The Fireboy character was said to have a height of  and hands as big as Virginia hams, able to lift trolley cars over his head and rescue babies inside a stovepipe hat, as his own beaver hat was two foot across the brim.
Fireboy was depicted as a towering figure with gigantic hands, capable of lifting trolleys and rescuing infants from tight spaces, wearing a distinctive stovepipe hat that was remarkably broad at the edge.