CFDHISTORY ---›Line of Duty Deaths ---› 34Thomas Wisbey

Thomas Wisbey

Killed in the Line of Duty July 17, 1895

Fire Company Engine 8
Cause of Death Collapse
At Fire Box Number Box 13
Incident Type Fire
Incident Location Front Street Fire

Killed with Michael Healey and 20 other firefighters were injured when they were crushed by a falling wall. The rear wall of the Klein and Quiint Building 45-47 West Front Street, collapsed and fell on the firemen who had just been plunged into the cellar of an adjoining building when that building collapsed.