A nearby inscription reads:

PEEKSKILL FIRE DEPARTMENT ALARM BELL

ON AUGUST 1, 1918 THIS BELL TOLLED THE ALARM FOR THE FLEISCHMANN MANUFACTURING COMPANY FIRE AT WHICH SEVEN PEEKSKILL VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS LOST THEIR LIVES.

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE GALLANT MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE FLEISCHMANN FIRE

AUGUST 1 1918

This is followed by a listing of names of each of the firefighters and the quotation “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” – John 15:13