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Line of Duty Deaths - page 5
Houston Fire Fighters who made the
Supreme Sacrifice
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District
Chief Alfred Schutze
was killed in a nighttime accident
on August 21, 1938, responding to a
garage apartment fire at 2012
Bolsover. |
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Chauffeur
Delbert Sherfy
was killed in an accident on October
31, 1954. Engine 17 and an
automobile collided at Sampson and
Canal responding to a wash down. |
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Firefighter
James "Mag" Smith
was killed February 9, 1929, by a
blow to the head from a hose
coupling at a fire on Congress.
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Firefighter
Kimberly Ann Smith,
Engine Co. 76, was killed at an
early morning blaze in a McDonald
Restaurant at 12602 Bissonnet on
February 14, 2000. |
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On the night
of July 29, 1953,
Chauffeur
Joseph J. Solito
was killed in a collision between
Engine 8 and Truck 1 at the
intersection of Preston and
Crawford. |
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On January 31,
1951,
Rufus "Bullet" Templet
suffered a heart attack at the
Alaskan Fur Factory on Main Street
and Texas. |
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Firefighter
Emil "Ed" Thompson
lost his life on April 7, 1899, en
route to a fire on Crocket Street.
Hose Wagon No. 5 was crossing the
railroad tracks on Hickory Street. |
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Captain
Herman "Dutch" Wagner
was critically injured on May 19,
1912, at a fire which began in the
6-story Stower Building on Main
Street between Rusk and Capitol. |
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Chauffeur
William Walter "Molly" Walker
(a.k.a. Will "Molly" Walker) died a
year and a half after he was injured
in an accident on December 6, 1938. |
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On May 3,
1971,
Pipe-Ladderman James Walls
was killed after the ambulance he
was driving collided with another
vehicle at the intersection of
Chimney Rock Road and Westheimer. |
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Pipe-Ladderman
William Ward
(Station 14) died December 21, 1929,
from injuries suffer at an accident
the previous day involving Engine 19
and a Southern Pacific train. |
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Firefighter
Clifford Weise
was assigned to the supply wagon at
Station 3 on the day he was killed,
July 14, 1913. He was hit by a
work-crew train at the Johnson
Street crossing. |
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