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Patmtlation laid for prlooTne.. antrum Olovirition.
firofighting in the viltage of befo the Reve or any one or
•(7,111.1 ;SIX • named tiCe Of the Peace
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• departmentet ittl)Vitt Petent friletion.
'Engineer",less than one dollar and net More
Pee"Aulstant Chief vs
.Itettr , together With
one. a
.tary", ane. the cost ofthe pro n, and
"Brigade one the 5ame shali be levied by
• "Engine Cornpanr, :and one distress and SaleOf the goods and
"gook and adder.,‘CO, 4, of net chattels of ,the offender or of-
leSo than 40 men each, eaOh• and such fenders; and in case of no std -
other companies as the Cor- ficient distress being. found
Porn1404 Shall frotn lime to time whereof to make the fine and
decide" upon, and the said Fire costs it shell and may be lawful •
Dept. shall be under the control for the 'Receiver Justices
and directiettef the Council. aforesaid, to commit the offender
10875 the minute book of the or offenders to the Common Jail.
"Hoek and Ladder Co." 'elected of the' United dOuntiesof Huron
the following officers —Captain - and Brace for any period not
R. Patterson; 1st lieutenant - W. exceeding one month nor less
R. Walker; 2nd 'Lieut. 1. than one day unless the fine and
Mer411rry; Secretary - Isaac costs be paid goner.
Dodd; Treasurer - W. Grigg; • That 44 By -Laws relating tee"
Steward - Luke Trouse. The Co. theoperation and managementof
met monthly in the Town Hall. the Fire Department of the
Names at this Co. Included — D. Village of Clinton shall take ef-
R. Menzies, William Grigg. Luke fect and Come into force -im-
Trouse, W. Thernton. James mediately on the passing thereof.
Bouie John Bouie, Joseph Rider. Passed in open Council 6th..
• I William Bottle, Robert Reed, Apri11863.
George Ward, T. C. Doherty, Signed —7
Isaac Dodd, R. Patterson, John Countersigned
Fox, Peter Grant. Two men from Russel H. Read, Clerk. Joseph
this 'CO. were appointed to act as Whitehead, Reeve. .
monthly firemen.' A fine of 10 in 1879 a meeting was held
cents was collected. from an for the purpose of forming a Fire ficers were added — Foreman of -
absentee and paid to the Treas. Dept. for the Town of Clinton. W. Leading Hose; Foreman of
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Why member could be 'expelled (. Searle, Mayor presiding with SuctionHose; Six /Branch Men;
from the Co., if he missed three 1. W. Rowlands as Secrete*, pro ,Two Signal Men and two
meetings or more, upon a motion tem. Mr. Councillor Menzies stewards.
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by the members present. Each introduced the Clerk of the Town The officers shall be elected
member received a hat and a belt Council Mr. John Callender who annually the second Monday in
upon joining the said Company, read the draft of proposed by-law Jan., or as often as a vacancy
after paying an initiation fee of formed by the Fire and Water • occurs, all to be elected by ballot.
25c, " Comm.. for the regulation of a All officers were given their,
At -each meeting: a report of Fire Company.
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The Clinton Firemen pose with their 1928 truck in front of the library. Picture taken about 1938.
separpte duties :and put 'into
. the equment in the Engine The . following enrolled action. Any officer could ask the
• - Room was siven.en March Sth, themsetves to form the Piro -Co..,.. assistance of any citizen between.
- 1815 the fellowittgequipment was — Hugh Scott, Luke Prouse, the ages of sixteen antLsixty to
-- an hand one wagon, 6 axes, One Thos Holloway; Joseph-, Copp, ,help combat a fare. and they did
ladder (20 foot), one ladder T15 Francisjenes, R. J. Culrett, John not comply they were subject to
ft.), .2 large hooks, 2 ropes, 30 Powell, Edward Foster.- R. •T. all the penalties for such neglett
Reed. Robert . Fox, John or refusal. While on duty they
Dickieson, Geo. E. fay, Israel could not use any profane
„Taylor. W. C. 4,,,sea,rie. Joseph language or have any disputes,
Ryder, Albert Wife, John Cun- also were not allowed to tise in-
nifigham, A. T. Salt. Henry toxicating liquors while on duty.
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Walker, Joshua Inwood; R. A commwas set up to in -
Sturgeon, W. Rowlands, Adam vestigate such matters, the Chief
Foster, Arthur Couch. George to act as Chairman, and said
Oakes, John Boles. John comm. decided the guilt of the
Callender, John Shedden. James , 'offender. Any member guilty of
disgraceful conduct was fined 25
cents or for not carrying out their
duties as set forth in the book of
rules. „ Signal men were only
charged ten cents for leaving a
fire without permission. and for
being absent at any roll call five
cents. If you miss a fire' today or
miss a fire meeting the line is one
dollar, and there is no initiation
,fee.
In • the year 1878 Clinton
bought a Steam Fire Engine,
built by J. D. Ronald of Chatham..
It was used until 1910 and then
sold to Mr. Albert - Seeley of
'Clinton.
' Fire Chiefs, Lieutenants and
appointees 1875 - 1975 — In the
year 1875 . John Loreitoi was
Chief; Chas. Helyar, Assistant
Chief; Lieutenant, Chas. Carter
and Treasurer. C. Finch. 1880 —
pails. drag rope still missing...
