
became disabled at the commencement of the
fire.
Engine No. 3, which was then, as it had
been for some time, awaiting orders at the Amoskeag
shops in Manchester, was telegraphed for,
and arrived the next day, and at once placed in
service in No. 1 station, where it remained in
service until that engine was returned, February
5th. It was then stored there until May 2, 1874,
when it was transferred to the Centre and placed
in service.
' The hose-carriage for engine No. 3 was located
in the room vacated by engine No. 2 in the town
hall building, West Newton, in June, 1873, and
a temporary Hose Co. No. 3 organized, with
Henry L. Bixby as foreman.
It was transferred
to the Centre when the engine was.
A new Hunneman horse hose-carriage was
received by Engine Co. No. 1 June 19, 1874, ami
their old Philadelphia carriage transferred to the
truck-house on Austin Street, Newtonville, and
Hose Co. No. 4 was organized and placed in
service in August.
Hose 5 succeeded Triton band-engine No. 3
at Auburndale, April 1, 1871.
Hose *! succeeded
Cataract No. 1 hand-engine at the Lower Falls,
February 1, 1877, and Hose 7, band-engine Mei
chanic No. 4 at the Upper Palls, February 1,