Assistant Chief William “Bud” Fisher

Last Call: Wed, Dec 29th, 1926

Date of Incident: Wed, Dec 29th, 1926

Cause of Death: Fall (Accidental)

Service Time: 26 years

Age: 55

Survivors

His wife and two children

Incident

Captain William Fisher and Private Charles Webb died while fighting a fire at the Kentucky Drug Sundries Company.

Both men slid and fell from the ice covered roofs of two buildings separated by an areaway. Captain Fisher fell from the Neill LaVeille building. Private Webb fell from the Nethereton building landing within feet of where Captain Fisher had landed. Both men died from head injuries.

This incident occurred at "Fatal Fire Alarm Box 48".