Firefighter Roy Rutherford

Last Call: Mon, Aug 5th, 1929

Date of Incident: Mon, Aug 5th, 1929

Cause of Death: Structural Collapse

Service Time: 2 years

Age: 31

Survivors

His parents Wesley and Sarah, sisters Stella and Laura, and brother John.

Incident

Firefighter Rutherford of Pumper #28 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 John Morris.