FDNY Line of Duty Death
https://www.facebook.com/fireservicelineofdutydeaths#January 1, 1880 - LODD
Fireman Patrick Clark, 36
Engine 23
FDNY. Manhattan, New York
Fireman Clark died as a result of injuries he sustained on December 27th, when he was thrown out of and run over by the hose tender while responding to an alarm.
From an article in the New York Herald of January 5, 1880:
"Fireman Patrick Clark, of Engine Company No. 23, while riding on the tender of his engine, with Fireman James Hackett, was thrown against a pillar of the elevated railroad, at Ninth and Forty second street, died at his residence No. 405 West Fifty-fifth street, on the 1st inst. Yesterday a guard of honor, composed of members of Engine Company No. 23, formed in front of his house. Fire Commissioners Gorman and Perley and Chief Engineer Bates were present. The casket was rosewood with solid silver mountings and the plate was engraved with the date of his birth and death. During his connection with the department Clark was known as a brave and capable man. He was a member of the old Volunteer Department under Chief Harry Howard, and on the disbandment of the Volunteer Department joined the present force. At the burning of Hale's piano factory. in West Thirty-fifth street, he had a leg broken by a wall falling on him. The interment took place in Calvary Cemetery, the members of the department escorting the remains to the Thirty-fourth street ferry.
RIP. Never forget.