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Show IN OLD NEW AMSTERDAM. j Primitive Appliances With Which tht Dutch Fought Fire. The earliest applnineo for righting fire In New Anmterdain was the lcnih-eril lcnih-eril llrs bucket, several of which aro yet preserved at Ihe headquarter of the Kxenipt Firemen. Ill Jefferson Market. The leathern fire, bucket U, of course, colln...alde and unhreak- hie These were pg.seil from hnd to hand hv the "luieket lirlgaile," one of the esrllest ort-nnlratlons of volunteer volun-teer flrimcn. Fitly of llieso buckets wore krpi In the eld Ktndt lluys. and 100 were distributed In varloua plnces aliout tl,e old Imteh city. This primitive primi-tive method of IlKlHIug fire Is still In uo In many rmall country towns, where water mains nnd hydrants aro unknown. Al'imt 17 -ft a lumbering hand engine en-gine was Invented. The one shown In the cut Is "Washington No. 1." nd was the flrit Are onulne used In Brokl)n. it was a square, clumsy Brooklyn's First Fire Engine. tnnk. or l.,,x. lrm which tho water wai piinii eil by Ihui.i through a pipe, or stent, pinjt c ting a short dlatnncn from the lop of the iiineliliio. New York Times. |