Firefighter, Social Reformer. He was the first African American Los Angeles Fire Department member to die in the line of duty, being killed when a fire carriage ran over him en-route to a blaze. His grave was unmarked until February 28, 2004.
Firefighter, Social Reformer. He was the first African American Los Angeles Fire Department member to die in the line of duty, being killed when a fire carriage ran over him en-route to a blaze. His grave was unmarked until February 28, 2004.
Bio by: Joe Walker
Inscription
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT
SAM HASKINS
Colored Call Fireman
Engine Company 2
Born February 1846
ANSWERED HIS LAST CALL
November 19,1895
His memory will forever live in our hearts and minds.
(On the back of Marker)
Monument Dedicated February 28, 2004
STENTORIANS
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FIREFIGHTERS MUSEUM
THE LOS ANGELES RETIRED FIRE AND POLICE ASSOCIATION
THE LOS ANGLES FIREMENS RELIEF ASSOCIATE
LOS ANGLES FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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