Show WORK IN HOLE IN WALL WALL hovel ovel horne home of brooki brooklyn Y n fire company no probably the queerest fire engine house in the world is that belonging s U 11 the hole in th the e wall to engine company no 1240 on furman street brooklyn the place is known as the hole in the wall and that is what it practically is for it is dug out of the side of columbia heights the building if such it can be called for only the front is built of regular material is four stories in height and the fire company uses the lower two floors the upper stories are occupied by servants servant 9 of nf families living on the heights and entrance to these quarters quarter s is gained through the roof the roof by the way is a back yard belonging to a residence on the heights the place of course lias has no ventilation and is intensely hot in summer being shut off from the river by tall warehouses one of the warehouses usually iby contains hides and in hot weather the stench adds to the dis comforts of the hole in the wall As the place has no windows except in front it is necessary to burn gas almost constantly and taken altogether the ten members of the company stationed there do not enjoy life greatly |