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Tombstone of John Thompson (June 24, 1847 - April18, 1928) and family. He was an ex-Fire Chief of the Toronto Fire Department. St. James Cemetery, Toronto, Canada. Spring afternoon, 2021. Pentax K1 II.
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Resignation of Chief John Thompson of Toronto
2.3.1915
Resignation of Chief John Thompson of Toronto
In view of his long service, nearly forty years in the Toronto, Canada, fire department, four members of the Board of Control favored the resignation of Chief Engineer John Thompson. He resigned on a pension basis of half his salary of $4,500 per year. The Board of Control recommended to the Council six months leave of absence, the pension to commence at the expiration of that time. “To the new chief, when appointed, may be left the duty of reorganizing the department,” said Comptroller Foster. Mayor Church and others spoke highly of Chief Thompson. The mayor said: “The chief has always had the highest ideals and the interests of the citizens and the force at heart.” Comptroller Foster, after the chief’s resignation, said: “There is no doubt the chief has done good work in the department during the past few years,” and also said “that at his time in life the chief should not be assuming the risks of fire fighting but should be enjoying a retired life in the bosom of his family.” In his letter of resignation. Chief Thompson paid the following tribute to the department: “It is with sincere regret that I sever my connection with the officers and men of the Fire Department, who are, as a whole, in my opinion, a splendid body of men and a credit to the city, and my earnest prayer is that an Almighty Providence may be their protection and defence in the discharge of their dangerous duties.” Chief Thompson entered the Fire Department as a branchman in the Berkeley Street Fire Hall in 1876, and after one year’s service was promoted to the position of foreman at the Wilton Avenue Fire Station. He remained in that position until he was promoted to the position of district chief and stationed at the Lombard Street Station in 1887. When the late Chief Ardagh died he was promoted o the position of deputy chief of the department, a place he occupied until the late Chief Graham retired from the head of the department in 1899, when he became the head of the department.
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John Thompson, formerly chief of the fire department of Toronto, Canada, and well known to chiefs throughout this country, died at the home of his daughter in Toronto, at the age of eighty-one.
He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, and came to this continent when nineteen years old. He joined the fire department on January 1, 1876 as foreman and was made deputy chief and later assistant chief within a very short time. In 1899 Mr. Thompson was made head of the department and continued in that office for sixteen years. He was a fire-fighter for forty years.
Chief Thompson was the first chief in Canada to use the automobile in place of the horse-drawn buggy which officers used in going to fires. It was during his regime that the fine headquarters building was built and building was and also arranged for special protection for the island by placing a fire boat in service.
He was a member of the Masons, the Orange Order and the International Association of Fire Chiefs. Chief Thompson was one time president of the latter organization. He is survived by three daughters and two sons. The present Deputy Chief George Sinclair is his son-in-law.
A private funeral service was held at his late residence in Toronto, Canada, and well known to chiefs throughout this territory where more than one thousand attended. A procession of more than 250 firemen in uniform marched in the funeral procession to St. James’s Cemetery.
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, weile weile waile.
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods, down by the river Saile.
She had a baby three months old, weile weile waile.
She had a baby three months old, down by the river Saile.
She had a pen knife, long and sharp, weile weile waile.
She had a pen knife, long and sharp, down by the river Saile.
She stuck the pen knife in the baby’s heart, weile weile waile.
She stuck the pen knife in the baby’s heart, down by the river Saile.
There were three loud knocks come a’knocking on the door, weile weile waile.
There were three loud knocks come a’knocking on the door, down by the river
Saile.
There were two policemen and a special-branchman, weile weile waile.
There were two policemen and a special-branchman, down by the river Saile.
They put a rope around her neck, weile weile waile.
They put a rope around her neck, down by the river Saile.
They pulled the rope and she got hung, weile weile waile.
They pulled the rope and she got hung, down by the river Saile.
And that was the end of the woman in the woods, weile weile waile.
And that was the end of the baby too, down by the river Saile.
Branchman up on roof with no roof ladder. He's already got the branch at work before the ladder is being passed up!!
Appointment of A Empson as Branchman of the Lichfield Street Chemical
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1897 [possible wife?]
Funeral of Mrs A Empson - Caretaker of the Lichfield Street fire station
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She died after 'straining herself' a few days previously
A man making a statement on machinery ruining the old style of rubbish transport. Or something like that.
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