Supreme Sacrifice
Supreme Sacrifice
"There is little chance for glory, be the firefighters actions ever so heroic, for his work in cellars and attics, dark and narrow stairways, where alone in suffocating smoke or scorching flames he risks his life in the silent, unseen discharge of his duty.
If his work be well done, no one counts him deserving praise. If he fails at what he attempts there are many to condemn.
If he falls as many have, the morning papers tell his story in only a dozen lines, and only the comrades who shared his labors and escaped his fate, remember how the hero died."
Joseph W. Hayden July 12, 1900 Box 122 Jesse A. Lipsett April 1, 1901 Box 326 Lt. Horace P. Elwell May 1, 1904 Box 29 George R. Dale April 2, 1909 Capt. Frank W. Ring February 13, 1918 Box 342 Lyle Sterling April 5, 1932 Box 25 Dennis F. Collins October 29, 1933 Box 42 James J. Lydon March 30, 1941 Box 441 Paul W. Willwerth August 9, 1951 Box 372 Richard V. McDevitt February 29, 1952 Box 18 Joseph P. Flynn May 23, 1958 Box 23 John J. Cullinane December 8, 1964 Box 229 Joseph W. Reilly June 10, 1974 Box 21 Robert H. Brickley June 10, 1974 Box 21 David C. Fitzgerald October 13, 2000 Box 3223
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