Produced by David E. Brown and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) OLD CLINKERS [Illustration: _“We can’t fool here,” he cried. “We got to get around to them gas-tanks”_ See page 114] OLD CLINKERS A STORY OF THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT BY HARVEY J. O’HIGGINS AUTHOR OF “THE SMOKE EATERS,” “DON-A-DREAMS,” ETC. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARTIN JUSTICE [Illustration] BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) TO THE FORGOTTEN HEROES OF THE F. D. N. Y. _ILLUSTRATIONS_ _Page_ _“We can’t fool here,” he cried. “We got to get around to them gas-tanks” See page 114_ _Frontispiece_ _“All right,” he threatened. “I’ll see to you too!”_ 18 _“It’s going to be a heavy call on the treasurer--five o’ yuh--in a bunch”_ 32 _Dotted line shows passage of Keighley’s men from forward cargo room to shaft tunnel. They finally escaped through bunkers amidships beside the boilers and stoke holes_ 50 “_I’ll brain any man that tries to open this door before I give the word_” 88 _The scene of the fire on the piers_ 108 _They had climbed the bunker ladders, and found the port_ 124 _He began to screw out the tortuous scrawl of his report_ 158 “_Over yuh go now!_” 188 _The blaze, caught at close range, seemed to snuff out_ 226 _Keighley turned to his pipe. “I’m responsible for this boat”_ 264 “The fire flames up to a reddening sky; On God and the firemen the people cry! The fire’s put out, and everything’s righted; God’s forgot and the firemen slighted.” --_Fireman’s Annual._ OLD CLINKERS I