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First Fire Company of Punta Arenas (1889-present)
Primera Compañía de Bomberos de Punta Arenas (1889-hoy)
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The First Fire Company of Punta Arenas was founded
in 1889. It began in response to
a serious fire two years previously, which destroyed the Governor's residence
and offices, as well as much valuable documentation.
It is exclusively a volunteer organization.
La Primera Compañía de Bomberos de Punta Arenas
se fundó en 1889. Nació en respuesta a un incendio ocurrido dos
años antes, que había destruido tanto la residencia
del Gobernador como las oficinas de la Gobernación,
y su valiosa documentación. La Compañía está
compuesta exclusivamente por voluntarios.
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| Primera Compañía de Bomberos "Bomba Magallanes" fundada el 14 de Junio de 1889 Magallanes (Chile) |
La 1ra Cía. de Bomberos, a sus fundadores, Sres: ... Centenario, 14 de Junio 1989 |
Founder Members / Socios Fundadores (14-VI-1889)
| J. Menéndez y H. | R. Correa C. | |
| F. Córdoba | G. Blanchard | |
| L. Navarro A. | J. B. Contardi | |
| R. Gómez | B. Espinoza | |
| A. Barra B. | J. A. Concha | |
| E. Rothemburg | J. Bucksbaum | |
| E. Bays | P. Zambelich | |
| L. G. Dobrée | J. Fiol | |
| E. Saunders | M. J. Vásquez | |
| S. Ruiz | S. Díaz C. | |
| J. Blanchard | J. Bitsch | |
| R. Stubenrauch | I. Diz | |
| O. Braun | L. Falck | |
| G. S. Bloom | J. F. Téllez | |
| J. Izarnótegui | E. García | |
| A. Gleeman | B. Méndez | |
| P. García P. | J. Venegas de la O | |
| F. Alvarado |
NOTE: Given the early British presence in the region, it
is surprising to see so few British names.
NOTA: Dada la temprana presencia de británicos en la
región,
sorprende ver tan pocos en la lista.
British Members / Socios Británicos (1889-1940)
The Fire Company's Hall of Honour is located at the headquarters
on Calle Roca, Punta Arenas. The walls are lined with portraits of prominent
members, among whom are the following two British nationals.
El Salón de Honor de la Compañía está
situada en su sede, Calle Roca, Punta Arenas. En sus paredes se encuentran
colgados retratos de socios prominentes — entre ellos, los
siguientes dos británicos.
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| Tomás [Thomas] Saunders | Enrique [Henry] Reynard |
The following list of British Members is taken from
the Company's registration books. Data recorded
on each member included nationality, age, profession, entry date and type
of membership (active/passive). Active members were on call; this was not
the case for passive members. Some records contain the member's date of death.
The list also includes members whose names "sound
anglo" (irrespective of their nationality).
La siguiente lista de Socios Británicos está tomada
de los libros de registros. Para cada socio se anotaba: nacionalidad,
edad, profesión, fecha de inscripción y calidad (activo o pasivo).
Los socios activos tenían la obligación de acudir a las llamadas
de asistencia; no era éste el caso para los socios
pasivos. Algunos registros incluyen la fecha de fallecimiento. La lista también
incluye socios con apellidos que "suenan anglo" (independiente de
su nacionalidad).
