Front:
Driver PAUL MILLER in charge of the Hose Cart
Back:
Brief Sketch of
Union Steam Fire Engine
and Hose Co., No. 1
of Lebanon, Penn'a.
room.
This company was organized Feb. 22, 1780, with Judge
Philip Gloninger as President; Henry Kelker, Secretary;
Gasper Snavely, Treasurer. They have a fine two-story
brick house, the first floor of which is used for the apparatus
and horses, while on the second floor is a parlor and meeting
The steamer is a second class Amoskeag and has
been in service 41 years. The hose wagon is one of the latest
improved. In 1883 horses were introduced. At the firemen's
parade in Harrisburg. July 4, 1897, the Union had 250 men in
line. At the State Firemen's Tournament in Reading, in
1881, they had the largest number of equipped men in line-
348, and won prizes, viz: For largest number of men in line,
a fine parade glass hose carriage; also, for the heaviest and
tallest fireman. In May, 1880, they celebrated their 100th
anniversary by the largest parade that was ever held in Leb-
anon, upwards of 30 fire companies being represented, the
Union alone having 425 fully equipped men in line. The
company has over 600 members. The officers
Prest., Dr. Wm. S. Huber; Vice Prest., Grant E. Kleiser;
Secty., for 41 successive years, D. A Musser; Asst. Secty.,
J. J. Bartley; Treas., C. H. Killinger, esq.
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