Two Eng. 162 Firefighters Hurt in MVA on April 18, 1934

[guitarman314]

This is was in the paper last week from the archives of the Staten Island Advance:

 

[mack]

Engine 162 went into service December 20, 1928 in a new firehouse at 256 Nelson Avenue.  They were assigned  a new 1928 ALF 2nd size pumper.  That would probably be the apparatus involved in the 1934 Hylan Boulevard accident, about 3 blocks from quarters:
 

   


Old Richmond Memorial Hospital, Pleasant Plains, SI, 1930s:

   

 

[guitarman314]

  They ran with that 1928 American LaFrance Type 75 700gpm pumper until 1947, when they were assigned a new 1947 American LaFrance "bathtub" pumper. They also had a 1929 Seagrave hosewagon for many years.

 

[FDNYSTATENISLAND]

Interesting info about 162. Mack, any chance you can do a History in Firehouse History thread of 162/82/23 or 282/148?

 

[mack]

Interesting info about 162. Mack, any chance you can do a History in Firehouse History thread of 162/82/23 or 282/148?

Sure.