This 2002 film directed by the great Martin Scorsese features a bizarre, humorous and sadly accurate depiction or early fire brigades and firefighters from t...

2016年9月27日 · In a scene from the film Gangs of New York, set in Civil War-era Manhattan, a crowd gathers in the night as a fire breaks out. A volunteer fire department arrives, and then …

2014年2月7日 · By the 19th century, the fire department was the ultimate boys club, with gangs of rival firefighters, with their own volunteer ‘runners’, raced to fires as though in a sports …

2022年9月9日 · Before that, the volunteer fire brigades acted like rival street gangs. Intensely territorial, they would battle each other, sometimes while a building was burning, for access to …

2015年4月26日 · Unruly thugs who also happen to be New York City volunteer firefighters set fire to a Midtown draft office — and then prevent other firefighters from putting it out. The …

2018年8月10日 · Instead of being served by a single public fire department, the area has regional brigades of volunteer firemen who are more focused fighting each other rather than putting out …

2023年8月3日 · Prosecutors say a former leader of the Bloods has single-handedly remade the emergency mitigation industry in New York through intimidation and brute force. When a …

This is an accurate representation of how fire brigades operated in New York City at the time due to there not being a legally recognized fire department. Crowds gather and fire brigades …

2002年5月28日 · Outside of a privileged inner circle, all anyone has seen of Martin Scorsese's epic saga of gang warfare in 19th century New York, has been extended trailers screened at …

2017年7月20日 · With 120 dead, 2,000 injured and millions of dollars in property damage, the riots, a backlash to the nation’s first compulsory draft, still rank among the most destructive …