Show hoodoo and firemen are not more superstitious as a class than other men but the firemen of new york have long bellev ed that hook and ladder truck no 2 was a hoodoo it has been in many collisions and a number of firemen have been injured on it but it will not hurt any one else it was smash ed to pieces recently in a collision with a street car and Is only good for kindl ing wood unfortunately in destroy ing itself it took a man with it john geary a fireman who was riding on the truck was thrown under it in the smash up and killed almost instantly all the other firemen on the truck were thrown into the air and the motorman on the street car was pitched out on his head the firemen mourn the death of a popular comrade for such john geary was but they have the consolation that the unruly truck win not kill any more good men |