FDNY Line of Duty Death
January 20, 1886 - LODD
Fireman Dennis McGee, 39
Ladder 15
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman McGee died due to blood poisoning as a result of injuries sustained January 9th, when he was run over by the apparatus while responding to an alarm at Conties Slip and Front Street.
Fireman Dennis McGee of Ladder 15 fell from the ladder truck as he was moving from the side step to the side ladder [on January 9, 1886]. Ladder 15 was in Coenties Slip between Front and South Streets at the time. When he fell, the heavy apparatus’s rear wheel passed over him. It inflected a severe and deep wound on the inside of the leg above the knee joint. He was removed to Chambers Street Hospital and died at 6:59 p.m. from blood poisoning caused by the injuries. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn. 2007)
RIP. Never forget.
