Show RANG OUT ALARM OF FIRE A As late as a civil war days day new york employed bells bella to warn citizens citizen of danger not longer ago than civil war days lire fire alarms were rung in the city on great creat bells hung in towers erected for the purpose about the town the bells indicated the district I 1 in which the fire n as and sometimes a good deal of 0 fraund wits was covered in looking for a fro the first district for instance in civil war days extended from awen ty second street north to yorkville and from the eat east river to the north the bell ringers were constantly on duty in the towers watching for signs of a fire an inventory of the contents of the old fid marion street bell tower in 1865 shows the equipment then in use it la is as follows foll vone one bell weight ile 11 WO pounds one striking apparatus one stove table clock one spyglass one field gloss glass one slate date and book the fire bells of the old city could tx bo hc heard rd all over the town unless a 91 gale of wind was blowing the largest bell was in the city hall tower its iti weight was pounds new york times |