U - Newton Free Library

INTRODUCTORY.
THE Newton Veteran Firemen's Association,
realizing that there was a wealth of material
of absorbing interest in a record of Newton
fire annals, and desiring to preserve the same in
substantial form, have prepared this volume as
a History of the Newton Fire Department.
Careful research has been made among all the
old records, for the purpose of getting together
everything bearing on the subject, and thereby
making the history complete from the settlement
of the town to the present day.
Many
incidents of personal recollection have been preserved
and utilized, and the committee having
its preparation in charge is confident that the
book contains as faithful a record of everything
pertaining to the fire department as is possible
to make.
Much more valuable material has been discovered
than at first was thought possible to obtain,
and in consequence the book has been made as
concise as was deemed consistent with a faithful
record of events.
This volume is therefore presented with the