Underwriters Salvage Corps (St. Louis)
Badge worn by Leslie Bright
The Underwriters Salvation Corps of St Louis was created in May 1874[1] to reduce the lost of property in fires. It was one of several Salvage Corps that formed in the 19th century to deal with fire in growing cities. Members would be part of Fire Patrols that, in the event of a fire, would enter burning structures and remove valuables before the fire could destroy them. This organization helped innovated early fire equipment. The organization "came to a close at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1955"[2]
Members
- Leslie Bright
- Charles Henry Campfield
- Thomas R. Collins
- George T Cram - First President
- Charles Evens - First Chief
- Ernest Hyacinthe Peugnet[3] - President
- John Glanville - Chief and Designer of Special Motor Wagon,[4] and a custom Locomobile [5]
- Thomas M. Gorman - Captain
- Joseph Franklin Hickey - Treasurer[6]
- James T O'Donnell - Chief
- John J. O'Toole
- Franis Roeder - Treasurer
- A. H. Schwarz
- Raymond W. Smith
- Roy W. Smith
- Lewis E Snow - First Secretary
References
- ↑ Conard, Howard (1901). Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri. Southern History Company. p. 478.
- ↑ "St Louis Fire Department History". Paragraph 6 under the "Paid Fire Department" Section.
- ↑ "Missouri Commandery, Military of the Loyal Legion of the United States".
- ↑ Perkins, Frank (1908). The Horseless age: the automobile trade magazine, Volume 21. Ingersoll. p. 444.
- ↑ Hoffman, Claire (1912). The Car of 1912. Bridgeport Connecticut: The Locomobile Company. p. 90.
- ↑ Centennial History of Missouri.
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