• In the early days large
barrels were embedded in the
ground in low4evel areas so -that
water could seep into the barrels
for use in fighting fires. This
water was pumped into a large
wooden tank on a wagon and
drawn to the scene of the fire by a
team of horses. Fair's Pond was
extensively used as a source_of ,Sparks. W. H. Cook. John Amer.
water supply. It was situated to John Smith. William Taylor.
,the left of the main- entrance to
the Clinton Town Park.
- The- little pumper shown in
the picture and dated 1851 was a
much faster method in com-
batting a fire than the former
bucket brigade. In the days of the
hand pumper. the bucket brigade
was needed as well.
All persons being at or near
any fire shall assist in ex-
tinguishing the same when
required to do so by the _Reeve or
any of the. Cotmciilors, or by the
Chief Engineer of the Fire
Brigade, the Ass't. Chief
Engineer. the Brigade Secretary.
the Brigade Treas.. the Captains
of Co., or persons in charge of the
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Those nominated and elected,
were — Chief Engineer - Henry
Walker:* Assistant Engineer -
Joseph Copp; Captain - ' Luke
Prouse; First Lieutenant'- Thos.
Holloway; Ass't, Fire Engineer -
Arthur Couch; First Fireman -
Joseph Ryder; Second Fireman -
Edward Foster; Secretary - J. W.
Rowlands; Treasurer - J., Cun-
ningham.
Hugh Scott and Henry
Walker, Luke Prouse. and J. W.
Rowlands and Joseph Copp were
appointed as a committee to
prepare the by-laws and report at
the next meeting.
On Feb. 24th, 1879 this
committee reported and
apparatus or belonging to the recommended that the by-laws of
Fire Dept.; or by any_constable. the Smith's Falls Brigade be
Any -persons -;or persons -refuting adopted- - with the. necessary
or neglecting to comply with such alterations. The report of the
orders.4or refiising to retire when Comm. was adopted. It was
ordered by any •dof the officials moved by John- Boles that the Co.,
aforesaid, shall be liable to im-, , be called the "Clinton Fire
mediate arrest and im- Brigade". Four • additional of -
The
101 Clinton Fire pumper is rto . In the Huron County _
Pioneer 11/fuseurn, Lock Crief, Dde Shaw, and Harry remitn '
wise withit.
Chas. Helyar. Chief;'N. C. Potts.
Sec., Treasurer. Jan, 28th, .1889.
J. Scruton was elected Capt/., by
acclamation. Mar. 2, 1893. G. -
Rumball appointed Lieutenant.
Feb. 26. 1894. Norman -Cook.
Met Feb.. 1897, Chief. W.
Coats; Capt.., Hearty; Lieut.. G.
Rumba!'; Engineer. S. Pratt:
Assistant Engineer, J. Ryder:
Stoker, A. Seeley and R. Welch.
1903 Chief was Gee. E., Pay:
CePt-, J. Scruton; Lieut.. W.
Roppg.• Feb. 28, 1917, Chief, Harry
Bartliff; Retording Sec., Hy:
Glazier. Carl Draper joined -the
Fire Dept. in Aug.. 1919. Frank
Dixon ' joined Jan. 26, 1920; Feb.
27, Lieutenant was W. Kennedy;
Sec.. Treas., H. Glazier. Mar. 28,
1927, Chief. Dick Tasker; Capt.,
Alex Cudmore. May 30,1927. Carl
Draper appointed Rec.. -Sec,
Gordon Lawson joined on Feb27.
1926. April 3, 1929. Alex Cuelmore
was Chief with Locke Crce. Asst.
Chief. Jan. 25. 1932. Chief, L.
Crec: Ass't . Chief, H Fremlin.
Jan. 12, 1935. Chicf Grant Ruth:
Ass't. Chief, H. Fremlin. George
Hanley was engineer, in 1937. 1948
Chief. Grant Rath: Ass't. Chief.
Frank Dixon. 1951 Frank
McEwan was appointed Sec..
Treas. 1958 Robt. Draper. Ass't.
Chief. Gordon Dalgleish, Cap-
tain. in 1962. Aug. 8, 1966, Jerry
Cox elected Sec.. Treas. May
1972,' Chief, Robert Draper:
Asst. Chief, Hector Kingswell.
1973, Chief. Clarence Ncilans;
Ail. Chief, 14. Kingsweli.
Firemen for 1975 are —
Clarence Neilans; Asst.Chief,
Fred Lobb; Engineer. D. Cart-
wright; Captain. Gordon
Dalgleish; Sec.. Treas.. Jerry
Cox; Firemen, Eric SWitzer,
Jack Peck. Don Petteplace, Dean
Reid, Clayton Groves, A. Finch,
Harvey Carter, Craig Cox. Paul
Draper. Randy Glew; Don
Gautreau. Bruce Schoenha1.,
Uotig Cantelon. Ross Jewitt.
In the year 1909 the water
system was installed in the town:
and the tire hydrants provided an
outlet for the fire hose. The hose
was wound on reels and these
were 'drawn by the men. The'fire
truck was later introduced and
this gave speedy results, thus
saving many more homes and'
buildings in Our town,
The first fire truck was a 1928
Chevrolet; 2nd, 1948 Chev: 3rd. a
1969 Chev. In addition they have a
1966 International Tanker which
holds 2,000 gals. of water. and is --
used for all out of town fires.
These trucks are all in good
working condition. the 1928 model
has been completely overhauled
to take part -•in Centennial
parades both at home. and as far
away ms the northern United .
States.
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