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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET MIDTOWN EAST MANHATTAN DIVISION 3, BATTALION 8 “THE 21 CLUB”


VOLUNTEER ERA – PRE-FDNY


1854 - JENNINGS CLOTHING STORE FIRE - 11 LODDS


Hose 53 lost 3 firefighters -LODDs - Michael Flynn, Dan MacKay, Alexander MacKay at the WT Jennings and Company Clothing Store fire at 231 Broadway on April 25, 1854.


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April 25, 2013 · New York, NY ·

4/25/1854 - Jennings Building Fire and Collapse: Said to be the worst day in the history of the New York City's volunteer Fire Department, the W. T. Jennings Clothing Store on Broadway catches fire and quickly spreads to the adjoining two buildings. Eleven firemen are killed in the basement of the building when a partition wall collapses, bringing down most of the first floor and a safe.




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History in the Making 4/25: In Memory of a Horrible Fire
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Above: A dramatic depiction of a fire which took place 160 years ago today.

W. T. Jennings was a fine gentleman’s clothing store located at 231 Broadway, on the site of today’s Woolworth Building. A tremendous fire took the building on the evening of April 25, 1854, causing thousands of dollars in damage and destroying the “hair-dye and wig establishment” next door.

In the image above, you can see the volunteer fire fighters manning a pump at the very edge of City Hall Park. The Astor House would have been one block to the south.

Eleven men were eventually killed in this horrible blaze, the worst fire-related accident since the Great Explosion of 1845 (which killed 30 people). It was later discovered that the fire was started by teenager thieves who were subsequently sent to Sing Sing Prison. However the architect and builders of the structure were censured in a later hearing for creating a so-called fire “death-trap.” Jennings eventually opened another location at 566 Broadway (at Spring Street). Below: headline from the NYT.

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History in the Making 4/25: In Memory of a Horrible Fire - The Bowery Boys: New York City History (boweryboyshistory.com)



NEWSPAPER FIRE ACCOUNTS

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LOOTERS

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FUNERAL AND FAMILY SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS

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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET MIDTOWN EAST MANHATTAN DIVISION 3, BATTALION 8 “THE 21 CLUB”


METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT - 1865

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ENGINE 21

Engine 21 organized October 4, 1865 at 142 E. 40th Street in the former quarters of Naiad Hose Company 53.


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ROSTER


Foreman James B. Hunt
Assistant Foreman John H. Biglin
Engineer Stephen O'Brien
Stoker Edward O'Donnell
Driver John Carr
Firefighter Albert Stone
Firefighter Victor D/ Mahoney
Firefighter William Barber
Firefighter Joseph O. Davis
Firefighter John Morgan
Firefighter Cornelius McNally
Firefighter Henry Bennett


APPARATUS

Steamer built by James Smith
Tender pulled by horses
 

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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 216 E 40TH STREET 1881-1940


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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET BUILT 1940

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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET


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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET

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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET


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ENGINE 21


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ENGINE 21

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ENGINE 21 DESTROYED WTC



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ENGINE 21


 

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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET MIDTOWN EAST MANHATTAN DIVISION 3, BATTALION 8 “THE 21 CLUB”


HIGH LADDER 1


Organized as High Ladder 1 in 1964.
Disbanded in 1966.


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HIGH LADDER HISTORY

2 high ladder units purchased in 1961

Assigned as regular apparatus for Ladder 13 and Ladder 24

146 ft aerial ladder and 7 sections

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Originally equipped with elevator lift which was removed

Designated as High Ladder 1 and moved to Engine 324 for Worlds Fair - 1964

High Ladder 1 moved to Engine 21 when Worlds Fair closed for winter - 1964

Ladder 24's apparatus became High Ladder 2 and moved to Engine 324 for Worlds Fair - 1965

High Ladder 2 assigned to Ladder 119 as apparatus after Worlds Fair closed - 1965

High Ladder 1 and High Ladder 2 only responded on special calls when designated as high ladder companies

High ladders required significant maintenance and were unable to carry typical truck company ground ladders and equipment

High Ladders were retrofitted with 100 ft ladders and were assigned as Tactical Control Units 712 and 731 in 1969




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ENGINE 21 FIREHOUSE 238 E 40TH STREET MIDTOWN EAST MANHATTAN DIVISION 3, BATTALION 8 “THE 21 CLUB”


ENGINE 21 MEDAL


WILLIAM REILLY FF. ENG. 21 APR. 9, 1889 1891 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

FF Reilly was awarded the Bennett Medal in 1891 for heroism saving the life of E. Wilkins at a fire April 9, 1889.


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Note - FF Reilly's unit is listed as Ladder 12, Engine 24 or Engine 21 in different sources - possible rescue could be during a detail)
 
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