October 1, 1909. A new pole and whippletrees were made for the hook and ladder and a new two wheel attachment for the chemical engine…
The Suburban Fire Marshal
August 11, 1909 A meeting was called for the purpose of organizing a volunteer fire company. Homes and farms were widely scattered, and although friends…
July 14, 1909 St. James purchases the rig that Smithtown purchased in 1908 from the Bayport Fire Department. Smithtown purchased a new used hook and…
May 8, 1909 Smithtown has about 45 active members about this time and they began to purchase caps badges and gray flannel shirts as the…
March 3, 1909 The system alerted firefighters as follows: 1 stroke meant the call was up north, 2 strokes, east, 3 strokes south, 4 strokes…
March 2, 1909. This was a year after the fire department was formed in March of 1908. An open house was held for the public.…
February 8, 1909. Papers are drawn up on February 8th. Papers are signed by the Smithtown Town Board on February 10, 1909. The petitioners for…
December 11, 1908. The Two-wheel, double tank, American LaFrance Chemical Engine arrives, price tagged at $600.00. It was housed in G. Everett Hands barn while…
November 1, 1908. I do not know the exact date in November that they broke ground so I used the 1st as a marker. The…
October 28, 1908. The Reverend Dr. E. W. Abbey, Whittman W. Kenyon, and J. Evans Crane were appointed to raise funds to purchase a chemical…
October 9, 1908. The first drill and practice in the used of the hook and ladder was held on October 9, 1908 at 5PM, with…
September 23, 1908. On September 18, 1908 (2 days after the Hallock Blacksmith Fire), a committee was formed to purchase on old Bayport Hook and…
September 22 1908 Man crossed the lake in a boat. The boat if found the next morning with one oar and a lantern. Unknown if…
September 16, 1908, 0730 hours. A fire started from chimney embers falling on the wooden shingle roof of the Hallock Blacksmith shop located at Main…
August 22, 1908 Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
April 25, 1908, 2115 hours. The house of William H. Oliver was destroyed by fire. The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire…
March 4, 1908 The organizational meeting was held on this date in 1908 and the name Smithtown Volunteer Hook and Ladder Company was adopted. All…
February 26, 1908 In the latter part of 1907, Robert G Cunningham, Mayor of Nesconset, called a public meeting to discuss the organization of a…