OLD CLINKERS
“We can’t fool here,” he cried. “We got to get around to them gas-tanks”
See page 114
OLD CLINKERS
A STORY OF THE NEW
YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT
BY
HARVEY J. O’HIGGINS
AUTHOR OF “THE SMOKE EATERS,” “DON-A-DREAMS,” ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
MARTIN JUSTICE
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1909, by
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
TO THE FORGOTTEN HEROES
OF THE F. D. N. Y.
ILLUSTRATIONS
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| “We can’t fool here,” he cried. “We got to get around tothem gas-tanks” See page 114 | Frontispiece |
| “All right,” he threatened. “I’ll see to you too!” | 18 |
| “It’s going to be a heavy call on the treasurer—five o’ yuh—ina bunch” | 32 |
| Dotted line shows passage of Keighley’s men from forwardcargo room to shaft tunnel. They finally escapedthrough bunkers amidships beside the boilers and stokeholes | 50 |
| “I’ll brain any man that tries to open this door before Igive the word” | 88 |
| The scene of the fire on the piers | 108 |
| They had climbed the bunker ladders, and found the port | 124 |
| He began to screw out the tortuous scrawl of his report | 158 |
| “Over yuh go now!” | 188 |
| The blaze, caught at close range, seemed to snuff out | 226 |
| Keighley turned to his pipe. “I’m responsible for thisboat” | 264 |
“The fire flames up to a reddening sky;
On God and the firemen the people cry!
The fire’s put out, and everything’s righted;
God’s forgot and the firemen slighted.”