Firefighter John Robert Morris

Last Call: Mon, Aug 5th, 1929

Date of Incident: Mon, Aug 5th, 1929

Cause of Death: Structural Collapse

Service Time: 10 years

Age: 38

Survivors

His wife Lula

Incident

Firefighter Morris of Hook & Ladder #8 died while manning a hose line and fighting a fire in a drug store at Sixty Ninth Street and Prospect Avenue. An explosion occurred causing a wall to fall on him. The incident also took the lives of Firefighters Frank Loncar and Roy Rutherford.