05/02/1872 – A New Engine House (Engine 15).
12/18/1872 – The New City Building on Bulfinch Street.
05/08/1873 – Our Steam Fire Engines – Their Capacity Tested.
07/09/1873 – Our Fire Interests.
11/11/1873 – The Fire Department.
04/07/1874 – Engineers Appointed – The City Laid Out In Districts.
05/01/1874 – Dress and Salaries of the Members of the Boston Fire Department.
08/15/1876 – (Third) Annual Report of the Fire Commission.
02/16/1879 – Fire Fighters-The Fire Department of Boston.
01/25/1880 – Boston Highlands [Roxbury] – Matters Among the Firemen.
11/18/1882 – Needless General Alarm in South Boston.
02/21/1883 – B.F.D. Fourth Annual Ball, with profiles of chiefs and engineers.
05/03/1886 – Fighting Fires – In the Early Years of the (19th) Century.
05/31/1887 – Graves Of Dead Firemen.
09/13/1887 – Our Old Vets – Firemen of Yore to the Front.
12/18/1887 – History of the Hunneman Firm of Engine Builders.
03/08/1888 – Lighter [steam] Engines Wanted.
10/12/1888 – New firehouse for Chemical 4 and Ladder 16 in Roslindale.
12/04/1888 – Sons of Barnicoat – Reunion of the Association Bearing His Name.
01/23/1889 – Boston’s New Fire Boat
02/23/1890 – Old and New Engines: Facts about the Fire Service of the Past.
03/28/1890 – How steam fire engines first came into use in Boston.
09/09/1890 – Death of Fire Horse “Grief” of Engine Co. 22.
09/14/1890 – New Engine Companies
09/19/1890 – Honored By Firemen – The Historic Name of Melvill.
11/23/1890 – Death of Fire Commissioner Richard F. Tobin, November 23, 1890.
03/15/1891 – Boston’s Fire Fighters.
05/17/1891 – Boston Fire Dept. changes effective May 18, 1891.
10/16/1891 – South Boston’s New Engine House.
02/06/1893 – Seven Captains Named.
02/10/1893 – Many Shifted – Two New Companies Made.
10/20/1893 – New Fourth Alarm Running Card.
12/25/1893 – Salt Water For Fires.
01/13/1895 – A Place Found For It (Ladder 12)
07/21/1895 – Engine 44 [Fireboat] A Wonder, in 1895.
06/10/1897 – Boston’s Horseless Engine [Engine 38].
07/20/1897 – New Fireboat Engine 31 has official trial trip.
12/06/1897 – Successful Test: Self-Propelled Steam Fire Engine for Boston.
02/08/1898 – Chief Egan’s Horse (Egan LODD on 2/5/1898).
02/25/1898 – Annual Ball of the Boston Fire Department – 1898.
12/25/1898 – Early Fire Apparatus.
02/20/1899 – Grand Old Fire Horse.
05/10/1899 – Fire Relics of Old Days.
07/31/1899 – The Muddle Over The Site For Engine 22.
08/04/1899 – Protective Company 3 [new house].
02/09/1900 – Annual Ball of the Boston Fire Department – 1900.
03/06/1900 – [Fire Commissioner] Mr. Fitzgerald’s Active Career (death).
03/11/1900 – Early Boston Fires.
07/22/1900 – Stories of Boston’s Fire Department.
08/26/1900 – Boston’s Oldest Firemen.
03/22/1901 – Chief is Out – Webber Retires from the Fire Department.
06/18/1901 – Combination 5 – Brake Broke On Steep Hill.
07/20/1901 – Fire Horse “Old Sport” will do duty at Ladder 11, Brighton.
07/26/1901 – Boston’s Volunteer Hose Company – Lauriat Ave., Dorchester.
09/23/1901 – Better Fire Protection.
11/14/1901 – Combination 11 organized at 32 Walnut St., Neponset (Dorchester).
02/09/1902 – Crawled Along 5-Inch Ledge
05/28/1902 – Fire Alarm Bell at Faneuil Hall may be restored soon.
09/14/1902 – Fine Fire House [Ladder 18].
10/12/1902 – Boston’s Fire Alarm 50 Years Old.
10/17/1902 – Firemen show skill and speed.
11/06/1902 – Ladder Company 18 is organized.
11/09/1902 – 30th Anniversary of Great Fire of 1872.
12/04/1902 – Promotions within the Fire Department are announced.
01/18/1903 – Combination Ladder 2 In Service.
06/11/1903 – [Steam Pumper] Wild Plunge into a Ditch.
07/26/1903 – Reward For Fireman.
11/07/1903 – [Hose Wagon] Plunge into Hole.
12/20/1903 – What Happens When The Fire Alarm Bell Rings.
12/27/1903 – Brave Fire Laddies.
02/07/1904 – ‘Smoke Chewers’ Fight for Honors.
02/14/1904 – Ruins Of The Great Boston Fire.
03/20/1904 – Fire Equipment of Boston…..
