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Station
House 2
Patrol
# 2 opened in 1855 at the Marion
Bell Tower in lower Manhattan.
In 1866 they moved to 153 Elm
Street and in 1869 they moved
again, to 173 Elm Street. Then
in 1873 Patrol 2 moved once again
to 31 Great Jones Street where
they stayed until 1907. Finally
in 1907 they moved to 84 West
Third Street where they are currently
located. Patrol 2 is the only
unit that has maintained their
designation since they were formed.
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| Ghostly
Goings On at Station House 2 |
Strange
noises in the attic, and a shadowy figure
on the old staircase. The ghost was
Firefighter Schwartz, who company members
say haunted the W. Third St. station
for more than half a century.
As the story goes, schwartz
hanged himself from a steel ceiling
rafter in the attic sometime before
1930 after discovering his wife had
cheated on him. Since then, his ghost
has been known to roll a metal cart
across the attic floor when no one is
looking, said Firefighter Tony Emmanuel.
Sometimes he'll appear on the stairwell,
dressed in a double-breasted uniform
with badges and a cap, said Sgt. Jim
McCauley. "He doesn't speak to
anyone. He doesn''t make any motions.
He doesn't wave or anything like that,"
McCauley said. Though Firefighter Chief
Ray Carroll said someone definately
died in the station, he has no details.
But firefighters who have encounted
the ghost are convinced they are not
alone. |
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