| Year of entry / Member's Name Año de incorporación / Nombre del socio |
Born (est.) Nacido (est.) |
Occupation Profesión |
Active Activo |
Other nationality Otra nacionalidad |
| 1889 | ||||
| Lennox G. Dobrée | 1857 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| 1890 | ||||
| W. Douglas | 1845 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| John Hamilton | 1860 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| Enrique [Henry] Reynard | 1846 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| Tomás [Thomas] Saunders | 1858 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| A. W. [Alfred William] Scott | 1848 | comerciante / merchant | X | |
| W. H. Stuart | 1865 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| M. [Montague Errington] Wales | 1865 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Stanley Wood | 1862 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| Eduardo S. [Edward Stanton] Yonge | 1842 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| 1891 | ||||
| Juan [John] Cameron | 1848 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| Federico [Frederick] Waldron | 1866 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| W. Henry Whaits | 1863 | carpintero / carpenter | X | |
| 1892 | ||||
| Ernesto [Ernest] Hobbs | 1868 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| 1893 | ||||
| W. J. [William James] Lewis | 1818 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| Bevil Molesworth | 1869 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| 1894 | ||||
| Juan [John] Tweedie | 1869 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| 1895 | ||||
| Carlos [Charles] Bartlett | 1864 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| William Freeman | 1872 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| Henry Gray | 1843 | comerciante / merchant | norteamericano / US | |
| L. L. [Lionel Louis] Jacobs | 1860 | comerciante / merchant | X | |
| J. H. Meredith | 1861 | jefe de banco / bank manager | ||
| Jorge [George] Slight | 1855 | empleado / employee | ||
| Arturo [Arthur] Waldron | 1869 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| James Wilson | 1857 | marino / sailor | ||
| 1896 | ||||
| José Williams | 1869 | comerciante / merchant | X | |
| 1897 | ||||
| Alberto [Albert] Adams | [] | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| A. Bell Roberts | 1862 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| Miguel [Michael] Doolan | 1862 | hacendado / farmer | ||
| 1898 | ||||
| Guillermo [William] A. Jones B. | 1866 | telegrafista / telegraphist | X | |
| 1899 | ||||
| Percy C. West | 1869 | empleado / employee | ||
| 1900 | ||||
| 1901 | ||||
| Tobias Adams B. | 1877 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1902 | ||||
| 1903 | ||||
| R. S. Linley | 1873 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1904 | ||||
| 1905 | ||||
| 1906 | ||||
| Percy Nugent | 1878 | empleado / employee | X | peruano / Peruvian |
| Wilfred Waldron | [] | hacendado / farmer | ||
| 1907 | ||||
| E. R. Graham | 1887 | empleado / employee | X | |
| H. Richards | 1880 | comerciante / merchant | X | |
| Herbert Robins | 1885 | empleado / employee | X | |
| J. W. Walker | 1881 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1908 | ||||
| W. [William] H. Gilmour | 1882 | empleado / employee | ||
| H. S. Jackson | 1890 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| E. MacDougall | 1884 | empleado / employee | ||
| W. H. Smith | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| K. [Kenneth] A. Townsend | 1888 | empleado / employee | ||
| 1909 | ||||
| Mariano Edwards | [] | industrial / industrialist | chileno / Chilean | |
| Enrique Arturo [Henry Arthur] Milward W. | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| 1910 | ||||
| A. S. Bishop | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| A. T. Conroy | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Constantino Constanduros | [] | [] | ||
| Fed [Frederick?] Jacobs | [] | [] | ||
| Allan McDonald | 1883 | comerciante / merchant | X | |
| Florencio Middleton | [] | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| E. T. Price | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Jorge [George] Vickery | [] | comerciante / merchant | ||
| 1911 | ||||
| George R. Cameron | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Charles L. Donaldson | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| John W. Douglas | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| William Garnham | 1882 | ingeniero / engineer | ||
| Jorge L. [George Lloyd-] Harries | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| W. L. Harries | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| John K. Knight | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Douglas W. Lethaby | 1879 | contador / accountant | ||