09/05/1904 – Brave Rescues at the North End.
10/07/1904 – Practical Fire Fighters Now.
01/08/1905 – Boston’s Versatile Firemen.
03/20/1905 – Benjamin W. Wells Appointed Fire Commissioner.
03/23/1905 – Veterans Gone, retired Captains Wall and Conway pass away.
04/11/1905 – Chief Cheswell the sixth in 60 years to receive this honor.
05/24/1905 – Crash involving Engine 5 and Chemical Engine 7.
07/07/1905 – Firemen Voting On It (Day Off Start Time to 8AM vs. 10AM).
11/05/1905 – Boston’s Big Fire of 1872 (Remembered.
11/07/1905 – One Day Off In Five To Firemen.
11/08/1905 – John S. Damrell At Rest.
11/15/1905 – Commissioner Wells asks for candidates for appointment as Firemen.
12/03/1905 – Fought Fire In Mid Air.
01/07/1906 – Firemen’s Spiritual Welfare.
01/31/1906 – Supt. Hawkins retires after 44 years with BFD.
02/15/1906 – Chief of Department William T. Cheswell’s Line Of Duty Death.
02/24/1906 – Acting Chief John A. Mullen appointed Chief of Department.
03/03/1906 – To Make It Permanent (One Day Off In Five For Firemen).
04/01/1906 – Spot Where Great Boston Fire Was Halted.
06/03/1906 – First Steam Fire Engine In Boston.
06/16/1906 – Real Fire While Exhibition Was On.
10/21/1906 – Engine 44, Responding To An Alarm, Is An Inspiring Sight.
12/20/1906 – Capt. Joy’s Dog Has Gone Away.
12/23/1906 – Men want a new firehouse.
01/10/1907 – Fire Company at Peabody Square [Engine 46].
01/26/1907 – Red Acre Farm – A Rest Cure for Horses.
04/21/1907 – Fireboat To Move To Central Wharf.
08/04/1907 – New Aerial Ladder Made by Department [Ladder 13].
12/06/1907 – Plans Drawn For New Modern Fireboat.
01/31/1908 – Wells Removed, Parker New Fire Commissioner.
04/13/1908 – Boston Loses One Engine [at Great Chelsea Fire].
09/30/1908 – Remarkable Climbing Feat [Ladder 18].
02/18/1909 – Best Of Long Series – [30th] Fireman’s Ball at Mechanic’s Hall.
05/20/1909 – Crowded Courthouses, Affects South Boston Firehouse of Engine 1.
06/08/1909 – Transfers 32 By New Order.
10/13/1909 – New Fire District [Marine District].
10/19/1909 – Fire Driver [Engine 27] Thrown Through Streetcar.
01/20/1910 – New Fire Fighting Machine For Hub [Chemical 13].
07/29/1910 – New Chemical Co. 13 In Service.
09/16/1910 – Daly Takes Reins Today [Fire Commissioner Daly is Appointed].
01/01/1911 – Boston’s Fourth Fire District in 1911.
01/12/1911 – Runaway (Fire) Horses in Four-Mile Flight.
01/15/1911 – Fast Driving of the Fire Fighters.
02/19/1911 – Second “Moon” Is [A] Fireboat Signal.
02/26/1911 – Boston’s Third Fire District in 1911.
03/12/1911 – Junior Deputy Chief Peter F. McDonough.
03/26/1911 – Boston’s Fifth Fire District in 1911.
04/16/1911 – Boston’s Seventh Fire District in 1911.
04/23/1911 – Boston’s Sixth Fire District in 1911.
05/21/1911 – Boston’s Eighth Fire District in 1911.
07/06/1911 – Boston’s Marine Fire District in 1911.
07/09/1911 – Boston’s Second Fire District in 1911.
08/13/1911 – Boston’s Tenth Fire District in 1911.
08/20/1911 – Boston’s First Fire District in 1911.
08/27/1911 – Boston’s Twelfth Fire District in 1911.
09/24/1911 – Boston’s Fourteenth Fire District in 1911.
10/01/1911 – Boston’s Ninth Fire District in 1911.
10/22/1911 – Boston’s Eleventh Fire District in 1911.
10/29/1911 – Boston Protective Department in 1911.
11/05/1911 – Boston’s Great Fireman.
11/22/1911 – Fire Captains Are Examined – Preparations to annex Hyde Park.
01/14/1912 – For Boston’s Fire Engines.
02/04/1912 – Boston’s Fine Fire Protection.
02/21/1912 – Ladder 12 crashes over a cliff.
03/01/1912 – Succcessful Test of Motor Ladder Truck.
11/03/1912 – An Old-Time Fire Alarm.
11/09/1912 – Sixty Five Acres Burned 40 Years Ago in Great Fire.
11/10/1912 – How the Great Boston Fire Was Fought. (40th Anniversary)
12/13/1912 – Firemen Get Promotions; Merrill to Command City’s First Motor Ladder Truck.
02/21/1913 – Ladder Company 31 organized in Oak Square, Brighton.
