Mr. Thomas S. Anderson

The Stony Brook Fire Department had its inception in the mind of Thomas S. Anderson, who for months during 1907 and 1908, tried to impress upon the citizens of Stony Brook that there was a great need for such a department.

It was not until New Year's Day of 1909, when the saw mill of D. T. Bayles & Son was entirely destroyed by the fire that the people realized that Mr. Anderson was right.
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Thomas S, Anderson was chosen as the first Captain of the Hook and Ladder Company and continued to hold that position for the balance of his life.