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Line of Duty Deaths - page 1
Houston Fire Fighters who made the
Supreme Sacrifice
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John "Red"
Adams,
a pipe-ladderman at Fire Station No.
18, died from a heart attack on
March 7, 1948, at a fire at 2850
Lidstone Street. |
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Captain
Steve Baranowski,
Station 37, suffered a heart attack
on February 3, 1969, while
overhauling at a house fire at 3631
Underwood. |
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Junior
Captain George L. Bishop,
Station No. 4, was killed by a
falling chimney at a house fire at
2707 Grant Street. |
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First
Assistant Chief J. A. "Bob" Boyd
was killed on August 4, 1923, en
route to a fire on Shrimp Alley
Street. |
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Captain
Grady Don Burke,
Engine 46, was killed in a fire when
the roof of an abandoned building
collapsed on February 19, 2005. |
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On January, 7,
1954,
Pipe-Ladderman Frank Catino
was killed in an accident between
Ladder 1 and an automobile at the
intersection of Preston and
Crawford. |
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Pipe-Ladderman
Fidel Chabolla
was killed the night of July 29,
1953, in a collision between Engine
8 and Truck 1 at the intersection of
Preston and Crawford Street. |
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Pipe-Ladderman
Doyle Hubert Chandler
was killed at a fire aboard the
S.S. Amoco Virginia on November
9, 1959. |
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On January 31,
1951,
Chauffeur Joseph "Bull" Connor,
Station 1, suffered a heart attack
while setting up a heavy stream on
the water tower. |
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Dominic
"Don" Contorno,
a pipe-ladderman at Station 37,
suffered a heart attack on May 2,
1962, at a two-alarm fire involving
Wanda Petroleum Company.
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Thomas
Cooper,
a probationary fire fighter assigned
to Station 1, was injured September
21, 1982, responding to a fire.
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Firefighter
Harold Denny
was killed on May 1, 1924, enroute
to a fire at the Bluefront Boarding
House at Preston and Milam. |
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