Suggested edit: William was the first fire chief for the city of Alliance, OH from 1893-1909
Married 1887 to Minnie Gay Reece
Contributor: Shelley Corsini (51200215)
The Death of Chief Aungst (Fire Engineering 6/9/1909)
Many of the readers of FIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING, especially such as are members of the International Association of Fire Engineers, will learn with sincere and heavy regret of the death of William S. Aungst, late chief of the fire department of Alliance, Ohio, in the forty-third year of his age. He was born at Mansfield, Ohio, on October 9, 1866. After spending a few years at Lima, Akron, East Liverpool and Gabon, he came to Alliance, where just sixteen years ago he organised the Alliance fire department, having previously done the same for Akron. At Alliance he and B. M. French, of Salem, with whom he was then associated, secured a ten-year contract with the city for a fire department and a patrol system. The old hook and ladder truck was converted into an apparatus and one horse was used. The system of street alarms was installed. Later the city purchased the system which included one wagon and two horses. To the untiring efforts of the chief the city is indebted for its thoroughly modern fire department, at which visitors from cities twice the size of Alliance have expressed their surprise at its efficiency and high degree of proficiency. The chief was thoroughly original in all his plans, and not only organised the department, but devised the plans for the apparatus. Few men in the country were better equiped than he for a fire chief, as he understood in detail everything from the working of the fire fighting machines to the electrical engineering necessary to fully install a department. His one ambition was to see the two new stations finished and the automobile equipment installed at Alliance. He was a good working member of the International Association of Fire Engineers, and of various other benefit associations.
His department was small, but ranked as firstclass and was probably nearly, if not quite the best of the small Western departments. His skill as an inventor was exceptional. He secured patents on the telegraph fire signal system, gate Siamese, combination spray-nozzle, a halter-strap device for horses in departments, a playpipeholder, a telephone holder which is being manufactured in Alliance, and many other improvements that have been generally adopted throughout the United States. He was in every way a model chief, strictly just, most considerate of his men and respected by all of them. He was also very popular with his fellow citizens, and with all his brother fire-chiefs. Latterly he was a great sufferer from a complication of diseases. He received a fireman's funeral and was buried from the First Methodist church, where his body lay in state for some hours. The church was crowded, and hundreds followed the hearse to his grave. The Alliance Leader speaks of him editorially as one who "made a study of his business and was an incessant worker. He had the resoect and admiration of almost every citizen and the warm friendship of those with whom he came in close contact. He died in the prime of life, and his going is regretted by all."
Married 1887 to Minnie Gay Reece
Contributor: Shelley Corsini (51200215)
The Death of Chief Aungst (Fire Engineering 6/9/1909)
Many of the readers of FIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING, especially such as are members of the International Association of Fire Engineers, will learn with sincere and heavy regret of the death of William S. Aungst, late chief of the fire department of Alliance, Ohio, in the forty-third year of his age. He was born at Mansfield, Ohio, on October 9, 1866. After spending a few years at Lima, Akron, East Liverpool and Gabon, he came to Alliance, where just sixteen years ago he organised the Alliance fire department, having previously done the same for Akron. At Alliance he and B. M. French, of Salem, with whom he was then associated, secured a ten-year contract with the city for a fire department and a patrol system. The old hook and ladder truck was converted into an apparatus and one horse was used. The system of street alarms was installed. Later the city purchased the system which included one wagon and two horses. To the untiring efforts of the chief the city is indebted for its thoroughly modern fire department, at which visitors from cities twice the size of Alliance have expressed their surprise at its efficiency and high degree of proficiency. The chief was thoroughly original in all his plans, and not only organised the department, but devised the plans for the apparatus. Few men in the country were better equiped than he for a fire chief, as he understood in detail everything from the working of the fire fighting machines to the electrical engineering necessary to fully install a department. His one ambition was to see the two new stations finished and the automobile equipment installed at Alliance. He was a good working member of the International Association of Fire Engineers, and of various other benefit associations.
His department was small, but ranked as firstclass and was probably nearly, if not quite the best of the small Western departments. His skill as an inventor was exceptional. He secured patents on the telegraph fire signal system, gate Siamese, combination spray-nozzle, a halter-strap device for horses in departments, a playpipeholder, a telephone holder which is being manufactured in Alliance, and many other improvements that have been generally adopted throughout the United States. He was in every way a model chief, strictly just, most considerate of his men and respected by all of them. He was also very popular with his fellow citizens, and with all his brother fire-chiefs. Latterly he was a great sufferer from a complication of diseases. He received a fireman's funeral and was buried from the First Methodist church, where his body lay in state for some hours. The church was crowded, and hundreds followed the hearse to his grave. The Alliance Leader speaks of him editorially as one who "made a study of his business and was an incessant worker. He had the resoect and admiration of almost every citizen and the warm friendship of those with whom he came in close contact. He died in the prime of life, and his going is regretted by all."