03/05/1913 – Ladder Company 30 Organized.
08/29/1913 – Last Man from Great Fire of 1872 is Pensioned.
01/14/1914 – North Station ‘Tower A’ fire disrupted many railroad lines.
03/06/1914 – Chief Mullen Resigns and Quits Job at Once.
03/08/1914 – Noted Fireman [John Grady] To Head Fire Department.
03/12/1914 – [Peter] McDonough is Chief, [John] Taber Senior Deputy.
03/13/1914 – [Commissioner] Grady Changes Fire Districts.
05/31/1914 – Last of the Alarm Bells.
06/05/1914 – Boston Sends 5 Engines, 1 Ladder to Aid Salem.
08/23/1914 – Fire Fighters of Old No. 18.
07/12/1915 – Chief of Department John A. Mullen (retired.) dies. Funeral.
07/12/1915 – Deputy Chief Charles H.W. Pope dies.
08/22/1915 – Relics Of Old Time Fire Fighters.
09/06/1915 – The frigate Portsmouth is burnt off Governors Island, Boston Harbor.
10/03/1915 – Octavius Donnell, BFD (inventor of “Drop-Hitch” harness) dies at age 67.
12/24/1915 – Friends Pay Last Tribute – Hosemen Willett and Walsh Are Buried.
01/09/1916 – Engine Co. 7 is 218 Years Old.
02/02/1917 – Two City Fire Horses Pensioned.
02/04/1917 – How The Rest of Boston is Protected in a Big Fire.
12/25/1917 – Auto Fire Wagons Save City $45,100.
12/30/1917 – Old Engine House Passing (Chemical Engine Co. 4).
01/30/1918 – Day Off In Three Effective Today.
02/06/1918 – ‘Salting’ Firemen Must Wear Badges.
05/19/1918 – Fire Hero Wins New Honors.
07/25/1918 – Engines 49 and 50 are Organized.
01/16/1919 – The appointment of John R. Murphy as Fire Commissioner is announced.
07/03/1919 – [Chief] McDonough Resigns, Walsh Successor.
07/13/1919 – Fight Fires Before They Start – Appointment of Peter E. Walsh as Chief of Dept.
01/24/1920 – Engine 3 Wins Drill Contests.
03/21/1920 – Fire Engines Rapidly Losing Thrills They Used To Give You.
07/20/1920 – Chemical Engine Co. 2, since 1874, active in business section, disbanded.
10/10/1920 – Boston Firemen Prove Efficiency After Parade.
10/24/1920 – Commemorate Fire Alarm Telegraph.
01/02/1921 – Two Record Fire Streams Thrown.
01/19/1921 – Peace Hath Her Heroes (Engine 26 Mutual Aid to Worcester).
02/13/1921 – Engine 42 is heavily damaged in a crash.
06/22/1921 – Use Fireboats Near Shore (Connecting to the High Pressure System).
08/17/1921 – Motor pump backs into Charles [River].
09/16/1921 – Chemical 1 to drop out after 40 years.
12/12/1921 – Throng Sees Fire Department’s Test of High-Pressure Service.
12/16/1921 – Mayor Approves Order for Twelve Promotions in Fire Department.
12/18/1921 – High Pressure (System) On Tomorrow, Engines Co.’s 52 & 53 organized.
01/29/1922 – Whole Year Needed To Make New Fire Department Running Card.
03/07/1922 – [John] Taber New Fire Chief, Peter Walsh Retires.
04/01/1922 – New Fire Orders for Water Towers.
07/28/1922 – Chemical Engine Co. 10 Disbanded.
08/15/1922 – Engine 7 Will Have a New Up-To-Date Fire House.
11/09/1922 – Great Fire 50th Anniversary Parade.
12/29/1922 – Boston Firemen Ready To Use Apparatus On Runners.
07/25/1923 – Last Fire Horses in East Boston.
08/21/1923 – Few Horses Remain in the Fire Department.
08/23/1923 – Fireboats to be renamed for War Heroes.
09/23/1923 – Last Horse-Drawn Engine Discarded (Engine 29).
10/18/1923 – Last Fire Horses in Charlestown (Ladder 9).
10/19/1923 – Last Fire Horses in the Department (Ladder 24).
11/13/1923 – Commissioner John A. Grady (retired) dies.
11/25/1923 – [The] Eye That Never Closes. (Story of the Boston Fire Department)
11/09/1924 – Dedicate New Quarters For Engine 40.
03/31/1925 – District Chief Edward McDonough dies.
04/03/1925 – Funeral of District Chief Edward L. McDonough.
04/13/1925 – ‘Pull The Hook’ In All Cases of Fire.
06/19/1925 – Horse-Drawn steam fire apparatus sold at auction.
10/11/1925 – Laws to Prevent Fires date to 1676.
11/02/1925 – Test New Engine to Fight Gasoline and Oil Fires.
11/16/1925 – Young Crew of Ladder 8 Leads Department in Annual Drills.