History of Belfast Fire Department
Source: Allegany County and Its People. A Centennial Memorial History of Allegany County, New York., by John S. Minard, 1896, p. 686
The Belfast Fire Department was incorporated Feb. 22, 1887, with the following trustees:
- A. R. Hopper
- R. Neeley
- O. Whipple
- F. H. Smith
- James Lang
The first officers were:
- Reuben Neely, president
- I. S. Hunt, secretary
- W. B. Manley, treasurer
Under the act of 1895, these fire commissioners were elected:
- J. D. Shuart
- J. V. Jennings
- Eaton Kinney
The department has a Rumsey hand engine, 1,000 feet of hose, a good engine-house with rooms overhead for meetings. Six cisterns located in different parts of the village are depended upon to furnish the water supply. The equipment for fighting fire is good, the protection afforded is such as to materially reduce the rates of insurance.
The officers are:
- T. B. Miner, chief
- George Thornton,assistant chief
- Chas. Rich, foreman
- E. J. Sullivan, foreman
- H. H. Marsh, treasuer
History of Fires in Belfast
June 1871 - The Belfast House then a wooden structure was burned and the same day the old Lyman hotel building farther north was also burned.
January 2, 18877 - The Willis and Saunders block, a row of wood structures opposite the present brick blocks, was burned. In this were the stores of A. R. Hopper, Saunders Bros. and B. T. Willis & Bros., offices, stores, and the Belfast bank, was injured.
February 1893 - Neely's gristmill was burned. Another fire destroyed the block on the east side of Main St., for some years the store of A. J. Lewis.
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