Death of Ernest Pinsoneault

Death of Ernest Pinsoneault

Ernest Pinsoneault, master mechanic of the Watertown, N. Y., fire department, and an associate member of the International Association of Fire Engineers, died at Watertown on January 5. He was taken ill on December 26. Mr. Pinsoneault was born in Canada in 1851. He became connected with the volunteer fire department in Watertown in 1880. In 1901 the department became a paid department and Mr. Pinsoneault was appointed engineer and assigned to Company No. 1. He was appointed master mechanic on January 1, 1915. He was associated with Chief Henry C. Bundy in the invention of door springs to open doors when an alarm is given and close them as apparatus left the engine house. The patent was sold to M. H. Hart, of Sandy Hook, Conn., and the springs were put in use in local engine houses and others throughout the country. In speaking of Mr. Pinsoneault Chief Bundy said: "Ernest Pinsoneault was one of the most careful and accurate men that I ever saw. His ability amechanic was never questioned. He was admittedly one of the best mechanics in this section. No job was ever placed before him but what he completed to perfection, and some of the difficult problems placed before him in the way of mending appliances in the department required genius. Some of the appliances might have found their way to the scrap heap, but were retained and repaired at his suggestion. His advice was sought by all the members of the department in all things mechanical. His cheery smile will be missed at No. 1 engine house. It will be hard for the department to fill his place."

Ernest Pinsoneault, master mechanic of the Watertown, N. Y., fire department, and an associate member of the International Association of Fire Engineers, died at Watertown on January 5. He was taken ill on December 26. Mr. Pinsoneault was born in Canada in 1851. He became connected with the volunteer fire department in Watertown in 1880. In 1901 the department became a paid department and Mr. Pinsoneault was appointed engineer and assigned to Company No. 1. He was appointed master mechanic on January 1, 1915. He was associated with Chief Henry C. Bundy in the invention of door springs to open doors when an alarm is given and close them as apparatus left the engine house. The patent was sold to M. H. Hart, of Sandy Hook, Conn., and the springs were put in use in local engine houses and others throughout the country. In speaking of Mr. Pinsoneault Chief Bundy said: "Ernest Pinsoneault was one of the most careful and accurate men that I ever saw. His ability amechanic was never questioned. He was admittedly one of the best mechanics in this section. No job was ever placed before him but what he completed to perfection, and some of the difficult problems placed before him in the way of mending appliances in the department required genius. Some of the appliances might have found their way to the scrap heap, but were retained and repaired at his suggestion. His advice was sought by all the members of the department in all things mechanical. His cheery smile will be missed at No. 1 engine house. It will be hard for the department to fill his place."