FDNY Line of Duty Death
January 4, 1947 - LODD
Fireman Winfield A. Walsh, 34
Ladder 9
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Walsh and Battalion Chief Hogan died from the injuries they sustained while operating at a four-alarm fire in a seven-story apartment building when the floors started collapsing trapping them. Battalion Chief Hogan later died of his injuries on January 9, 1947.
Fireman Winfield A. Walsh of Ladder 9 and Battalion Chief William P. Hogan of Battalion 9, acting as Deputy Chief of the 2nd Division, were trapped in a collapse of a seven-story loft. Along with ten other men, they were trapped when the roof fell in, followed a few minutes later by three floors falling in. Fireman Walsh died on January 4 at four o’clock in the morning from multiple injuries and pneumonia. He was found on the second floor of the building. He was born in Brooklyn on August 28, 1912 and appointed to the Fire Department on September 1, 1937. Battalion Chief William P. Hogan suffered numerous injuries and died on January 9. He was born on February 17, 1891 in Greenwich Village and became a fireman on January 1, 1914 and Battalion Chief on May 1, 1937. He was married and the father of five sons. The fire started in on the fourth floor, which stored slippers. Over thirty-one men were treated for various injuries at this four-alarm fire. (From "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz & Melahn, 2007)
The fire occurred at 749 Broadway, Manhattan on December 31, 1946.
RIP. Never forget.
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