Austin and Della (Smith) Carringer came to the San Diego area in September 1887 on the train, and settled first in National City, which was a boom town because the railroad ended there and there was plenty of work there. Austin was a carpenter.
At some time, he joined the National city Fire Department as a volunteer fireman, and received this certificate from the department:
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Unfortunately, there is no date on it, but I think it was in the 1888 to 1892 time period when they resided in National City, according to the extant San Diego City Directories.
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