Suggested edit: William was the first fire chief for the city of Alliance, OH from 1893-1909
Married 1887 to Minnie Gay Reece
Contributor: Shelley Corsini (51200215)
The Death of Chief Aungst (Fire Engineering 6/9/1909)
Many of the readers of FIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING, especially such as are members of the International Association of Fire Engineers, will learn with sincere and heavy regret of the death of William S. Aungst, late chief of the fire department of Alliance, Ohio, in the forty-third year of his age. He was born at Mansfield, Ohio, on October 9, 1866. After spending a few years at Lima, Akron, East Liverpool and Gabon, he came to Alliance, where just sixteen years ago he organised the Alliance fire department, having previously done the same for Akron. At Alliance he and B. M. French, of Salem, with whom he was then associated, secured a ten-year contract with the city for a fire department and a patrol system. The old hook and ladder truck was converted into an apparatus and one horse was used. The system of street alarms was installed. Later the city purchased the system which included one wagon and two horses. To the untiring efforts of the chief the city is indebted for its thoroughly modern fire department, at which visitors from cities twice the size of Alliance have expressed their surprise at its efficiency and high degree of proficiency. The chief was thoroughly original in all his plans, and not only organised the department, but devised the plans for the apparatus. Few men in the country were better equiped than he for a fire chief, as he understood in detail everything from the working of the fire fighting machines to the electrical engineering necessary to fully install a department. His one ambition was to see the two new stations finished and the automobile equipment installed at Alliance. He was a good working member of the International Association of Fire Engineers, and of various other benefit associations.
His department was small, but ranked as firstclass and was probably nearly, if not quite the best of the small Western departments. His skill as an inventor was exceptional. He secured patents on the telegraph fire signal system, gate Siamese, combination spray-nozzle, a halter-strap device for horses in departments, a playpipeholder, a telephone holder which is being manufactured in Alliance, and many other improvements that have been generally adopted throughout the United States. He was in every way a model chief, strictly just, most considerate of his men and respected by all of them. He was also very popular with his fellow citizens, and with all his brother fire-chiefs. Latterly he was a great sufferer from a complication of diseases. He received a fireman's funeral and was buried from the First Methodist church, where his body lay in state for some hours. The church was crowded, and hundreds followed the hearse to his grave. The Alliance Leader speaks of him editorially as one who "made a study of his business and was an incessant worker. He had the resoect and admiration of almost every citizen and the warm friendship of those with whom he came in close contact. He died in the prime of life, and his going is regretted by all."
Married 1887 to Minnie Gay Reece
Contributor: Shelley Corsini (51200215)
The Death of Chief Aungst (Fire Engineering 6/9/1909)
Many of the readers of FIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING, especially such as are members of the International Association of Fire Engineers, will learn with sincere and heavy regret of the death of William S. Aungst, late chief of the fire department of Alliance, Ohio, in the forty-third year of his age. He was born at Mansfield, Ohio, on October 9, 1866. After spending a few years at Lima, Akron, East Liverpool and Gabon, he came to Alliance, where just sixteen years ago he organised the Alliance fire department, having previously done the same for Akron. At Alliance he and B. M. French, of Salem, with whom he was then associated, secured a ten-year contract with the city for a fire department and a patrol system. The old hook and ladder truck was converted into an apparatus and one horse was used. The system of street alarms was installed. Later the city purchased the system which included one wagon and two horses. To the untiring efforts of the chief the city is indebted for its thoroughly modern fire department, at which visitors from cities twice the size of Alliance have expressed their surprise at its efficiency and high degree of proficiency. The chief was thoroughly original in all his plans, and not only organised the department, but devised the plans for the apparatus. Few men in the country were better equiped than he for a fire chief, as he understood in detail everything from the working of the fire fighting machines to the electrical engineering necessary to fully install a department. His one ambition was to see the two new stations finished and the automobile equipment installed at Alliance. He was a good working member of the International Association of Fire Engineers, and of various other benefit associations.
His department was small, but ranked as firstclass and was probably nearly, if not quite the best of the small Western departments. His skill as an inventor was exceptional. He secured patents on the telegraph fire signal system, gate Siamese, combination spray-nozzle, a halter-strap device for horses in departments, a playpipeholder, a telephone holder which is being manufactured in Alliance, and many other improvements that have been generally adopted throughout the United States. He was in every way a model chief, strictly just, most considerate of his men and respected by all of them. He was also very popular with his fellow citizens, and with all his brother fire-chiefs. Latterly he was a great sufferer from a complication of diseases. He received a fireman's funeral and was buried from the First Methodist church, where his body lay in state for some hours. The church was crowded, and hundreds followed the hearse to his grave. The Alliance Leader speaks of him editorially as one who "made a study of his business and was an incessant worker. He had the resoect and admiration of almost every citizen and the warm friendship of those with whom he came in close contact. He died in the prime of life, and his going is regretted by all."
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