LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
 

I. Thomas O'Connor, Chief Engineer,        .....     Frontispiece

2-4. Old   New   Orleans   Buildings—St.   Charles   Theatre,   Orleans    Cotton    Press,

Franklin Infirmar)-,     .......               i5

5-7.  Old New Orleans Buildings—Ursuline Convent, Banks, Charity Hospital,        .       19
8-11. Some Old New Orleans Markets—Washington, Poydras, St. Mary's, Meat and

Vegetable French Market,      ......              24

12.  Early Method of Carrying Buckets,         .             .             .             .             .             -25

13-14. Newsham Engines of 1730—From Old Prints,    .             .             .             .              31

15-18. Old   New  Orleans   Buildings—Banks   Arcade,   Orleans   Theatre, Merchants'

Exchange, New American Theatre,            .             .             .             .             .41

ig. Hand Engine of 1811,         ......                            49

20.   James Gulick of New York—the Typical Volunteer Fireman,      .             .             .50

21.   Cypress Grove Cemetery, No. i,     .             .             .             .             .             .              55

22.  Tomb of Eagle Fire Co. No. 7;          Cypress Grove Cemetery, .             .             .61

23.   Monument to Irad Ferry,                          "            u            u                _             _              g^

24.  Tomb of Perseverance Fire Co. No. 13 ; "            '"            "          .             .             .       73

25.       "      "Philadelphia,    "     "      "    14;"            »            «                              _              ^^

26.   Monument to Woodruff and ^IcLeod,      "             u             <<           _              _              _       g^

27.   Burning of the Steamboat St. James,            .....              .89

28.   " Holding the Hydrant "^ohn Malloy, of No. 5,           .             .             .                    98
29-32.  Some Old   Time    Firemen—Hubert   Wax,   John   Quinn,   Frank   Parera   and

William Vosburgh,     .             .             .             .             .             .             .             103

33-36. Some Old-Time Firemen—John   Dahmer, John   C.   McLellan, William  Swan,

and Frederick Fischer,      .             .             .                          .             .             .109

37.   Exempt Certificate of John Adams,              .             .                                        .             115

38.   Axe Carried in Parades by Mississippi No. 2,                  .                                        .118

39.   Hand-Engine of Mississippi No. 2,                                                      .             .             120

40.   Fire Hat of Irad Ferry,              .......     123

41.   Hand-Engine of Columbia No. 5,    .                          .                           .             .             125

42.       "         "      "   Mechanics No. 6, (From Leeds' Foundry),         .             .             .     127

43.       "         "       "   Phoenix No. 8,        .             .             ...             .             .             129

44.   Steam Engine of Creole No. 9,                .                          ....     131

45.   Double-Decker Hand Engine—Type Used by Nos. 13, 14 and 22,   .             .             133

46.   Hand-Engine of Red Rover No, 16,       .             .             .                           .                   135

47.   Protection Hose Carriage,                .             .                          ...             137
/18.  Louisiana Hose Carriage,                         .                            .                           .             .     140