LAWRENCE NJ 5 LODD'S FATAL ACCIDENT WITH TRACTOR-TRAILER 1/30/1934

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January 30, 1934 - LODDs
Slackwood Fire Company. Lawrence Township, New Jersey

First Assistant Chief Howard Grant, 27
Fireman George H. Combs, 62
Fireman Frederick R. Turner, 23
Fireman Walter Oliver Penrod, 20
Fireman John Moreton, 21 - died February 4, 1934


Four members of the Slackwood Fire Co., Station 21 died on this date and a fifth man died several days later as a result of injuries sustained when their engine was struck by a tractor-trailer. The fatal accident occurred at about 11 p.m. as the men responded to a small grass fire on Cherry Tree Lane. As the Slackwood engine crossed Route 1 from Slack Avenue it was broadsided by the tractor-trailer. The driver had two other men in the front of the apparatus, and four other men riding on the engine’s rear and side steps. The collision ejected all the firemen from the engine and several were caught under the jackknifed tractor-trailer. Fireman Combs and First Assistant Chief Grant were killed instantly. Fireman Turner and Fireman Penrod died at McKinley Hospital a short time later. The engine’s driver, who suffered a fractured skull and other injuries, Fireman Moreton died on February 4, 1934.


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