| Angus M'Donald | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Walter S. Reeve | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Francisco [Francis] Walton | [] | prefecto de policía / chief of police | chileno / Chilean | |
| Walter Wood | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| 1912 | ||||
| Ignacio Anguita Greene | 1873 | abogado / lawyer | ||
| Van Dell | [] | ingeniero / engineer | norteamericano / US | |
| Roberto [Robert] Ewing | 1879 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| Juan [John] H. Foggie | [] | comerciante / merchant | ||
| D. [David] Forbes | 1883 | empleado / employee | ||
| Arturo M. [Arthur Montague] Jacobs | 1892 | comerciante / merchant | argentino / Argentine | |
| Salvador Lackington | 1864 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| J. Patterson | [] | profesor de escuela / schoolteacher | ||
| Eduardo [Edward] Spencer Verdun | 1894 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1913 | ||||
| W. A. [William Alan] Clarkson | [] | empleado / employee | ||
| Francisco [Francis] Cooper | 1895 | empleado / employee | X | |
| William Fookes | 1886 | ingeniero / engineer | ||
| Guillermo Wells H. | 1876 | comerciante / merchant | chileno / Chilean | |
| 1914 | ||||
| H. [Hugh] Gordon Barclay | 1886 | empleado / employee | australiano / Australian | |
| Charles Latham | 1888 | cónsul / consul | norteamericano / US | |
| Lorenzo [Lawrence] Jacobs | 1880 | electricista / electrician | argentino / Argentine | |
| Roberto [Robert] Madden | 1888 | ingeniero / engineer | ||
| 1915 | ||||
| H. C. Nicholls | 1883 | empleado / employee | irlandés / Irish | |
| John Reid A. | [] | [] | X | chileno / Chilean |
| K. Carnegie Ross | 1889 | empleado / employee | ||
| William J. Ross | 1891 | empleado / employee | ||
| Lorenzo [Lawrence] Scott | 1896 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Roberto [Robert] Shand | 1890 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| 1916 | ||||
| 1917 | ||||
| Kenneth Cara | 1893 | ingeniero civil / civil engineer | ||
| Edmundo [Edmund] Cater | 1898 | empleado oficina / office employee | X | |
| Donald MacLennan | 1882 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | ||
| Guillermo Wilson Watson | 1896 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1918 | ||||
| Peter McPherson Grant | 1889 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | ||
| 1919 | ||||
| Alejandro [Alexander] C. Allen | 1893 | empleado / employee | X | argentino / Argentine |
| Henry Ernesto [Ernest] Cook | 1885 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| Eduardo [Edward] C. Cooper | 1890 | contador comercial / commenrcial accountant | ||
| Tomás [Thomas] Dick | 1891 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | ||
| Juan [John] Duncan | 1878 | empleado / employee | ||
| Tomás [Thomas] Edwards | 1879 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Magellan Fenton | 1882 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| L. R. [Leslie Robert] W. Greer | [] | [] | ||
| Carlos [Charles] Hamann | 1903 | empleado / employee | X | |
| William P. Jones | 1879 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| Francisco [Francis] Mathisen | 1894 | empleado / employee | X | norteamericano / US |
| John McLean | 1879 | empleado / employee | ||
| Ernesto [Ernest] Piggot | 1887 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Percival Alfredo Reynolds | 1882 | estanciero / rancher | argentino / Argentine | |
| C. Arturo T. [Charles Arthur Thomas] Riesco | 1881 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| Alfredo Scott | 1886 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Bernardo [Bernard] H. Townsend | 1891 | comerciante / merchant | X | |
| Montague S. [Stanley] Trehern | 1886 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Federico [Frederick] Harold Williams | 1879 | ingeniero de minas / mining engineer | ||
| 1920 | ||||
| Russell Becket | 1880 | contador / accountant | ||
| Godufredo [Godfrey] Clack | 1892 | contador comercial / commenrcial accountant | ||
| John K. Morrison | 1891 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| 1921 | ||||
| Harry Chapman | 1895 | aprendiz ganadería / stock-ranching apprentice | sudafricano / South African | |
| Walter Crook | 1892 | ingeniero / engineer | ||
| John Dick | 1894 | contador / accountant | ||
| Guillermo [William] Elliot | 1888 | comerciante / merchant | chileno / Chilean | |
| Seymour S. Greer | 1893 | administrador / manager | irlandés / Irish | |
| Herbert H. Hodges | 1890 | empleado / employee | X | |
| Thomas Jackson | 1881 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | ||
