XII. THE VIGILANT FIRE-ENGINE. 



By W. J. Holland. 



(Plate XXXI.) 



A very interesting event was the arrival at the Carnegie Museum 

 on June 24, 1920, of the old fire-engine " Vigilant." 



The formal act of presentation was preceded by a parade, which 

 moved from the City Hall to the Museum. The order of parade was 

 as follows : 



1. Mounted Police Squad. 



2. Mayor, Council, and Director of the Department of Public 



Safety in automobiles. 



3. Chief Miles S. Humphreys, John McElroy, and other veterans in 



automobiles. 



4. Band of music. 



5. Chief of Bureau of Fire and»associates in automobiles. 



6. The Vigilant Engine, drawn by veteran firemen. 



7. Single pump steam fire-engine drawn by two horses. 



8. Triple Combination Gasoline Pumper, three in one, self-propelled 



(the latest and most perfect type of fire-engine). 



The presentation ceremony took place at the main entrance of the 

 Carnegie Institute. Mr. T. E. Jones, Chief Clerk of the Bureau of 

 Fire, presided and introduced the speakers. Mr. Miles S. Humphreys, 

 Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Pittsburgh from August, 

 1891, to April, 1913, on behalf of the veterans and present firemen of 

 Pittsburgh, made the presentation address. He said : 



"Dr. Holland: Before you is an assemblage of old-time and present 

 firemen, who have gathered for the purpose of placing in the Carnegie 

 Museum, of which you are the honored Director, an interesting relic 

 of the past. 



" During the early development of our country, our Commonwealth, 

 and its towns, the methods devised and used for combating the devas- 

 tating and destructive results of fire were not only varied, but exceed- 



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