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Evanston Fire Department history Part 24
From Phil Stenholm:
Another Chapter in the History of the Evanston Fire Department
The Tale of the Lucille McQuade
On January 12, 1915, a fire broke out at the Nally Livery Stable next to the Greenwood Inn, which was then called the "French House," at Greenwood and Hinman Streets. The Greenwood Inn was one of Evanston's two hotels at the time, the other being the famous Avenue House at Davis and Chicago. The fire started on the second floor of the stable while guests were enjoying their meals at the hotel. Bessie Gallagher ignored the police warnings and rushed into the burning building to save her personal belongings. She was eventually rescued by the Evanston firefighters and later arrested for her reckless actions. Despite being charged with disorderly conduct and failure to comply with police orders, she was released without serious consequences. Although Bessie managed to retrieve some items, the damage to the livery stable was estimated at $3,000. Thanks to the swift response of the Evanston firefighters, the hotel was saved from destruction.
Just two weeks later, on January 28th in the early hours of the morning, the Evanston Fire Department (EFD) received a call about a fire at Mrs. I. C. Danwood’s boarding house at 1925 Sherman Avenue. One of the boarders, C. C. Firman, fractured both his ankles when he jumped from a second-floor window to escape the flames before the firefighters arrived. Upon their arrival, the EFD found fire spreading rapidly through the roof. While they successfully rescued all the other boarders without any injuries to civilians or firefighters, their efforts were hindered when a fire hydrant stem broke off as they tried to connect a suction hose. After relocating to a different hydrant further away, the firefighters managed to control the situation, but not before the house and its contents were completely lost, amounting to a total loss of $7,000. Nevertheless, the EFD was able to save surrounding buildings by positioning themselves strategically and utilizing an elevated master stream from the HDA’s aerial ladder and a high-pressure stream from the Eastman "deluger" on the street.
On April 20, 1915, residents of the Village of Wilmette approved a $20,000 bond issue to buy a motorized automobile fire engine and construct a combined police and fire station on the west side of Railroad Avenue, south of Lake Avenue. Later that year, the Wilmette Fire Department took delivery of an American-LaFrance Type 75, 750-GPM triple-combination pumper, which served as their primary engine for over 25 years. The combined police and fire station remained operational for half a century.
On May 15, 1915, at 2 PM on a Sunday, chemicals exploded in the film-developing room of the Will E. Horton camera shop located in the Simpson Building on Davis Street. All three of the EFD’s engine companies responded to this fire, but despite their efforts, the camera shop was gutted, and the neighboring C. H. Morgan grocery store suffered extensive smoke damage. The total damage amounted to $8,500.
On July 3, 1915, at noon on a Saturday, EFD Engine Company 2 and Motor Engine Company 1 were dispatched to a fire on the roof of Mrs. Margaret Patterson’s home at 529 Lee Street. The fire had been ignited by a rogue Fourth of July bottle rocket. Flames quickly spread to the rooftops of the neighboring houses, but thanks to the firefighters' quick action, only the roof and second floor of the Patterson residence, along with the roofs of the neighboring Robert Larimer and John W. Fellows homes, sustained heavy damage. Firefighter William Wilbern from Engine Company 2 sustained minor injuries when the roof of the Patterson residence collapsed on him while he was fighting the fire from a second-floor bedroom.
Chief Albert Hofstetter of the EFD attended the International Association of Fire Engineers Convention in Cincinnati in September 1915. He reported back to the city council that while a few departments were still purchasing horse-drawn steamers and aerial ladder trucks, no horse-drawn apparatus was displayed at the convention. He noted that automobile firefighting equipment had greatly improved since Evanston bought its Robinson Jumbo in 1911, and it was anticipated that horse-drawn rigs would soon be replaced nationwide by automobile fire trucks.