| L. H. [Leo Harold] Maddams | 1887 | empleado / employee | ||
| Donald McLeay [MacLeay] | 1901 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Alexander Donald Morrison | 1898 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Walter J. Morrison | 1888 | empleado / employee | ||
| C. E. Robeson | 1893 | contador / accountant | chileno / Chilean | |
| Alejandro [Alexander] Ross | 1880 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | ||
| R. W. [Richard Waldron] Thornhill | 1883 | empleado / employee | ||
| 1922 | ||||
| Guillermo [William] Baybut | 1890 | empleado / employee | ||
| Juan [John] M. Clark | 1879 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Santiago [James] A. Douglas | 1876 | empleado / employee | ||
| Manuel Grace | 1898 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Juan [John] H. Graham | 1897 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| Max Knight | 1891 | empleado / employee | ||
| Guillermo [William] Lackington | 1904 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Andrew McDonald | 1882 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| Kenneth Morrison | 1893 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Guillermo H. [William Hall] Simmons | 1880 | empleado / employee | ||
| Archibald Stewart | 1891 | empleado / employee | ||
| Tomás B. [Thomas Beauchamp] Wildman | 1888 | cónsul / consul | ||
| 1923 | ||||
| Geoffrey Chambers | 1886 | ingeniero / engineer | ||
| José Hübner Richardson | 1903 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Fred H. Weiss | [] | [] | ||
| 1924 | ||||
| Frank Hopkinson | 1870 | clasificador de lanas / wool-classer | ||
| Tom P. [Price] Jones | 1889 | gerente frigorífico / freezing-plant manager | ||
| John Mac Kinnon | 1892 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| 1925 | ||||
| Alfred J. Jacobs | 1893 | empleado / employee | argentino / Argentine | |
| Carlos Kemp[?] | 1895 | empleado / employee | español / Spanish | |
| Malcolm MacCaskill | 1897 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| Ralph Nutter | 1885 | sub-gerente Banco Anglo / under-manager English Bank | ||
| John D. Preson[?] | 1890 | ingeniero civil / civil engineer | ||
| 1926 | ||||
| Henry A. Cheyne | 1878 | comerciante / merchant | sudafricano / South African | |
| 1927 | ||||
| Stanley Hansen | 1897 | mecánico / mechanic | X | |
| Alberto A. [Albert Alfred] Hunter | 1892 | contador / accountant | ||
| Alejandro [Alexander] MacLean | 1879 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | ||
| Roderick Martín | 1885 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| Alexander Sutherland | 1873 | estanciero / rancher | ||
| 1928 | ||||
| Carlos [Charles] Hardy | 1911 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| William Eugene Archibald Saunders | 1897 | administrador de estancia / ranch manager | chileno / Chilean | |
| 1929 | ||||
| Guillermo Guzmán Green | 1903 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Guillermo Sanhueza Nugent | 1904 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| Thomas Charles Cedric Saunders | 1904 | estanciero / rancher | chileno / Chilean | |
| 1930 | ||||
| Nibaldo Bitsch Saunders | 1906 | ingeniero / engineer | chileno / Chilean | |
| José Guillermo Grace | 1875 | ingeniero / engineer | chileno / Chilean | |
| Carlos E. Marnell V. | 1906 | comerciante / merchant | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Alfredo Segundo Scott Fernández | 1912 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1931 | ||||
| 1932 | ||||
| 1933 | ||||
| Percy Earsman | 1889 | administrador estancia Punta Alta / manager of estancia Punta Alta | ||
| John A. Esdale | 1883 | comerciante / merchant | ||
| 1934 | ||||
| David Duncan R. | 1908 | empleado / employee | argentino / Argentine | |
| S. Khiantomal Shandas | 1888 | comerciante / merchant | hindú / Indian | |
| 1935 | ||||
| Juan Gibbons Hardie | 1889 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
| John Mac Lean | 1887 | empleado / employee | ||
| 1936 | ||||
| Percival R. Hardy | 1904 | comisionista / commission agent | chileno / Chilean | |
| 1937 | ||||
| 1938 | ||||
| Reinaldo MacDonald Shaw | 1921 | estudiante / student | X | chileno / Chilean |
| Alejandro Scott Malcolm | 1920 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1939 | ||||
| Carlos R. Corcoran | 1921 | empleado / employee | X | chileno / Chilean |
| 1940 | ||||
| Andrés Kelly Foster | 1913 | empleado / employee | chileno / Chilean | |
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| Bomba Magallanes Insignia on side of rescue truck Diseño en el costado del carro bomba |
Bomberos
Magallanes Early banner of fire company Antiguo estandarte de la 1a compañía |