Fire Service Line of Duty Deaths
April 27, 1904 - LODD's - Engine 19
Fireman Hugh F. Arrigoni, 26
Fireman John J. Crean, 26
Fireman Thomas F. Madigan, 42
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
A five-story story brick soap factory was heavily involved in fire on arrival of firemen. The fire quickly engulfed the adjacent four and two-story brick buildings on either side, and then extended to a box and lumber firm. A total of 17 engines, five ladders, two fireboats, and a water tower operated at the five-alarm fire. Arrigoni, Crean, and Madigan were wetting down the ruins when a wall collapsed on top of them. Arrigoni, still standing upright, was buried up to his eyes in debris. He was dug out and taken to the hospital with a fractured skull and a broken back. He died just about the time that the other two men were dug out, over ten hours later. All of the dead men had been on the job only a short time.
RIP. Never forget.
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