Fire Service Line of Duty Death
May 3, 1888 - LODD
Fireman Michael J. Nolan
Ladder 13
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Nolan died on May 3, 1888, as a result of injuries sustained November 3rd, 1887, when the ladder truck overturned while responding to an alarm.
While Ladder 13 was proceeding to the alarm [at 85th Street & Second Avenue, Manhattan on November 3, 1887], the apparatus was upset at the corner of 85th Street and Second Avenue caused by the bad condition of the street. While turning, the truck slid and struck against the “T” rail and sleepers (railroad ties) which were exposed three or four inches above the pavement. Fireman Nolan who was driving received a compound fracture of the right leg between the knee and ankle. He was taken to the hospital. He died six months later from these injuries. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn. 2007)
RIP. Never forget.
