Josiah Collins (Washington fire chief)
Josiah Collins (1864-1949) was a Seattle attorney, civil servant and politician who was Seattle Fire Commissioner and a State Senator. He was Seattle's Fire Chief at the time of the Great Seattle Fire on June 6, 1889. On that date, he was in San Francisco, attending a regional conference of Fire Chiefs.
Josiah Collins's fire chief hat on display at MOHAI
He was one of the cofounders of the first golf club in Seattle at Laurelhurst in 1895.
References
- HistoryLink: Seattle Fire Department
- Seattle PI: Museum displays Seattle Fire Bell
- HistoryLink: Golf arrives in Seattle in 1895
- HistoryLink: Daughter in Law Patsy Bullitt Collins
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