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Firefighters Killed - Charles W. Berg Laboratories; Philadelphia, PA; October 28, 1954

A total of 10 firefighters died while investigating fumes coming from a storage tank at the Charles W. Berg Laboratories, 1827-29 North 5th Street, Philadelphia. A thorough account of this tragedy can be found at the following website: http://www.iaff22.org/items/BergProgramText.pdf.

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Joseph John Bandos

2 Feb 1900 – 28 Oct 1954

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

James Eugene Doyle

13 Sep 1922 – 28 Oct 1954

Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA

Lieut Charles C. Holtzman

16 Mar 1924 – 28 Oct 1954

Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

No grave photo

Bernard J. Junod

18 Feb 1912 – 3 Nov 1954

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Thomas Alfred Kline Jr.

28 Jan 1896 – 28 Oct 1954

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Plot info: Section: D

John W. Magrann

1893 – 28 Oct 1954

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

John J. News

17 Apr 1893 – 28 Oct 1954

Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

James F. Tygh

4 Sep 1921 – 28 Oct 1954

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Joseph John Vivian

4 Jun 1923 – 28 Oct 1954

Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

SGT Thomas Woodrow Wilson

27 Mar 1918 – 29 Oct 1954

Beverly, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA

Plot info: U, 211

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