Mackintosh the Fireman Skilled Boston firemen tapped water from underground water mains made from hollowed logs and pumped it vigorously by hand to douse fires. Demolition to halt the spread of fires was also essential work. Mackintosh’s fire-control skills transferred easily to anti–Stamp Act actions, whether burning effigies and small buildings or pulling down Hutchinson’s house. The Granger Collection, New York.