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Re: (meteorobs) Re: astronomers meteors and fires

>>I have Robert Cromie's excellent book  "The Great Chicago Fire"  which gives
the best hour-by-hour account of the night it happened.  There were 17 steam
engines in the fire department implying that minimum number of firehouses.
Watchmen were posted on the roofs at night.  <<

I agree with you and the book's account of that fire....except, I'd use the
number 17 to represent perhaps the maximum number of firehouses since some
stations may have doubled up? We have a few stations in our district with
more than one engine...perhaps during that time period something similar was
done?
GeoZay