Lady Washington Engine 40 (volunteer) firehouse 173 Elm St (now Lafayette St)
Nickname - "The White Ghost"
E 40 (vol) organized 174 Mulberry St 1812
E 40 (vol) moved to Mulburry St & Broome St 1822
E 40 (vol) moved to 173 Elm St 1830s
E 40 (vol) disbanded 1843
E 40 (vol) reorganized Crosby St & Broome St 1853
E 40 (vol) disbanded 1865
173 Elm St firehouse:
Engine 40 members:
Lady Washington Engine 40:
"The Life of a Fireman" Courrier and Ives 1861
(Engine 40 located in center of painting)
Engine is piano crane-neck style w/ two 8 1/2 inch cylinders & 9 inch stroke
Built by W.H. Torbass in 1856
E 40 run log (year unknown):
July 19 2 PM 7th District Fire in S. William St # men out 16 No officer out
Boy burnt to death
E 2 stood for us we came out and ran away from them as usual
July 29 2AM 7th District Fire Duane & Chatham Racey in command Both officers
absent # men out 26
Coming home we got as far as Howard and Broadway and the bell rung 8th District
for 57th Vessey Asst Canfields took command Chased 54 Hose Turned in to
Murray St and so to the fire
August 5 3 AM
Received E 29 on their return from visit to Paterson NJ and gave them a collation
in Central Hall
August 19 1 AM 7th District
Fire City Hall Tower Canfield in command Pipeman J Bosch and Wm Racey Both
officers out # of men out 32 The plunges of our engine got broke
August 24 8 1/2 PM 8th District
Fire Vessey near Greenwich Foreman in command Pipeman D Scully and P
Canavan Both officers out # men out 33 J Hutton fell through an awning
November 10 11 PM 7th District
Fire Barclay near Greenwich Canfield in command # men out 30 passed by 50
Hose cart One of 4 Engine's members got run over by our rope
November 15 6 Pm 8th District
Bell rung for smoke in the park stopped cor Cedar and Greenwich Canfield in
command Number of men out 16 Foreman absent
A member of E 40 was a legend his era - Fireman Mose Humphreys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mose_Humphrey
https://ohiostatepress.org/Books/Complete%20PDFs/Spierenburg%20Men/10.pdf