Friday, February 13, 2009

1909: RAISING FUNDS AT PETER DOLAN'S HAMILTON HOTEL

They were on the way! The fire "laddies"* at Hamilton Fire Company were confident that their first piece of fire-fighting apparatus is just a few hundred more dollars away.

* Instead of "firemen," or "fire fighters," firemen were often referred to as "fire laddies" in the 19th and early part of the 20th century.

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