Underwriters Salvage Corps (St. Louis)
The Underwriters Salvation Corps of St Louis was created in May 1874{{cite book|last=Conard|first=Howard|title=Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri|year=1901|publisher=Southern History Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediahis00conagoog/page/n630 478]|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediahis00conagoog|quote=underwriters' salvage corps st louis.}} to reduce the loss of property in fires. It was one of several Salvage Corps that formed in the 19th century to deal with fire in growing cities. Members would be part of Fire Patrols that, in the event of a fire, would enter burning structures and remove valuables before the fire could destroy them. This organization helped innovate early fire equipment. The organization "came to a close at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1955"{{cite web|title=St Louis Fire Department History|url=http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/fire/fire-department-history.cfm|work=Paragraph 6 under the "Paid Fire Department" Section}}
Members
- Leslie Bright
- Charles Henry Campfield
- Thomas R. Collins
- William Bellrose
- Charles Meyers
- George T Cram — First President
- Charles Evens — First Chief
- Frank O Gailey — Deputy Chief
- Ernest Hyacinthe Peugnet{{cite web|title=Missouri Commandery, Military of the Loyal Legion of the United States|url=http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/CiCmtg/Peugnet.htm}} — President
- John Glanville — Chief and Designer of Special Motor Wagon,{{cite book|last=Perkins|first=Frank|title=The Horseless age: the automobile trade magazine, Volume 21|year=1908|publisher=Ingersoll|pages=444|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xClhG6eV7gAC&dq=%22underwriters%27+salvage+corps%22+%22st+louis%22&pg=PA444}} and a custom Locomobile {{cite book|last=Hoffman|first=Claire|title=The Car of 1912|year=1912|publisher=The Locomobile Company|location=Bridgeport Connecticut|url=https://archive.org/details/carwhichislates00hoffgoog|quote=underwriters' salvage corps st louis.|page=[https://archive.org/details/carwhichislates00hoffgoog/page/n94 90]}}
- Thomas M. Gorman — Captain
- Joseph Franklin Hickey — Treasurer{{cite book|title=Centennial History of Missouri|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?ArticleID=0001355&file=Data&report=SingleArticle}}
- James T O'Donnell — Chief
- John J. O'Toole
- Frank Roeder — Treasurer
- A. H. Schwarz
- Raymond W. Smith
- Roy W. Smith
- Lewis E Snow — First Secretary