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              <text>1862 Concord Fire Department Annual Report</text>
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              <text>Annual report of the Concord Fire Department in the 1862 town report.&#13;
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Thirteenth Annual Report of the Fire Department.&#13;
Herewith is submitted to the town a list of the officers of the Fire Department for the year 1862-3, together with a statement of the condition of the property in their charge. The department has been called out four times, viz :— at E. C. Damon's Factory, which was entirely consumed; at Acton Centre, where were consumed a stable, dry goods store, shoe store, town house, and tavern; at the house of Mrs. Gorman, where the damage was trifling; and at the cottage, formerly owned by S. G. Wheeler, which was damaged slightly.&#13;
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The officers and members of the Department are as follows:—&#13;
Nathan S. Hosmer, Chief Engineer.&#13;
Lorenzo Eaton, 1st Assistant Engineer.&#13;
N. Henry Warren, 2nd " "&#13;
Edward C. Damon, 3d " "&#13;
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Fountain No. 1.—Seventeen Members&#13;
John Garfield, Foreman. &#13;
H. J. Walcott, Clerk.&#13;
Six members have left for the war.&#13;
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Factory Boy, No. 2.&#13;
Samuel Hoar, Foreman.&#13;
Oliver Rice, Assistant Foreman.&#13;
William D. Brown, Clerk.&#13;
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Independence, No. 3.—Twenty-nine members&#13;
Jonas Melvin, Foreman.&#13;
Thirteen members have left for the war.&#13;
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Hook and ladder.—Six members&#13;
Edward Stowell, Foreman.&#13;
Willard Farbar, Clerk.&#13;
Four members have left for the war.&#13;
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Engine No. 1 is in good order; has 300 ft. of leading hose, and 32 ft. of suction hose. </text>
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