NY Times
PETER LOFTUS, 70, FIRE CHIEF, DEAD; Head of City's Uniformed Force From 1948 to 1955
Dec. 29, 1964
Peter Loftus, the city's fire chief from 1948 to 1955, died yesterday at Flushing Hospital, in Queens, of a coronary thrombosis. He was 70 years old and lived at 33‐11. 149th; Street...