Additionally, Hofstetter mentioned a new fully automated aerial ladder that was showcased at the convention. Built by Ahrens-Fox on a Couple Gear chassis, it featured the Dahill Air Hoist system combined with an 85-foot wooden aerial ladder supplied by Pirsch. The ladder could be raised by a single person in just 11 seconds. In contrast, the 1907 American-LaFrance 85-foot HDA in service with the EFD at that time had a spring-loaded aerial ladder that required two men to crank the winch.
On Saturday evening, January 8, 1916, fire destroyed Rosenberg’s Department Store at 820 Davis Street. As was the case during the Heck Hall fire two years prior, two Chicago Fire Department engine companies were called in for assistance. This time, both Chicago Fire Department companies sent to Evanston—Engine Company 102 and Engine Company 110—were equipped with modern gasoline-powered automobile pumpers. Engine 102 had a brand-new Seagrave, and Engine 110 had the 1912 Webb that had previously been assigned to Engine Company 102. With EFD Motor Engine No. 1 (the Robinson "Jumbo") also operating at the scene, it provided an opportunity for Evanston officials to compare the performance of the three automobile pumpers under real-world conditions.
Over 2,000 spectators gathered at Fountain Square as Evanston and Chicago firefighters battled the blaze well into Sunday morning. All three automobile pumpers ran out of gas after the EFD’s reserve fuel supply of 120 gallons was exhausted, but more gasoline was eventually located at a nearby garage. Captain Ed Johnson (Motor Engine Company 1) was seriously injured at this fire but eventually recovered and returned to duty. The $58,700 loss set a new record for the second-highest fire-related loss in Evanston’s history up to that point.
The American-LaFrance horse-drawn 85-foot windlass-operated aerial-ladder truck (HDA) with a four-horse hitch that Evanston purchased in 1907 for $6,700 was in service for only nine years. It was demolished in a collision with an Evanston Street Railway Company streetcar at Grove and Sherman while responding to an alarm on Hinman Avenue in the early evening hours of September 18, 1916. Two firemen—Dan McKimmons and Orville Wheeler—were seriously injured in the crash.
The Evanston Street Railway Company claimed the crash was unavoidable and refused to take responsibility for the accident, prompting the City of Evanston to initiate civil litigation to compel the ESRC’s insurance company to cover the cost of a new HDA. Unfortunately, the city had neglected to insure the HDA, meaning winning the court case was the only way to afford a new one without a significant emergency appropriation or a voter-approved bond issue.
While awaiting the resolution of the lawsuit, the Evanston City Council devised a plan to sell two of the four horses assigned to pull the demolished HDA and use the proceeds to lease a relatively new hook and ladder truck (without an aerial ladder) from the Chicago sales office of American LaFrance for $60 per month. This two-horse H&L, previously in service in Peru, Indiana, was in excellent condition and served as EFD Truck No. 1 for about six months while it was being advertised for sale.
American LaFrance sold the ex-Peru rig to the fire department of Toronto, Ontario, in March 1917. The EFD then leased an 1891 LaFrance/Hayes 55-foot aerial ladder truck with a three-horse hitch known as the "Lucille M. McQuade," which had served for 25 years as Chattanooga Fire Department Truck No. 1. The Chattanooga FD had recently purchased an automobile 75-foot TDA from American-LaFrance, trading in the old HDA as part of the deal. This early model of HDA was unusual in that the tillerman rode BELOW the aerial ladder!
Acquiring the ex-Chattanooga HDA with a three-horse hitch as a replacement for the ex-Peru H&L with a two-horse hitch necessitated finding another horse, so the venerable 1873 Babcock double-50-gallon chemical engine was removed from frontline service, and its horse was transferred to the HDA. The EFD returned the Lucille McQuade to American-LaFrance, and the three horses that had been used to pull it were retired after a new automobile city service ladder truck arrived from Seagrave in November 1917. This was part of the $30,000 bond issue passed by Evanston voters in April 1917 that fully motorized the EFD.