Boss Tweed Fights

Following three devastating fires from November 1853 through December 1854, a group of immigrants organized themselves as Germania Fire Company No. 1. The common council gave them possession of the engine house on South Washington and the hand pumper fire engine.

The fire took place on March 25th, 1911. The source of the fire ignited in one of the trash bins on the eighth floor. The manager who was working that day tried to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher but was

William Tweed was the boss of Tammany Hall. Tammany Hall was a political organization that was formed in 1789 and was in opposition to the Federalist Party. The business was very popular in its time for the willingness it had to help the city's poor and immigrant populations. William Tweed, however, corrupted the company's reputation, and turned it into an image of greed and twisted motive. As political boss, Mr. Tweed used his formal and informal authority to make profit for himself and the other accomplices. The group altogether became known as the Tweed ring, and somehow they found a way to extort an estimated $30 million to $200 million. Tweed used this money to become one of the city's largest landowners by the end of the 1860's.

At 2215 hrs, on November 28, 1942, Fire Alarm Headquarters from Box 1514, situated at Stuart and Carver streets, received an alarm. When the responding apparatus arrived they found a small car fire at the corner of Stuart Street and Broadway. After the fire was extinguished the firefighters were about to return to quarters when their attention was called to smoke emanating from the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub a few doors away. Upon their arrival at the entrance of the Broadway lounge on Broadway they encountered numerous people leaving the premises admidst the cries of “fire”. The chief in charge immediately ordered that a third alarm be sounded from Alarm Box 1521 which the alarm was received by fire alarm headquarters at 2223 hrs. A

The Tweed Ring was lead by a scottish man named William M. Tweed. He was born in April 3, 1823 in ,and died on the date April 12, 1878. He was born in 1 Cherry Street, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. His father was a chair maker. He also studied to be a bookkeeper and worked as a brushmaker for a company he had invested in, before eventually joining in the family business in 1852. He then became an apprentice to a saddle maker. He also studied to be a bookkeeper and worked as a brushmaker for a company he had invested in, before eventually joining the family business. On September 29, 1844, he married Mary Jane C. Skaden and lived with her family on Madison Street for 2 years. He eventually joined a volunteer fire company, engine Number 12. He and some friends organized the Americus Fire Company Number 6, also known as the "Big Six".-Corruption-After the election of 1869, Tweed took control of the New York City government. He proposed a new city charter which returned power to City Hall at the expense of the Republican-inspired state commissions. The new charter passed, thanks to $600,000 in bribes Tweed paid to Republicans, and the new charter signed into law in 1870. The new charter put control of the finances in the hands of a Board of Audit, which consisted of Tweed, who was Commissioner of Public Works at the time, Mayor A. Oakey Hall and Comptroller Richard Connolly. He also started to form what became known as the "Tweed Ring", by having his friends elected to

To better understand the background of the contrasting views, we must look at how the fire service has developed around

Just four months before the Triangle Factory fire, a four- story factory fire in Newark occurred on November 25, 1910. This time, 25 factory workers died, six of the workers burned to death, and 19 jumped to their deaths. After this fire, New York City Fire Chief Croker warned: "This city may have a fire as deadly

However, after the deadly fire, which was not related to the strike, things changed. Without anywhere else to lay the blame, the D.A. and newspapers at the time began placing blame on the factory owners, Max Blanck and Isaac Harris. Drehle points out that the D.A. of the time Charles Whitman, “was no longer focused on improving factory safety laws. His priority was to indict Isaac Harris and Max Blanck on charges of manslaughter (pg. 188).” They were tried and acquitted, but their trial showed that management was becoming less powerful than it had been. In the past management mistreated workers with impunity, but the public outcry after the Triangle fire changed that. The incident showed that now owners could be held accountable for any harm that might come to their workers as a result of their negligence. Tammany Hall, and Murphy himself, faced their own difficulties brought about by the fire. Having just lost the election for mayor of New York City, Murphy realized his power, and that of Tammany Hall, was waning. William Randolph Hearst was very outspoken against Tammany Hall, workers feared its power less and less, and the new wave of immigrants coming into the US had no respect for its influence. Murphy realized that he had to win over the workers and progressives if he wanted to keep power. “The Triangle fire struck directly at those people who Tammany needed most (pg. 211).” Realizing that he needed the growing influence of

Moving away from the writing business, Franklin founded the Union Fire Company in Pennsylvania to prevent and contain fiery hazards. Franklin also served some time in the Pennsylvania legislature: “Franklin served as clerk (1736-51) and member (1751-64) of the colonial legislature and as deputy postmaster of Philadelphia

Today, we are exploring the epic bar-fight that took place at Maurnie’s Pub in our very own Circle City. At 4:00 pm, Wednesday, December 18th, 1898 a vilely bar fight broke out. Witnesses of last Wednesday said, that at first a man and one of the bars more sketchy of customers, Black Burton started a fight. After that went on, a man named John Thornton stepped in appeasingly, but was surprised when a violent cuff hit the side of his face. The salient blow came from Burton, but to his surprise, as Thornton stumbled over the bar, Buck was soon to jump into rescue. Samuel Morris, a local shop owner that was having an after work drink, said, “ The noise I heard come out of that dog, it was the most vicious sound I’ve ever heard.”

Robert Wagner, the state senate majority leader, and Alfred E. Smith created bills which led to the Factory Investigating Commission Law that passed on June 30, 1911. Outraged citizens demanded change from Tammany Hall, which was very pro-business, only looking out for people who could give them money. People wanted the government to show that they could represent all people and all workers, not just the wealthy and privileged. Al Smith and Robert Wagner set up a factory investigating commission, which brought along many leading reformers, such as Frances Perkins, who later became the first female Secretary of Labor, Rose Schneiderman, a labor union activist, and Clara Lemich, the “Catalyst of the Shirtwaist Uprising.” The Factory Investigating Commission had investigations all over the state. They looked at fire precautions, wages, and hours. Smith and Wagner even personally inspected the factories, and they were amazed to see young girls working twelve to fourteen hour work days. After four years, the commission ended its investigations and thirty-six of the laws it drafted were passed in New York. Also, in October, the Sullivan-Hoey Fire Prevention Law was

Bulls and bull-fighting are the two most critical symbols in The Sun Also Rises. The bulls symbolize passion, physicality, energy, and freedom. If that's not enough symbolic weight for these poor little boy-cows, in the bulls' interactions with the bull-fighters, they also come to symbolize the act of sex. Each bull-fight involves seduction, manipulation, maneuvering, and penetration by the bull-fighter of the bull. Yowza.

A fire truck also known as a fire apparatus, fire engine, or fire appliance, is a specific vehicle designed primarily for firefighting. Many organizations employ fire engines for various other uses including EMS, hazmat, auto extrication and technical rescue. Its main roles include transporting firefighters, along with a supply of water and a full complement of equipment. The fire truck the early times fires were put out by throwing buckets of water into the fire, but the dangers and the slow process made this method not last long before a new invention took over, the hand pump (Betts). However, just like he buckets this method didn’t last long before the first fire engine was invented in the early 1800’s. The first fire engines were usually

Franklin is considered by many to the father of the American Fire Service because he was a volunteer fireman and on December 7th, 1736, Franklin created the Union Fire Company. A group of 30 men with leather buckets, strong bags, and baskets (used to transport items). The men of the Union Fire Company met every month to talk about fire prevention and fire fighting methods. In result many other fire companies were formed using Franklin idea of the fire service like The Heart in Hand, The Britannia and the Fellowship are just a

     In the past, most people thought firefighters had a pretty easy career. Much of the time they were off work or just laying back waiting for