Pipeman Edward J. McCue

Well done from Ste

Husband of Irene Kelly McCue, daughters Dorothy & Margaret. Son of Capt. Martin McCue (Lou. Fire Dept.) & Mary Flaherty. Bro. of Martin, William (my father) and Anna.

His memory never left the family. I was born 30 yrs later. Uncle Eddie was special, he was a firemen.

He suffered burns over his entire body, "the newspaper reported "he became a human torch" at the Willard Hotel fire. He asked for a priest when he was rescued. The hotel was just yards from the monument at 5th and Jefferson.

Correction - his date of death is Nov 1917