| Yew park hose team was Salem's last volunteer
engine company, and the last fire company to operate the Hunneman
human-powered fire engine. In the picture above a single firefighter
is standing in front of a large wheel of the hose cart. To the
right of the hose cart is a line of men standing in front of
the fire engine; above a row of boys is sitting on the engine's
suction hose that is nested above the engine.
Formed February 11, 1901 Yew Park Hose Team worked under
the direction of the Salem Fire Department. All official records
of Yew Park Hose Team have been lost or are held in private
collections. The date Yew Park Hose Team ceased operations
is not known at this time. Listed below are the personnel
involved with Yew Park Hose Team from 1902 to 1904.
Company Officers (1902 and 1903):
Foreman.................William Sigmund
First Assistant.........Chester Mee
Second Assistant.....G. H. Deacon
President.................George Griswold
Secretary.................A. F. McAtee
Treasurer................W. C. Hubbard
Company Officers (1904):
Foreman.................C. J. Howe
First Assistant.........Chester Mee
Second Assistant....G. H. Deacon
President................William Sigmund
Secretary................Roy Bently
Treasurer................W. C. Hubbard
Active Members (1904):
- Roy Bailey
- Lute Bart
- Roy Bentley
- O. E. Bowers
- F. G. Bowersox
- O. L. Darling
- G. H. Deacon
- F. A. Erixson
- R. P. Farnell
- J. C. Goodale Jr.
- C. J. Howe
- Ed. Lemmon
- Henry McDowell
- Walter McGee
- Chester Mee
- W. A. Moores
- C. L. Rogers
- Edward Sauter
- George C. Schaum
- Joseph Shedak
- William Sheridan
- William Sigmund
- Homer J. Smith
- Chester Van Fleet
- Harry West
- R.A. Wormworth
- Sam Wright
Honorary Members (1904):
- J. S. Graham
- George Griswold
- W. C. Hubbard
- A. F. McAtee
- J. C. Shultz
- G. Stolz
Researched and written by Larry Blumenstein
Bibliography:
Salem Fire Department 1857-1904, Published in the interest
of The Relief Fund, Statesman Job Office
History of the Salem, Oregon Fire Department: the volunteer
era 1857 to 1893, Wilkerson
Photo Credit:
The photograph of Yew Park fire station is part of the Ben
Maxwell collection located at Salem Library. Photo ID SDC.1.2.
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