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13 1 The PORCUPINE QUILL sent site. The personnel still consisted of volunteers. A horse-drawn fire engine was obtained to replace the hand reels. The fire- men did not have their own horses, but had to depend on delivery horses when there was a fire alarm. It was no uncommon sight to see two or three teams racing neck-and- neck along the street to be hitched up. The team that was ready first was paid five dollars. In 1916 a standing fire department was organized with Mr. Borland as the chief. After a short time he turned down the posi- tion, and Robert Day replaced him. He stayed here about three weeks. Mr. Borland returned on March lst, 1917, and has acted as chief of the Timmins Fire Department from that time to this day except for a brief period last year. In the days when the firemen had only a horse-drawn wagon and reels, there were only eighteen hydrants. To-day the department is motorized. There is one light combination hose, and chemical truck, and one LaFrance city service truck carrying hose, chemicals, and ladders. We have now 160 water hy- drants. The fire alarm system is of the most modern kind, with forty-two boxes distri- buted about the town. There have been as many as sixteen men in the department, but to-day there are, be- sides the chief ten men Working on the tw-o platoon systemf In case of a major fire there are twenty volunteers at call. The all-volunteer fire department of 1914, when Timmins was a youngster of five, con- sisted of twenty men: Jack Nolan, the chief. who at present is somewhere in Tennesseeg Frank Stockwell, the deputy chiefg Gillespie Dickson, secretary-treasurer fthe last-men- tioned went overseas during th-e War, and their present homes are unknownl. Charlie Harrington, who is now in Detroitg E. P. Gauthier, still a resident of Timmins, Charles Dalton, now deceasedg Sam McCloud. now in Cochraneg M. Daher, still a member -of the T. F. D.g Leo Mascioli, to-day one of Tim- mins, contractorsg Henry Fitzpatrick, now in Kansas: S. I. Bucovetsky, still in Tirnminsg Torn Wilson, who is living in Eastern On- tario, J. K. Moore, 'who died in Englandg S. Robinson, who is now the chief of the Kapus- kasing Fire Departmentg Jack King, de- ceased, W. G. Smith, now in Aurorag A. Belanger, who is said to be a farmer in this vicinity: Andy Seeds, in Detrcitg P. M. Bar- dessono, still in Timmins and his bull-pup, I-Iinkiej' who died long since. On March 7th of this year the worst fire in three y-ears broke out at noon in the St. Onge block at the end of Third Avenue. This was a difiicult fire to handle, as the sawdust in between the walls was burning. This made it very difficult to check the progress of the ire. After struggling with it for the whole afternoon, the fire 'was checked. There were no accidents and the department worked sms-othly, like one man. As a final word, I think that our fire department would be a credit to any town. WILHO SIVUNELN Scene III: BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE We reckon hours and minutes to be dollars and cents. Business in Timmins Then and Now In the year 1909 prospectors fbegan to flock into what is now known as The Porcupine. Aftlr the discovery of gold at the Dome, Gol- den City and South Porcupine, towns of about 3,000 became the chief commercial centres. They were very progressive and had several stores, hotels and a hospital. In 1910 there was a rich find at the Hollinger. The Hol- linger mine then formed a townsite and lots were sold by auction to the highest bidders. In 1911 a, great disaster occurred-Golden City and South Porcupine were destroyed by fire and many lives were lost. Then, as the Hollinger began to lb-com, all eyes turned to- ward Timmins. The first store in Timmins was begun in a tent. It was a 'general store situated on the Hollinger property, near the present golf course. This store was owned by Mr. Charles Pierce. Mr. Pierce soon moved to a wooden
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12 L The. PORCUPINE QUILL l- Porquis Junction is a railway junction for trains from Iroquois Falls and Porcupine. The name Porquis is made by adding the first syllable of 'iPorcupine, to the last pa1't of Iroquois, Swastika, the home of the Lucky Cross Mine, was named after the lucky swastika. cross. The name Cobalt suggests the mineral. When the T. and N. O. was being 'built through Cobalt. a. blacksmith, Mr. LaRose, threw his hammer at the rocks. A piece was chipped o1T, exposing the cobalt. Cobalt is used to give blue colour to glass, glazes and enamels, and to correct objectionable yellow and orange tints. These names have been oflicially given to the places named by the Ontario government. I am indebted to Mr. G. A. Macdonald of The Porcupine Advance for much of my information. VALEIRIE MORLEY 1 l LL-Md, A Street in Timmins Courtesy of A. Tomkinson Scene II: SAFETY FIRST The History of the Timmins Fire Department The greater majority of the houses in Tim- mins are wooden frame houses. Should fire get a firm hold on one of these, only a very efficient fire department c-ould save the build- ing from complete destruction. Most of you have walked past the Tim- mins Fire Station and have seen the two fine trucks: 'but how many of you have' given one minutels thought to what kind of fire depart- ment we had in Timminsrin its nrst days and to how it has progressed to-me eflicient fire fighting organization it snow- ls? In 1912 a group of volunteers 'met in a box car on a railway siding, with Jack Nolan as their chief. They had tenlengths' of hose and one nozzle. A hand reel was part of their equipment. Covered by a tarpaulin, it and the ten lengths of hose were kept on the vacant lot that is now occupied by the Im- perial Bank. A steam fire engine pumped the water from Miller Lake, now called the Cyanide, through a six-inch surface main. Later on, a shack was secured on Third Avenue on the lot now occupied by the Dominion Stores. By this time the fire de- partment had two reels. One night the house where they kept their pumping engine was burned down. The man who usually slept there was forced to make a. hurried dive through a window to save himself. The worst part of it all was that the engine did not 'belong to Timmins, fbut to the Watrous Com- pany of Brantford. In 1913 the fire hall was moved to its pre-
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