Chief Hugo Delfs Dead
Hugo R. Delfs, for over thirty-seven years Chief of the Lansing, Mich., Fire Department, passed away on Thursday, January 27th.
代夫特陶器长官joined the department in 1890, at which time there were but two stations, thirty-seven alarm boxes, a chemical wagon, two hose carts, and a hook and ladder wagon that had to wait until a hack or baggage team could be obtained to pull it to the fire. Delfs was soon made captain, and in 1904 he was promoted to Chief, a position that he Held until his retirement in 1941.
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